Our talking tech expert Nyika Allen, President and CEO of the New Mexico Technology Council, joined New Mexico Living to talk about last weekend’s Startup Weekend ABQ.
The event begins on a Friday night featuring some of the best local entrepreneurial ideas and by the end of the weekend, some ideas are turned into a startup business. If you have an idea for next year’s event you can sign up now online.
Our tech expert Nyika Allen President and CEO of the New Mexico Technology Council is back from SXSW with all the detail of tech’s best.
South by Southwest, an annual conglomerate of film, technology, music and conferences, closed their doors for 2017 and Nyika has the highlights and trends. She was extremely impressed with Albuquerque’s representation at this year’s event. Half a dozen local start-ups were there, the New Mexico Tourism Department along with the City of Albuquerque and the New Mexico Tech Council teamed up, and multiple panel speakers were there from around the state.
She will be out there again next year.
Our tech expert Niyka Allen, President, and CEO at the New Mexico Tech Council sent a report from this years SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Nyika discovered the latest and greatest in technology from around the globe. Some of the most notable were, craft brew apps to help you pair your personality to a specific beer type and new collaborations with the Government and the Department of Energy. She will be bringing all the details on some of the most exciting developments with her next week when she returns to New Mexico.
Here are some of the upcoming tech and startup related events in the Q
1. NMTC & ABQid’s Scrappy Startup Challenge – Apply at www.GetScrappy.org
2. Built in New Mexico – www.builtinNM.org
3. Catalyst Week – www.CatalystWeek.org
4. AIGA NM and Code4ABQ – CreateAthon and National Day of Civic Hacking
Women’s Events in March from the New Mexico Technology Council
1. Women In Technology Celebration – Tickets still available HERE
2. Startup Weekend Women – Register HERE
3. Women in Creativity Salon – More info HERE