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Sponsorship Informa.on
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Sponsorship Informa.on
What is Tech Bloc?
Tech Bloc is a youthful, tech-‐ and urban-‐centric movement helping posi.on
San Antonio to be@er compete in the interna.onal technology economies
of today and tomorrow. A voice for the technology ecosystem in San
Antonio, Tech Bloc is uni.ng students, workers, job creators, and urbanists
to promote technology educa.on, innova.on, job growth and
entrepreneurial new starts. Tech Bloc also works with regional leaders to
enhance San Antonio’s urban livability and improve our city’s [email protected]
as a career des.na.on for crea.ve-‐class workers and entrepreneurs.
Founded on May 19, 2015
Why are we doing this? Below are ideals we know to be true as well as lessons learned from Enrico More6’s book The New Geography of Jobs • As globaliza;on has taken root, America has transi;oned from a manufacturing economy to a
knowledge based economy. Consequently, most job growth in America has occurred in innova.on industries, and most of that growth is rooted in new technology.
• These jobs drive everything else in a city’s economy as each innova;on job creates FIVE tradi;onal
jobs, mostly local service work, from lawyers to mechanics to waiters to teachers. This “mul;plier effect” is vital to understanding modern economic development. This benefits San Antonio’s en;re economy!
• The innova;on jobs (and the 5 that come with them) are clustering in a select number of ci.es.
Innova;on jobs build around other innova;on jobs. • Human capital is the key element to these economies. The jobs go where the people live who make
these high growth companies run -‐ regardless of cost. This is why Silicon Valley and New York con;nue to grow, despite outrageous labor and real estate costs.
• The result is a great divergence: a set of “brain hubs” with robust economies and plen;ful high skilled
jobs which, in turn, fuel the crea;on of more skilled jobs that aUract more skilled workers (all while the 1=5 effect drives addi;onal growth for all). At the other extreme are “Rust Belt” manufacturing ci;es struggling to make the transi;on as they lose legacy jobs and smaller mul;plier effect they had. And then there are the other ci;es, including San Antonio, that “could go either way.”
What have we done so far? ü Brought rideshare back to San Antonio. Welcome back Uber and Ly]!
ü Weekly newsleUers that connect the community and inform our members with tech news and city-‐wide events happening in San Antonio.
ü Launched Tech Deck! The Tech Deck is a hub of info for someone to quickly and easily find out about San Antonio’s tech scene. It is located on the top right corner of our website.
ü Launched Tech Fuel! Tech Fuel is a $50,000 startup compe;;on that we are hos;ng in partnership with Bexar County. We had a large number of applicants and our top 3 winners will be announced and awarded prize money at our next Tech Bloc rally!
ü Host #Tech2sday meetups! On the 2nd Tuesday of every month we bring the tech community together to connect and let crea;ve collisions happen (generally 200-‐350 aUendees).
ü Host city-‐wide rallies. Thus far, we have hosted (2) 1000+ aUendees rallies and plan to do so again in 2016.
ü Hosted a Tech Job Fair with over 300 people in aUendance.
ü Working with the city on the annexa;on vote. We hired a consul;ng company to analyze San Antonio’s annexa;on strategy and we plan on sharing the findings with our city leaders
What are we going to do? Tech Bloc in 2016: -‐ Lone Star Rail! We want ac#on on this 20+ year project. We believe San Antonio and Aus;n will be
the na;ons next tech hub. This project is crucial for us.
-‐ Annexa;on study. We need our city leaders to focus on our urban core.
-‐ Prep for the 2017 bond package. We need our city leaders to push for projects that will help San Antonio aUract and retain a young, skilled workforce.
-‐ Encourage our Tech Bloc members to be civically engaged and vote!
-‐ Connect the community through more rallies and more #Tech2sday meetups.
-‐ Incen;vize startups to move to San Antonio. We are working with Bexar County to ensure that the $1M innova;on fund is allocated to moving startups to San Antonio’s urban core.
-‐ Connect our members with volunteer opportuni;es
Sponsorship Opportuni.es Level Cost Benefits
Keystone Partner $25,000 Board-‐level input Prominent logo placement on website Prominent logo placement on all Tech Bloc material at rallies Prominent logo placement at #Tech2sday Adver;sing about company updates or jobs on weekly newsleUer 200 Tech Bloc member cards
Gold Partner $15,000 Logo placement on website Logo placement on all Tech Bloc material at rallies Logo placement at #Tech2sday Adver;sing about company updates or jobs on weekly newsleUer 100 Tech Bloc member cards
Silver Level $10,000 Logo placement on all Tech Bloc material at rallies Logo placement at #Tech2sday Adver;sing about company updates or jobs on weekly newsleUer 100 Tech Bloc member cards
Bronze Partner $5,000 Logo placement at #Tech2sday Adver;sing about company updates or jobs on weekly newsleUer 50 Tech Bloc member cards
Supporter $1,000 Adver;sing about company updates or jobs on weekly newsleUer 5 Tech Bloc member cards
*Tech Bloc member cards provide you free entry into all Tech Bloc events as well as member discounts
