Gruber, Curtis, Belsky, O'Reilly, Baldwin photos courtesy the speakers

The first early registration deadline for SXSW V2V, the newest addition to the SXSW family of events, is fast approaching. Register between now and this Friday, December 14 to be part of this exciting new SXSW event in its very first year for only $695.

This week SXSW V2V has been offering a small sneak peek into a few of the 100+ visionaries who will be participating in the inaugural event happening in August 11-14, 2013 in Las Vegas. Joining us to share their expertise and help entrepreneurs across all creative industries take their ideas and talents to the next level will be: Micah Baldwin, CEO and Chief Community Caretaker of Graphic.ly, and father of #followfriday; Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance, and author of "Making Ideas Happen"; Tim O'Reilly founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc.; Frank Gruber, entrepreneur, new media journalist, and co-founder of Tech Cocktail; and Dustin Curtis, writer, UI designer and creator of Svblte, a curated collation of great people with great things to say.

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