Co-Founder January Pitches & Keynote by "Patrick Pitman" Founder of Ebusiness

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Network and connect to find your next employee, your next co-founder, or build your professional network! Work might be from 9-5, but business happens between 5-9. The Co-Founder Meetup by The tech^map is a forum for professionals to pitch their business, idea, startup, etc. to the community and gain valuable feedback. The audience is full of other entrepreneurs, developers, investors, and media.

To speed up the process for check-in, please go to the tech^map website to RSVP and Pay (http://thetechmap.com/Event/GetTickets/29123). Have your PayPal email (electronic or paper copy) when you arrive at the door. If you pay at the door, it will be $20.00.

Are you new to the Co-Founder meetup? Do you have a project in mind you are looking to get off the ground? Are you looking to find a job or join a great startup? Ready to get on stage and pitch?

Check out our awesome group that can help you navigate to find your next co-founder, employee, investor, or user! Mix and Mingle with others in the same boat. Enjoy a great night of pitches, networking, food, and beverages!

Looking to Pitch:
We would love to have you pitch at our meetup! We’ve had some great companies on stage. In order to present, please fill out the pitch form and pay (http://thetechmap.com/account/pitch). Our community director will be in touch with additional information. If you have any questions, please email austin@thetechmap.com and I’ll be happy to answer any questions. Each meetup will have 5 presentations that are 5 minutes in length with a 4 minute Q&A from the audience.

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Developers looking for a job:
If you are a software or hardware developer, or UX/UI designer interested in joining a cool startup, you can attend for FREE. Just send an e-mail to Team@thetechmap.com with a link to your tech^map completed profile and we will get you RSVP'd.

January Meetup Details:

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TITLE:
How to spring back from entrepreneurial hardship: the gift of resilience.

DESCRIPTION:
Common business book wisdom exhorts entrepreneurs to double down, to dig deep when our plans fail to yield imagined results. Much like weight loss programs, the answer is "more": more discipline, more effort, more thinking, more investment. Slogans like FOCUS: 'follow one course until successful' can spur feelings of shame in an entrepreneur who describes his situation as futile.

But what if something that's off-limits for founders turns out to be an ingredient to their recovery? What if the optimal response to hardship requires something that runs counter to the mantras of our business mentors and magazines? Or maybe more challenging, what if it contradicts our cultural notions of 'manliness'?

Uncommon insights from neuroscience and human development give clues to why we get stuck, men especially. They also explain how we can stay stuck, floundering in either sudden crisis or slow stagnation.

Our typical responses to hardship can unwittingly prolong it. Get unstuck sooner when you learn how to prompt your own optimal response. Resilience means to spring back in recovery. Join us for a discussion about nurturing the resilient entrepreneur.

BIO:
Patrick Scott Pitman is curious about resilience in business and relationship.

An early developer of ecommerce technologies, Patrick advanced the capacity of entrepreneurs to sell direct to their customers starting in 1996, disrupting traditional sales channels. His innovations with an ecommerce SaaS product in the 2000's, built in the far reaches of Montana, attracted merchants from London to Silicon Valley.

Hacked by Russians, really. Hired and fired the world over. Driven to "get shit done" to the point of earning the nickname "Pitmania," Patrick has experienced first-hand the limits of a style of entrepreneurship reliant upon force: mental and physical. Today he unlearns this while playing at jiu jitsu.

Patrick is married for 20 years to author Karly Randolph Pitman with whom he's helping to grow up four children and assorted four-legged creatures. He enjoys living in dynamic Austin, Texas but gets back to ambling Montana as often as he can.

Agenda:
6:30-7:00pm - Sign-in and socializing (Grab food a drinks)
7:00-7:10pm - Announcements, Sponsor notes
7:10-7:35pm - Keynote Speaker Q/A
7:35-8:30pm - Pitches / Q&A

Company --- Presenter --- Website

*Coming Soon - If you want to pitch, click here (http://thetechmap.com/account/pitch)

8:30-9:00pm - Network, Network, Network
9:00pm - Until whenever. Go downstairs to the bar to network more.

We have colored dots! Make sure you find who you are looking for

RED: Talent (Developers, Designers)
GREEN: Investor (accredited)
BLUE: Entrepreneur
YELLOW: Media | Other

Please RSVP (http://thetechmap.com/Event/GetTickets/29123) as space is limited!

Parking:
Parking is available in the OMNI/Austin Centre Garage after 6pm. Please bring your ticket to the front desk at Capital Factory to receive $5 parking. Please save both parking tickets to exit garage. Street parking (check signs for restrictions) is also available and free after 6pm on Mondays.