Monday Bites: May 19, 2025

Welcome to this bite-size issue of The Austin Business Review, with a quick look at this week’s best upcoming business events (plus something fun for the weekend).

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-Ethan

PS. We’ve got a date for the next installment of A Moveable Feast, the monthly dinner series on money and creativity that I do with my buddy, Zac Solomon, of the ATX Writing Club.

The last one was fantastic. Writers, founders, investors, and even a fire dancer, shared a table, and wine, and stories from the trenches. On June 21st, we’re doing it again. This time, the topic of the evening is “How To Raise Prices and Get Paid More for Your Creative Work.” It’ll be very tactical, and based on the names I’ve seen already rolling in, should be an excellent group of people to share with and learn from.

Business Events This Week…

🗓️ TONIGHT: Cover Your Ass: Remington Pierce is facilitating this panel with three different lawyers, talking about building a strong legal foundation at your scaleup

🗓️ May 20: Sea Logistics Seminar: Trade experts from IMC and Kuehne+Nagel are meeting to share insights on supply chains, geopolitics, tariffs, and more.

🗓️ May 20: SKU Spring Showcase: Watch CPG founders graduating the SKU program pitch to investors live, plus a talk from Sean Riley, founder of DUDE wipes

🗓️ May 20: Austin Coaches Collective: Hosted by Erin Laverone, the name says it all – this group’s for professional coaches, looking for peers to knowledge-share with

🗓️ May 20: Navigating AI & Privacy: More lawyers! Robert Brown, and Paul Hurdlow discuss AI & privacy laws from an executive’s perspective

🗓️ May 21: Food As Medicine: Metropolitan Breakfast Club is hosting Joi Chevalier, founder of The Cook’s Nook, and dietician/culinary expert Lindsey Schoenfeld 

🗓️ May 21: Using Liens to Ensure You Get Paid: Attorney and founder, Maria Jose Castro, is giving this Lunch & Learn, ideal for local service providers of different types

🗓️ May 21: Modern Wisdom Fan Meetup: John Cioffredi is gathering fans of the pod to discuss Ep. 894, on Designing Your Life for Peak Creativity

🗓️ May 21: Austin CTO Club: Every month, William Baxter curates a discussion for senior tech execs. This month’s topic: Build vs Buy - What’s your decision process?

🗓️ May 22: Time Anxiety: Chris Guillebeau, author of the best-selling $100 Startup, is at Book People talking about his latest release, all about beating time scarcity

🗓️ May 23: Lean Coffee: William Baxter and Duri Chitayat, veterans of Lean Coffee NYC, have brought the format to ATX

🗓️ May 23: The “We Should Get Coffee,” Coffee: Join me and other ABR readers for coffee at St. Elmo Springdale. Invite anyone cool you’ve been meaning to catch up with too!

One for the Weekend…

This week, it’s gotta be the Hot Luck Food Festival, running May 22-25. Dreamed up by Aaron Franklin (yes, that Franklin), James Moody (founder of both the Mohawk venue and Rambler sparkling water), and Portland Oregon’s Mike Thelin, it’s been billed as, “a hungry love letter to the city of Austin.”

Four nights. Five venues. Dozens of chefs from around the city and across the country. The lineup looks like this:

• May 22: Kickoff at Franklin BBQ (All-Access Pass Holders Only)

• May 23: Nite Moves - Nostalgic food stalls at Arena Hall

• May 24: Al Fuego - Open Fire Cooking at Jester King (or live music at Mohawk)

• May 25: Camp Sunnyside - Brunch at Fair Market on E. 5th

Kids 12 & under get in free with your adult ticket, and all tickets include all food and drinks. The “Whole Enchilada” gets you access to everything, with early admission every night. You can find tickets and more info here.

That’s all for today! Keep an eye out Thursday for the full-length edition, including more upcoming events, insights, and opportunities to grow your business or personal sphere here in Austin.

Email me here if you want to share any feedback, or let me know about an event you’re hosting.

Until next week,

-Ethan