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<span id= Purpose"docs-internal-guid-9d6b1575-e7f5-f611-d920-cb374363aca3">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Techstars <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Techstars<br/span> ]<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Startup Weekend is a weekend event where entrepreneurs with various skill sets--whether its technical, business, or creative--come together to share ideas, form teams, and launch their startups. The 54-hour event is designed to help participants starting out with their startup ideas. For many participants, Techstars Startup Weekend is where their lives as entrepreneurs begin.</span></span>

The purpose of startup weekend is to enable attendees to get educated<span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, network0, and launch a product0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre- all within a super tight time frame. 54 hours of people, pizza, and pop provide an environment not seen in many other seminar events.wrap;"></span></span>

It appears that most startup weekend events are focused primarily on launching web<span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e7f7-3483-aaa7-16c31f68199a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, mobile0, or service products0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Techstars Startup Weekend sets a stage for the great talents in local community to connect and innovate. These new connections may be the new co- they do not focus on engineered founders, mentors, friends, or material productseven investors. UnderstandableThe event provides the participants with the resources they can use to explore what’s possible, as most products that require design research and physical prototyping are simply unfeasable where they will discover their passion for entrepreneurship. This is also a great opportunity for the participants to launch within such learn the art of bringing a short timeframecompany to life. A Fellow may be wise to take this into account when decidding if this resource hands-on experience, trials and errors, is best for their purposessomething no textbooks can ever teach.</span></span>

A notable exception <span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e7f7-3483-aaa7-16c31f68199a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Techstars Startup Weekend has a goal for the participants to this include start their businesses and continue working on their startups event after the event is over, or at the Toronto very least, become much more prepared for the chaotic world of startup weekend. During the event, participants are surrounded by many amazing people, whether they are their fellow participants with the same passion, which hosts a 'maker editionmentors/coaches who are there to guide them,' giving attendees or the judges who are there to give the participants the honest feedbacks. The participants also have the access to some of the full suite of best tools and resources one would typically encounter at their disposal. This is an opportunity for them to take a hackerworksbig leap in learning to develop the best businesses possible. Overall, Techstars Startup Weekend is an amazing event that will put the participants on the path of success.</makerworks.span></span><div><br/></div>

Startup Weekend provides a quick-and-dirty, hands on learning experience that is hard to replicate. Since attendees are focused solely on their products and ideas for the entire weekend, with access to resources the entire way, Startup Start-up Weekend can enable entrenrenuers entreprenuers to conceive and launch an idea in under three days! Startup weekend is focused on fast paced, hands on learning with little time for theory or lecture.

Startup Weekend's website cites *Faster pace than other resources*Focus primarily on mobile/web/IT/service products; products that over 1/3 of startups founded at their events are still running smooth after three months of can be built and launched in a relatively short timeframe, without safety, design, or material concerns*Focus primarily on early business lessons; what is required to start and run business in the earliest stage*Provides coaches: experienced businessleaders to assist and advise the startup process*Competition style event; not purely a seminar, and that ~80% of participants are still working with those companies- perhaps offers judging by an impressive feat considering their attendance record of over 45,000 alumni.organizer selected panel

<br/>Startup weekend teaches attendees how to rapidly develop and mature an idea- it appears to focus more Weekend is focused on the initial startup of the business than the long-term running. While valuable networking opportunities are sure to present themselvesfast paced, this may not be the event for the seasoned entreprenuer looking hands on learning with little time for fine tweaks and coachingtheory or lecture.

= Steps Required To Bring Resource to Impact Achieved for Students and Campus<br/> =

The Startup Weekend homepage provides a handy step's [http://startupweekend.org/about/ website]&nbsp;states that more than 23K teams have been formed, over one-bythird of start-step guide to bringing ups founded at their event to your city! Attendance at a previous startup weekend events are still running smoothly after three months of business, and roughly 80% of participants are still working with those companies. This is a requirement for any prospective 'Organizers,' as Startup Weekend calls theman impressive feat considering their attendance record of over 193K alumni from 150 countries.

An Organizer is responsible for organizing nearly Startup Weekend teaches attendees how to rapidly develop and mature an idea. The Weekend focuses on the initial start-up of the business more than the long-term running. While valuable networking opportunities are sure to present themselves, this may not be the entire event from for the ground up, from venue and food logistics to securing judges seasoned entrepreneur looking for fine tweaks and coachescoaching.

The largest barrier that must be to overcome in order to bring Startup Weekend to your campus or city is the requirement for an Organizer to be a Startup Weekend alumni- that is, they must have previously attended a startup weekend. Access to such an event depends on the proximity of your campus to startup Startup events and your willingness to make the journey to attend one - or to convince an alumni to come to you!

  Startup weekend Weekend presents itself as a simple, easy to deploy system- they host ; there is a variety of documentation on their webpage to assist in getting one set up.

-*Leadership and team building advice*Target audience & potential areas to look for budding entreprenuers*Financial information (planning, acquiring sponsors, etc..)*Day by day guides to suggested event planning

-Financial For general information (planningregarding Startup Weekend, acquiring sponsors, etcsee the webpage at [http://startupweekend.org/ http://startupweekend.) -Day-by-day guides to suggested event planning = Contact Information<brorg/> =].

For general direct contact information regarding Startup Weekend, see there is a form on the homepage webpage at [http://startupweekend.org/contact/ http://startupweekend.org/contact/].

Mailing Address:<br/>For direct contact information1700 7th Ave, there is a form webpage at [http:Suite 116 #147<br//startupweekend.org/contact/ http://startupweekend.org/contact/]>Seattle, WA 98101