Best SXSW Panels Of 2019 That Featured Awesome Austinites

Brooklyn Decker Best SXSW Panels with Austinites

SXSW was alive with local talent like model and app developer Brooklyn Decker, who won the Rising Star Award at 2019 Texas Film Awards

Austin is a wonderful boiling pot of techies, film directors, musicians, fashionistas, and foodies and Austinites represented that mix well at SXSW 2019. Here are the best SXSW panels of 2019 featuring locals who touched on all things business, food, fashion, and tech in our capital city.

Heather Dubrow’s World

Brooklyn Decker chats with Heather Dubrow about her app, Finery (Credit: Steve Rogers Photography)

Television personality and entrepreneur Heather Dubrow invited Austin native Brooklyn Decker, and her business partner Whitney Casey, to a live taping of her podcast. The topic of the day? Women Who W.O.R.K. That is, Women Offering Real Knowledge. Casey and Decker discussed their app Finery, and how it’s helping women get dressed faster utilizing clothes they already own.

You can listen to the whole podcast episode here.

Austin Technopreneurs Changing The World

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Five Austin technopreneurs: Erik Day of Dell Small Business, Preston James of DivInc, Mike McKim of Cuvee Coffee, and Tiffany Taylor of Tiff’s Treats Cookie Delivery came together for an hour session to talk all things tech. Specifically, they focused on how they each use technology to grow their businesses and deliver on their respective social missions.

Listen to the panel here.

Who and What Makes Austin Austin?

Barbecue legend Aaron Franklin weighed in on the culture of Austin during SXSW 2019

What makes Austin such a great place to live? Film director Sandra Adair, Vice President of WP Engine Heather Brunner, Aaron Franklin of Franklin Barbecue, and author Joe Nick Patoski weighed in on the culture, tensions, and visions in Austin.

Listen to the panel here.

Beyond Pop-Ups: Retail Spaces That Build Community

Austinites Alta Alexander of Altatudes, Keith Kreeger of Keith Kreeger Studios, and Margaret Williams of Tribeza chatted about the importance of providing memorable experiences for their customers. According the the panelists, community is the key to building a brand. Think live concerts, yoga classes, and nonprofit partnership events!