Special Events & Summits

The Disrupt Dallas celebration continues with sessions throughout the week highlighting the champions that are disrupting the diversity pipeline, minority entrepreneurial market, and overall landscape. The main program will be held at the SMU Cox School of Business on Sunday, with a live streamed option for virtual attendees.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!

The official Launch Party and Startup Alley brings all DFW innovators together to celebrate the start of Dallas Startup Week. Take time to check out some of the hottest local startups and small businesses as they exhibit their products and services. You’ll get to interact and ask questions directly to the founders as you walk from one booth to the next in the Hillcrest Commons at the SMU Cox School of Business.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!

Join us for the main keynote event with headlining speaker Abe Minkara, Founding Partner of Legacy Knight and former Managing Director at Mark Cuban Companies. Minkara will be interviewed at the event by The DEC Network’s Chairman Emeritus, Trey Bowles, in an intimate fireside chat. They’ll talk about the wide definition of entrepreneurship, as well as the good, bad and the ugly of the entrepreneurial endeavors Abe has witnessed. The main program will be held SMU Cox’s McFarlin Auditorium at 6 p.m., with a live streamed option for virtual attendees.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!

The Women of Innovation summit celebrates, inspires and connects women innovators and change makers. This year, hear from women entrepreneurs who have demonstrated the courage and passion to transform their ideas and ambitions into a reality. Take time to shop small at the Women’s Marketplace from 4-5:30 p.m., where local female entrepreneurs will be selling their products. All Women of Innovation sessions and the Women’s Marketplace will be held at SMU Cox’s McFarlin Auditorium, with a live streamed option for virtual attendees.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!

The Disrupt Dallas celebration continues with sessions throughout the week highlighting the champions that are disrupting the diversity pipeline, minority entrepreneurial market, and overall landscape. The main program will be held at the SMU Cox School of Business on Sunday, with a live streamed option for virtual attendees.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!

The Corporate Startup Innovation summit mobilizes small business owners and corporations to participate in Dallas Startup Week by sharing how they can work together and what they can learn from each other to implement into their own organizations for further innovation and success. This day will serve as a collision point resulting in new ideas, business models, investment trends, connections, and opportunities for business growth and acceleration. All Corporate Startup Innovation sessions will be held at SMU Cox’s Crum Auditorium, with a live streamed option for virtual attendees.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!

The Disrupt Dallas celebration continues with sessions throughout the week highlighting the champions that are disrupting the diversity pipeline, minority entrepreneurial market, and overall landscape. The main program will be held at the SMU Cox School of Business on Sunday, with a live streamed option for virtual attendees.

Download The DEC Network app (below) to view the full Dallas Startup Week 2021 schedule with sessions, speakers and more!