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veterans Jason Thompson and Dwayne
Walker but it was aimed to unite
a much broader audience
including the startup, domain
branding and investment industries.
Above:
Domain Startup Summit Founders Dwayne
Walker (far left) and Jason
Thompson (far right) with three of
their judges for the Pitchfest
session - a show highlight that gave
startup owners a chance to pitch their
business ideas to the investment
community. The judges are (left to
right after Dwayne) Morgan Linton,
Carmen Palafox and Braden
Pollock.
Below:
After Walker and Thompson gave their
welcoming comments, the conference got
underway Saturday morning (July 30,
2016) with a Keynote Address
- titled Dropping
Vwls Is So 2004: How .CLUB And Other
New Domains Are A Smarter Branding Bet
For Startups & Entrepreneurs
Worldwide - from the .CLUB Registry's Chief
Marketing Officer Jeff Sass.
Above:
a cross section of the audience
sitting in on the Domain Startup
Summit's full day of business sessions
Saturday.
Below:
The day's first panel discussion - Growth
Hacking & Growth Engines for
Startups, Tech Companies and Brands
- featured (left to right) moderator
Dwayne Walker, Edwin Choi (VP,
Mobovida),
Justin Wu (Growth.ly) and
Max Pelzner (ThinkBox.io).
Above:
The morning session continued with an Angel
Investors Fireside Chat: Tips from
Angel Investors featuring (left to
right):
moderator Michael
Cyger and Angel Investors
Braden Pollock,
Morgan Linton and Dwayne
Walker.
Below:
David Ehrenberg, CEO at Early
Growth Financial Services, closed
out the morning session with a well
received Keynote Address on Startup
Fundraising 101.
Above:
After a lunch break and the 1pm Pitchfest
session I told you about at the top of
this report, the topic turned to
Startup Branding: How Startups Are
Using New Domain Brands in a panel
discussion featuring (left to right)
moderator Braden Pollock, Andee
Hill (Donus Inc.), Muhammad
Kausar Saleem (GDN Registry FZ), Lucas Webster (Shaving.club & The Grooming
Network) and Page Howe (.LA Domain
Names).
Below:
Another highlight of the afternoon was
this Fireside Chat: Startup Life -
A Real Life Journey of Building and
Selling Your Startup featuring
moderator Dwayne Walker and
Bill Karamouzis (MathGames.com and
TeachMe.com).
Above:
The Domain Startup Summit's 3rd
Keynote Address of the day featured .XYZ
Registry Founder Daniel Negari who
was interviewed by Braden Pollock.
Daniel talked about How Startups
Are Branding & Launching New
Businesses.
Below:
Audience members like 101Domain's
Joe Alagna (standing) had an
opportunity to ask questions
throughout the day including the final
session covering Successful
Startup MVPs: Tips On Building
Successful Startup MVPs that
featured Austin Truong (Linebreak.io),
Carlos Orellana (IDEAS, Inc.), David
Barlev (Goji Labs), Ron Peled
(Educents).
For
Walker and Thompson the maiden
voyage of DomainStartup Summit
couldn't have gone much better. In a
note the day after the show Thompson
told me, "The
energy was amazing. I'm still
on Cloud 9!"
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