Special Events & Summits

Disrupt Dallas kicks off DSW on Sunday as a celebration and educational program for the champions that are disrupting the diversity pipeline, minority entrepreneurial market, and overall landscape. The main program will be live streamed from SPACES on Sunday. There will also be various Disrupt Dallas sessions throughout the week to keep the celebration going.

The official Launch Party and Startup Alley brings all DFW innovators together to celebrate the start of Dallas Startup Week. Hear from CEO of Hint, Kara Goldin, followed by virtual networking on the Hopin platform. Be sure to stop by the virtual expo hall to check out Startup Alley, a showcase of local startups and the innovation behind them.

Join us for the main keynote event and hear from some of DFW’s athletes turned entrepreneurs including former Cowboy Darren Woodson, and Olympic Gold Medalist, Nastia Liukin. They’ll talk about the similarities between athletics and entrepreneurism as well as the challenges and successes they faced during their entrepreneurial journeys.

The Women of Innovation Summit celebrates, inspires, and connects women innovators and change makers. This year hear from Amber Venz Box of rewardStyle, Jamie O’banion from BeautyBio, and many others who have demonstrated the courage and passion to transform their ideas and ambitions into a reality. On Wednesday, also take time to stop by the Expo tab in Hopin to shop small at the Women’s Marketplace where local female entrepreneurs will be selling their products.

The Women of Innovation Summit celebrates, inspires, and connects women innovators and change makers. This year hear from Amber Venz Box of rewardStyle, Jamie O’banion from BeautyBio, and many others who have demonstrated the courage and passion to transform their ideas and ambitions into a reality. On Wednesday, also take time to stop by the Expo tab in Hopin to shop small at the Women’s Marketplace where local female entrepreneurs will be selling their products.

Back for a sixth year, The State of Entrepreneurship has become a tradition for celebrating the people, places, and passions that keep the DFW startup ecosystem thriving. The entire community comes out to cheer on the launches, fundings, exits, and overall wins of the entrepreneurial community from the past year. You’ll hear from city officials, Fortune 500 executives, and founders of some of this year’s breakout small businesses.

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.