That time when everything starts happening all at once. School starts and then every festival or event I really care about happens over the next two months. Here is a list of startup/entrepreneur events you should be excited for.
- August 21, Tech.co Pitch Night – Check out the pitches for ABQ Startup of the Year.
- August 26, ABQid Demo Day – The next class of startups from ABQid pitch their companies. I don’t think I have linked to the next class yet, so here they are:
- Bee The Swarm
- Blackpin Inc.
- Dear Dr. Dora
- Indigenous Beats
- MetaPipe
- August 27 – 28, ABQ Mini-Maker Faire – Two days of making, building, creating and learning at Balloon Fiesta Park.
- September 9 – Cultivating Coders – Demo and graduation day.
- September 9 – 11 – NM Game Jam – 48 hour event to develop your own game.
- September 9 – 17 – Umbrella Week – Art, Tech and Culture. One week, two weekends of great events, like TedXABQ and Danger Carnival
- September 15, Deep Dive Coding Demo Day – The summer cohort of students show off their projects.
- September 28 – 30, Experience IT – A weeklong event showcasing technology in our community.
- October 6, Rise of The Rest – Steve Case comes to Albuquerque for a $100K pitch contest.
The next two months are some of the best in Albuquerque, if only there was more time to do everything.