Startups Track

March 10-14, 2023

The brightest new entrepreneurial ideas can come from anything, anyone, and anywhere. The Startups track covers the unexpected founders, funders, business plans, revenue models, success stories and epic fails that make up the addictive experience of launching a new venture.



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Monica Wheat at Featured Session: How to Solve the Founder Opportunity Gap – SXSW 2022 – Photo by Oscar Moreno

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Topics featured in the Startups Track include new products, new markets, new ideas, new business models, new approaches to funding, new strategies for inclusiveness, and new entrepreneurial hotspots.

Each year, SXSW calls upon its creative global community to help identify innovative new ideas and the visionaries behind them. The majority of Conference sessions are sourced and voted on by the SX community from 2023 PanelPicker®, along with input from SXSW Staff and the PanelPicker Evaluator Committee.

All badges receive primary access to sessions in this track. Stay tuned for Startups track programming announcements throughout the season.

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