3 Day Startup San Antonio is returning to Geekdom at the Weston Center, April 27 - 29.

Catching up with Cristal Glangchai, Ph.D., Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Trinity University and 3 Day Startup San Antonio, she shared details and what's new with the program.  

Cristal Glangchai, Ph.D., Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Trinity University and 3 Day Startup San Antonio

Cristal is looking for more women, entrepreneurs of all ages and people with day jobs or those considering leaving it to get a startup of your own going.  

Being accepted to the program not only looks great on your resume, but you never know who you're going to connect with.  

And something very new....the Geekdom Fund that could be funding your next big idea.

Application Deadline is April 18.  Apply here And Start Something Up!

The 3 Day Startup movement continues to grow worldwide, with the Israel event coming up on March 14.

3 Day Startup is aimed at helping 40 students create their own startup in three days and enough momentum to keep the participants motivated to sustain their companies after the event.  In the case of the Israel event, students will convene at Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, where they'll bring their ideas, have input and support from experienced entrepreneurs and release a minimal prototype to a panel of judges and an audience from the community.

If you're a student in Israel with a startup idea, apply here.

Are you reaching out to media, bloggers and analysts to pitch your startup's story and vision to?

Here's a simple way to do this:  make 5 pitches per week.  Download this form and modify it as you see fit.  Ask yourself the questions listed below.  The more you do this, the luckier you get.

Who Did I Pitch Today?

Last night I had the opportunity to take part in watching a series of new company pitches based on a method known as 3DayStartup.  As its name implies, participants spend an intense three days with the end game of trying to start a technology company in three days.

Most of the students were from Trinity University, and mirrors the initiatives that local entrepreneurs and investors Pat Condon and Dirk Elmendorf have taken with the recent creation of a new entrepreneurial program at Trinity University.  Recently, Trinity announced the hiring of Luz Cristal Sanchez Glangchai as Associate Director of the program.

The video here are interviews from four people I spoke to, three of which -  Pat Condon, Matt Reedy, John Engates are local entrepreneurs / investors, and the final interview is with Cam Houser, who is a Director with 3 Day Start Up.  I also have a CinchCast interview with Dirk Elmendorf who elaborates about the Trinity Center for Entrepreneurship.

Special thanks to  Ryan Kelly and Vid Luther, who invited me to the event. Ryan and Vid collaborate on running locally based, Pear Analytics.