Rawkin SXSW- OtherInbox goes big at SXSW 2011 with Startup Crawl, IgniteSXSW and more!

March 24 2011, 5:04pm

Whoa!! Been a minute…. Here at OtherInbox HQ we have been heads down on both building great new additions to the Organizer app but also working very hard on sponsoring two events that started off the 2011 SXSW Interactive Conference in a major way. First off, the ATX Startup Crawl on Thursday, March 10th then Ignite SXSW on Friday, March 11th. But two back to back events were not enough for us to be involved in though! Our own Joshua Baer also had a solo panel on Saturday, the 12th. Joshua’s “5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Speech” was, again, a huge hit. Finally, later in the week, Joshua goes on to win the 2011 Das Iron Geek Award!? Believe it, we completely crushed it during SX! THE ATX STARTUP CRAWL We hit the ground running with the ATX Startup Crawl on Thursday the 10th, the day before SXSW actually started. With the Startup Crawl, we participated in a technology open house of sorts where ourselves and more than twenty other local Austin Technology Startups opened our office doors and invited folks in to have a beer, talk to recruiters and just get to know us.

Overall, Startup Crawl was all about selling Austin Technology to both locals and the people coming to SXSW. Working as a cohesive community, we were able to present a really strong presence for all of us by opening up our own creative spaces and smartly utilizing our existing resources. Startup Crawl was a blast and even garnered some national and international press mentions and backlinks. IGNITE SXSW w/ DORKBOT The very next night OtherInbox was proud to be a major sponsor of Ignite SXSW, an official SXSW event. We paired with Dorkbot and put on an amazing show that included both the Ignite format mini-presentations from such speakers as Guy Kawasaki and Bob Metcalfe PLUS the maker faire type science displays of Dorkbot!

We brought the brains, they brought the bots and we ended it with a great performance by Arc Attack’s singing Tesla Coils! FIVE SECRETS TO A KILLER ELEVATOR PITCH The very next day, our dude Joshua Baer took a packed house at SXSW Interactive, walked them through his 5 secrets of a killer elevator pitch and then had them come up and take a turn. The response was pretty great! Here’s the deck from Joshua’s presentation. Elevate your elevator pitch to “killer!” 5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch – SXSW 2011   See more examples at http://killerelevator.com

5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch – SXSW 2011

Das Iron Geek On paper, the 2nd annual Das Iron Geek competition might look like an aborted scene from an aborted “Revenge of the Nerds” sequel but it is actually a series of fun and geeky challenges by keyboard manufacturer Das Keyboard to find and crown the “geekiest influencer at SXSW.”

Well, wouldn’t you know it, the geekiest influencer is our very own Joshua Baer! The above “Office” inspired trophy can now be found in our office and is a source of great pride to us all! I am unable to disclose the horrible things my boss had to do to be crowned with such a geektastic honor, so instead I will direct you to this amazing video. Note- It is long but pretty awesome.

Check out J. Baer’s touching acceptance speech at the 08:38 mark! The aftermath of our SXSW Interactive 2011? A bunch of business cards, a natural aversion to free beer and BBQ, a slight suntan, a pair of bulked up calves from biking around town and a huge appreciation for our hometown, Austin Texas. Were you here? Tell us about it! Twitter – Facebook- Email – We are so connected it hurts!