about meeting people. Being inspired by people’s creativity, by the strength of their mind. By learning from those who are successful business leaders.
about creating lasting relationships and building your personal network to better yourself as an individual. Startup Weekend IS about having fun, learning something new and taking the next step to entrepreneurship.
somebody speaking to you, telling you should be doing these things, and then you’re off to do it on your own,” said Kartik Rishi, organizer and informatics student. What people are saying
going, this is the perfect event. It’s short, it’s non-stop -- you can’t stop working, you’ve got 54 hours -- so it’s forcing you to focus, knock your idea around, beat it up a little bit and see if there’s anything there.”
they also become more engaged citizens – participating in more events, helping other entrepreneurs and in many cases becoming leaders and organizers themselves and in their community.
launch, CloudMine has become a Global Sponsor of Startup Weekend events around the world and now offers free resources to other Startup Weekend teams. They have also hired three employees and have received ample funding to build the company to scale more quickly.
you set up a social "launching soon” page in minutes, share your page and start gathering emails. A member of 500 startups and currently employee nine.
finding and sharing great dishes at restaurants – was acquired by OpenTable, the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations, for approximately $10 million.
proceeds from Startup Weekend events are put back into the community. Sponsoring other local organization and events allows us to not only grow the entrepreneurial community, but grow it together.
) -Remain local -Additional companies with spinoff -Multiplier effect Startup Weekend leadership team had the honor of ringing the NYSE Opening Bell to celebrate the creation of 100,000 entrepreneurs through Startup Weekend.
which is now being used for most local events here in the Tampa Bay area as well as future Startup Weekend events. Sasi 2013, Startup Weekend, BarCamp/CodeCamp