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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship Roundtable with OPEN
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://form.jotform.com/253065225589059 \nThis event will be a facilitated discussion bringing together founders\, builders\, and innovators to explore what it takes to create\, scale\, and sustain meaningful ventures. Every roundtable will have different topics of discussion as well. Here is the following criteria for individuals to join: \n1. Emerging Founders \n– Actively developing a startup\, product\, or business concept\n– May be pre-revenue or early revenue (<$500K ARR)\nCommitted to launching or validating their idea within the next 12 months \n2. Established Entrepreneurs \n– Have founded or co-founded a company (past or present)\n– Are seeking to scale\, pivot\, or build their “next best thing”\n– Have raised funding\, bootstrapped\, or achieved meaningful revenue milestones \n3. Intrapreneurs & Innovators \n– Corporate or technical professionals building new initiatives\, divisions\, or technologies within their organizations\n– Interested in transitioning to entrepreneurship or investing in early-stage ventures \nThose who are selected will be sent a link to purchase their optional lunch ticket for $20. The cost is to cover the food. If you opt out of lunch\, the event is free.
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/entrepreneurship-roundtable-with-open-4/
LOCATION:Ion\, 4201 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
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SUMMARY:AI Operator Spotlight: Houston's Top AI Leaders Open Their Playbooks
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://www.meetup.com/houston-ai-club/events/316056350/ \nThe inaugural AI Operator Spotlight puts two operators on stage who have deployed AI at very different scales\, and asks them for the unfiltered version: what worked\, what broke\, and what they would do differently. \nCHUCK YATES\, Co-Founder\, Collide \nTwo decades running energy private equity\, then co-founded Collide\, the first GenAI platform built for energy. Backed by Mercury Fund\, with 6\,000+ users in 122 countries. Host of the “Chuck Yates Got a Job” podcast. \nCHARLES JESSUP\, Sr. Manager of AI Fluency\, Raytheon \nRolled AI out to roughly 100\,000 employees\, one of the largest enterprise AI deployments you will hear about firsthand\, including the assumption that turned out wrong. \nWHAT YOU WILL TAKE AWAY \n– How a purpose-built AI product went from zero to 6\,000+ users across 122 countries\n– What actually breaks between an AI pilot and an enterprise-wide rollout\n– The adoption assumptions that cost the most time to unlearn\n– Where AI is creating real value in Houston right now \nFORMAT \n5:30 to 8:00 PM. Panel and live Q&A\, followed by 45 minutes of open networking with the founders\, executives\, and investors putting AI to work across the city. \nWHO IT IS FOR \nAI-curious business leaders\, founders\, operators\, and investors across energy\, aerospace\, health\, manufacturing\, and services. Come curious\, no technical background needed. \nDETAILS \nFree to attend. Free parking in the Red Lot at 4203 Fannin Street. Seating on the Forum Stairs is limited\, so please register in advance. \nPresented by Leon Coe (Founder\, Houston AI Club) and Ali Mamujee (Founder\, Allenix).
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/ai-operator-spotlight-houstons-top-ai-leaders-open-their-playbooks/
LOCATION:Ion – Forum Stairs\, 4201 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:3rd Party Registration,AI,Community Event,Corporate Innovators,Founders & Startups,Investors & Capital,Networking,Panel Dicussion
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