some awesome recent press as ‘the Next Silicon Valley.’
The Cybersecurity Track
The SDSW Cybersecurity Track brought together top industry leaders to discuss best practices and the future of emerging technologies in the cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT) domains.
Tuesday, June 14: Cyber+IoT Startup Table Breakfast
The Cyber+IoT Startup Table Breakfast is part of the CyberTECH Security and Startup Table Breakfast series. Tuesday’s breakfast featured the best of startup week to talk about how to take a company from idea, to seed, through investment and growth. We brought together leading entrepreneurs, growth specialists, technologists, investors, and experience design specialists.
The Best of Startup Week Panel Included:
Moderator:
Chris Orlando, Co-Founder & CSMO of CyberTECH Partner,
ScaleMatrix.
Panelists:
Tracy Manning, Chief Revenue Officer, DDSTUDIO
Stephan Chenette, Co-Founder and CEO, AttackIQ, Inc.
Greg Park, Senior Vice President, Technology & Life Sciences Division,
Comerica Bank
Scott Morgan, CPA, MBA, Cofounder and CFO, Airbitz
Gowri Bharadwaj, CEO, Stratoasis, Mentor, Advisor, Intel Education
Accelerator
Andreas Roell, Managing Partner, Analytics Ventures
Silvia Mah, Founder & Executive Director, Hera-Labs, Founding Partner, Hera
Fund
Key takeaways:
The breakfast kicked off with a discussion about how companies should think about design when starting out. Tracy mentioned that even though it was “fuzzy”, it’s important to start thinking about the human factor in design early on, do your MVP, then focus in on it again. Stephan said that if he’d asked people what they wanted first, they would not have known; stand with your convictions. “Be ready to pivot”, said Gowri, and Silvia agreed. Spend time thinking about what are your best assets and where you can leverage those in your next iteration.
No discussion about growth is complete without funding. Silvia, Andreas and Greg all represented different stages; Angel, Venture, and Equity Funding. Scott brought some insights about using Bitcoin or block chain to start a business on. Another takeaway was the importance of hiring the right people and making sure you are working to identify people, not just like yourself, but carefully defining and working to attract them to your new startup.
Wednesday, June 15: Multi-use Technology Symposium
In partnership with the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, California’s idea Innovation Hub, and China Lake, the 6th Annual Multi-Use Technology Symposium featured a full day of autonomous research and opportunities for tech transfer sessions, panels and keynote speakers.
Topics included:
- Innovative Aerospace and Defense Technologies
- Future of Robotics
- Startup Partner Opportunities with Federal Laboratories – “Be the Next Tony Stark”
- Tools for Accessing Federal IP
- Opportunities for Security Technologies
Friday, June 17: Cyber+IoT Spotlight Friday Pitch Night
The Spotlight Friday Pitch Night (SFPN) event is part of the CyberTECH SFPN series showcasing cutting-edge startup companies from across the region. Friday’s event featured 10 startup pitches from the following companies:
Triton Services
Air Bitz
GroupSolver
reTech
AgentSquared
Cloud Spot
Drake Precision Optics
Zito Vault
Spitzr
Lumafi
Each company had 3 minutes to pitch with a chance to win prizes and receive real-time feedback from like-minded entrepreneurs, technology professionals, judges, mentors, and advisors.
