Startup Weekend... x 10

A series of 10 Startup Weekends will take place during Global Entrepreneurship Week, in cities throughout the US... oh yeah, and London.

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour startup event that provides networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. Get connected with local developers, innovators and entrepreneurs.

Build Community. Start Companies. No Talk. All Action.

The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours.

Sound intense? It is.

A Typical Weekend?

A typical weekend might go something like below, although most weekends find their own schedule that works best:

Friday:

• 6pm: Everyone gets together; figures out who else is there; what would be interesting to build.
• 7pm: Pitches start (if you have an idea for a product you pitch it to the group).
• 8pm: Teams start breaking off (generally about nine teams will form during the weekend, creating nine products or companies).
• 9pm: Hopefully teams have solidified their concept and created an elevator pitch (even a simple one) by now.
• 10pm: Break off to a bar or coffee shop to continue the discussion and attempt to paper prototype out their application.

Saturday:

• 9am: Crowds pour in; work starts on development.
• Noon: Lunch.
• 3pm: More coding, business plan development, and a special guest (music, vc, sponsor etc).
• 6pm: Special guest drop-ins and pitches from the teams.
• 9pm: Gut check on the product; basic prototype building; group get-together for drinks and to talk about the products everyone is working on.

Sunday:

• 9am: The day’s work starts again.
• Noon: Projects are being developed; live website with signup is possibly set up; more special guests drop in.
• 6pm: Sink or swim time for those looking for a weekend launch.
• 9pm: Presentations from each company; what worked, what didn’t, what could go better and contacts are exchange for those continuing in the future.

What do Attendees Get?

Startup Weekend provides an unprecedented level of networking, team building, learning, and life changes for its attendees and their communities. Don’t forget that there will be 6-7 meals and drinks provided. There is a reason that most attendees come back for every event – it’s just plain fun and provides amazing opportunities you can’t get anywhere else. Sometimes a company emerges, sometimes one doesn’t, but every time people leave with more experience, insight, knowledge, friends, and resources than they came with.