Meet Alex Torrenegra Inventor, Investor, Entrepreneur, Shark Tank Colombia Shark & Founder of Torre.

September 22, 2020 at 9:30 PM UTC – September 23, 2020 at 12:30 AM UTC

Join us for our Fall kickoff event featuring an extremely relevant Fireside Chat on remote work and startup bootstrapping. We are proudly hosting Inventor, Investor, Entrepreneur, Shark Tank Colombia Shark and Founder of Torre, Alex Torrenegra. The fireside chat will be followed by Startup Duels 2, the sequel to the wildly popular 1 on 1 style global startup tournament. Can you take the heat?

Virtual event

About this event

FIRESIDE CHAT

Limited attendance, please secure admission ticket to receive registration link.

We are proud to host Alex Torrenegra for our Fall kickoff event. Alex Torrenegra is a Colombian-American entrepreneur, inventor, and investor. He founded multiple companies including Torre, Voice123, and Bunny Studio. He is also one of the "shark" investors on the Sony reality television series, Shark Tank Colombia. He was featured in MIT's list of Innovators Under 35 in 2012.

If you are a founder struggling to raise venture capital and considering bootstrapping, an entrepreneur building a remote team, a remote worker, this is your chance to personally query Alex about your challenges.

STARTUP DUELS

Startup Pitch sudden death matches. May the best Startup win!

Right after the Fireside Chat we will be hosting the second installment of Startup Duels. Startup Duels is a fun 1 on 1 style global startup tournament offering valuable exposure, feedback and coaching opportunities to competitors as well as prizes for both Crowd Favorite and Best Startup winners.

Show off your startup to the global startup community. Woo potential investors, partners, collaborators, users. Duel with the best of the best, receive valuable feedback and earn bragging rights, peer recognition as well as amazing prizes by participating in the Startup Duels competition on Tuesday, September 22nd.

The Startup Duels tournament pre-qualification stage is open to all startups at all stages. Only 16 startups pre-qualify per tournament. Will that be yours? Application Deadline Friday Midnight September 18th.

NO DECKS! NO QUESTIONS! NO MERCY!

Applicable Prizes, Judging CriteriaPrequalification Criteria, Contest Rules, and more information are available in the Resources folder. 

Apply using our Startup Registration Form.

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Alexander Torrenegra

    Torre.co

    CEO / Founder

Panelists

  • Alexander Torrenegra

    Torre.co

    CEO / Founder

  • Raíssa João

    Vaki

  • Nicolás Contreras

    Vaki

    CEO

  • Julian Trussard

    Founder Institute Costa Rica

    Director

  • Erick Rincón Cárdenas

    Bogota Chamber of Commerce

    VP

  • Corey Hart

    Startup Grind Grand Rapids

    Chapter Director

  • Chris Haug

    Startup Grind, Columbia Chapter

    Chapter Director

  • Eli Becerril Wong

    Techstars

    LATAM Community Manager

  • Eric Gaines

    Startup Grind

    Director

  • Guillermo Guzman

    Asostartups

    Board Member

  • Pedro Sostre

    WeWork Labs

    Miami Labs Manager

Moderators

  • Vanessa Hung

    Kavan Prime

    CEO

  • Marc Lissade

    Startup Broward

    Executive Director

When

When

September 22 – 23, 2020
9:30 PM – 12:30 AM UTC

Agenda

9:30 PMNetworking & Startup Duel Prep
10:00 PMFireside Chat
10:45 PMAudience Q & A
11:00 PMStartup Duel Introduction & Rules
11:05 PMLet The Games Begin!
12:15 AMFinal Duel
12:25 AMWinners Announcements & Farewells

Organizers

  • Marc Lissade

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Director

  • Eric Gaines

    Startup Grind

    Co-Director