Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Careers and Startups on Saturday 10th March

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• The Start-Up of YOU: 21st Century Career Strategy

  by Ben Casnocha and Reid Hoffman

  Renowned entrepreneur and investor Reid Hoffman and entrepreneur/author Ben Casnocha present a new blueprint for managing your career. You will learn the best practices of some of the most successful start-ups on the planet (like PayPal and LinkedIn), and how these strategies can be applied to your career -- no matter your industry or job function. You will learn how to launch career plans amid uncertainty; how to change jobs based on what you learn; how to generate breakout opportunities; how to take intelligent risks; how to develop real relationships and build an effective professional network. Most of all, you will learn how to *think* like an entrepreneur when steering the start-up that is your career. Newark mayor Cory Booker called The Start-Up of You "profound." Jack Dorsey said it "distills the key techniques needed to succeed." Come find out how to be the entrepreneur of your own life, and take control of your professional future.

  • Careers
  • Entrepreneur
  • Startups
  • Strategy

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center

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• Tech Career Expo

  Land a new (or better) job at SXSW. Chat with over 60 hot companies, from startups to established firms. Openings include development, design, engineering, management, marketing and sales. http://TechCareerExpo.com/

  • Careers
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Management
  • Sales
  • Startups
  • Technology

  At 12:00pm to 7:30pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Austin Music Hall

• Keeping Kids off the Street: Wall St. vs. Startups

  by Ben Siscovick, Chris Wiggins, Renee DiResta, Roger Ehrenberg and Zach Sims

  New York is now the #2 startup hub in the country and rapidly rising; however, single most consistent reason given for NYC’s failure to nurture a culture of innovation is Wall Street: it sucks engineers in, drains them of their creativity, and stuffs them with so much cash they can never be “lean” again. This panel includes people arguing against Wall Street as a force for good, people arguing for Wall Street as a natural career path to startups, and people working to “keep kids off the Street” (i.e., keep engineering students from joining Wall Street hedge funds and I-banks).

  • Careers
  • Hiring
  • Recruitment
  • Startups

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Salon A, Hilton Austin Downtown