6 Events to Help Scale Your Startup

By Social Media Week.

With keynotes speaking on everything from innovation to capital, the following events are designed for entrepreneurs who are looking to gain insights on successfully scaling their startups.

• The Digital Economy

  By Social Media Week.

  Don Tapscott, author of “The Digital Economy,” will reflect on the last 20 years of the digital age and will examine how networked intelligence destroys as it creates.

• Getting Closer to Your Social Customer

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  In this session, Patrick Stokes, VP Product Management at Salesforce Marketing Cloud, will discuss how organizations can streamline their overall social strategy by highlighting specific use cases.

• Return of the Podcast

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  Alex Blumberg, award-winning reporter and producer, co-host of NPR’s Planet Money, and founder and CEO of Gimlet Media, shares what he has learned from the startup journey, from idea to execution.

• Building Products & Companies with Betaworks

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  During this session, you’ll hear about Betaworks’ process for building products and teams, as well as get an inside look at what the 2015 Hackers have in the works on the product front.

• The Myth of Venture Capital

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  Jon Oringer will discuss tools available for starting a business with relatively little capital, while also providing insight on how to develop a foundation to set your business up for success.

• The New DIY: Drones, Makers & Bots

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  Martha Stewart will examine and demo various innovations borne from the maker community, including drones, 3-D printers, and bots, and discuss how these innovations may impact our future economies.