After Hours: Dallas New Tech celebrates first anniversary with showcase at City Hall
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- Danielle Abril
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Dallas New Tech drew more than 150 guests to its one-year anniversary showcase event this week.
The event, which highlights startups every first Tuesday of the month, took place at the main lobby of Dallas City Hall. It is the creation of Dallas tech advocate and entrepreneur Michael Sitarzewski, who modeled the event after a similar one in Boulder, Colorado, and Launch DFW, run by Bradley Joyce.
The one-year anniversary featured graduates from Dallas incubators VentureSpur and Health Wildcatters and winners of the NTx Apps Challenge. Presenters were Health Wildcatters' company Breathaleyes, Amby, and VentureSpur graduates JoopLoop and HostSpot.
The meeting spot, which previously has been designated at places including the Dallas Entrepreneur Center and Lofty Spaces, at City Hall was offered by the city of Dallas.
"The partnership with the City of Dallas comes from the administration recognizing the rapid, explosive growth within our community," said Sarah White, who helps Sitarzewski organize events. "The things happening related to startups and technology in Dallas are mind-blowing, and the city is getting national recognition for it."
Moving forward, Sitarzewski, who has emceed the event since its inception is passing the microphone to Launch DFW so he can focus on building new events for the DFW startup community.
The first event launched last November, drawing 65 attendees. A year later, Dallas New Tech is consistently drawing at least 150 attendees, according to organizers. Its highest attendance was at the Oct. 7 showcase, which drew more than 280 people.
Danielle covers technology, retail, restaurants and hospitality for the Dallas Business Journal. Subscribe to our new TechFlash email newsletter.
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