SXSW V2V
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SXSW Interactive festival each spring.[1]
The after-hours schedule for the event included comedy, film, and music offerings.[2] AboutThe company said variously that V2V stands for "Vision to Venture", "Visionaries to Vegas", and “Voice to Voice", describing the focus of the conference on finding, financing, and developing new businesses.[3] The conference started with the recognition that the three large spring festivals that SXSW, Inc. holds in Austin were straining the hotel capacity of that city.[4] V2Venture Competition
One of the main events was the V2Venture startup competition, where startup companies competed under five categories.[5] Participating companies represented the fields of Culture and Education Technology, Education Technology, Health Technology, Innovative World Technologies, and Mobile and Tablet Technology.[6] FinalistsTrackster, the world's first studio network for the re-amping of guitar recordings, was a finalist in the "Culture and Entertainment Technology" category in 2013.[7] 3DLT, a company that serves as a repository of 3D engine to share interactive scenes on any online device.[9]
Notable speakersSpeakers at the inaugural event included Zappos founder and CEO Tony Hsieh.[10] References
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