LAUNCH DFW and FWD.us to Host #BuiltByImmigrants Event

DALLAS - Aug. 12, 2014 - PRLog -- DALLAS, TX – LAUNCH DFW (http://launchdfw.com/), a media organization built for the North Texas tech startup community, is partnering with FWD.us to host a #BuiltByImmigrants (http://app.fwd.us/stories) panel and networking event on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 6:00 PM (CT).

The panel discussion will focus on the North Texas tech startup community and issues foreign-born founders encounter when starting or growing their companies. Event attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from immigrant founders and the startups they are building.

The evening will include a panel featuring several members in the startup and tech community, including Jason Liu from DFW Excellerator; Hubert Zajicek, founder of Tech Wildcatters; and Adrian Avendaño, Vice President of the Mexican Global Network. The panel will be moderated by Michelle Schulz, partner in the Gardere Corporate Practice Group, who focuses on International Trade and Compliance.

LOCATION: Dallas Entrepreneur Center, 311 North Market Street, Dallas, TX 75202

Please register here (http://launchdfw.com/event/built-by-immigrants-a-fwd-us-l...).

“LAUNCH DFW is happy to bring this kind of event to our community,” says Bradley Joyce, founder of LAUNCH DFW. “Many of the companies in the North Texas area are being built by immigrant entrepreneurs. Given the conversations happening around the country regarding immigration reform, now is a perfect opportunity to highlight these companies’ impacts in our local community and what immigration reform can do to fuel innovation and create more jobs.”

LAUNCH DFW is a media organization that supports and promotes tech entrepreneurship throughout North Texas. Founded in 2010 by Bradley Joyce as a first step in building a better startup community, LAUNCH DFW now has the honor of being a key component of the local ecosystem.

FWD.us is an advocacy organization created to help organize the broader tech community to promote a bipartisan policy agenda – including comprehensive immigration reform, education reform, and support for scientific research – that will boost the knowledge economy to ensure more jobs, innovation and investment, now and in the future. You can learn more at www.FWD.us.