Last week was a very eventful week for us at Gennovacap; not
only were we able to further expand into Austin’s small business network by
attending the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s ChamberFest 2012 (which is described
in more detail in our previous blog post) on Tuesday, but also by speaking
amongst other Austin entrepreneurs at the University of Texas at Austin on
Wednesday.
ChamberFest: Small
Business Networking
The ChamberFest was a great networking event, with over 90
booths for representing companies and many more walking around with the
intentions of expanding businesses and professional networks. A few notable
companies Gennovacap was able to mingle with include Trophyology, the
Muscular Dystrophy Association, and Rack Space, all of which are eminent in the
Austin community. Also, Gennovacap would like to send out huge congratulations
to Sarah Ruh Design for the excellent and constructive presentation on social
media.
Entrepreneurship
Panel: Experience, Community, and Education
Gennovacap’s very own Reza Piri was asked to participate in
a Q&A panel about entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin.
The hour-long panel was held on Wednesday evening at the University Teaching
Center and had about 25 student attendees. He spoke alongside Jeff Davidson from Camp Gladiator, Jimmy
Doan from Doan Law Firm, Drew Fisher from Barton Springs Soda Company, and Lori
Schneider from The Cupcake Bar. Reza’s discussion touched on Gennovacap’s
business and the general field of mobile app design but mainly stressed the
topic of failure – how to have a healthy relationship with failure and being
able to embrace it.
