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  <span id="docs-internal-guid-9d6b1575-e7f5-f611-d920-cb374363aca3">[http://startupweekenduniversityinnovation.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</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, typically held on&nbsp;weekends, where aspiring entrepreneurs meet is designed to progress help participants starting out with their startup ideas. Each day of the event For many participants, Techstars Startup Weekend is a different focuswhere their lives as entrepreneurs begin.</span></span> <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;"></span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-9d6b1575-e7f5-f611-d920-cb374363aca3"><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; Friday is for pitching ideas and gathering a team">Since 2009, there has been over 4, Saturday and part 100 Techstars Startup Weekend events in over 150 countries. Techstars Startup Weekend community consists of Sunday is for building a viable product and Sunday night is prototype demonstration and judging over 234,000 participants from all over the globe. Over 23,000 teams has been created. 80 percents of ideasthese teams actually continued to pursue their startups after the events were over.&nbsp;</span></span><div><br/></div>[[File:Startup weekend logo.png|frame|Startup weekend logo.png]]

The purpose of <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 is sets a stage for the great talents in local community to enable attendees connect and innovate. These new connections may be the new co-founders, mentors, friends, or even investors. The event provides the participants with the resources they can use to get educatedexplore what’s possible, network and launch where they will discover their passion for entrepreneurship. This is also a product all within great opportunity for the participants to learn the art of bringing a super tight time framecompany to life. This Weekend consists of 54 hours of peopleA hands-on experience, pizza trials and pop provided in an environment not seen in any other seminar eventserrors, is something no textbooks can ever teach.</span></span>

It appears that most <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 events are focused primarily has a goal for the participants to start their businesses and continue working on launching webtheir startups event after the event is over, mobile or service productsat the very least, become much more prepared for the chaotic world of startup. The focus is not necessarily on engineered During the event, participants are surrounded by many amazing people, whether they are their fellow participants with the same passion, mentors/coaches who are there to guide them, or material products because those require design research and physical prototyping, which the judges who are unfeasable there to launch within such a short timeframegive the participants the honest feedbacks. A Fellow may be wise The participants also have the access to take this into account when decidding if this resource is some of the best for tools and resources at their purposesdisposal. A notable exception This is an opportunity for them to take a big leap in learning to this includes develop the Toronto best businesses possible. Overall, Techstars Startup Weekend, which hosts a 'maker edition,' giving attendees access to is an amazing event that will put the participants on the full suite path of resources one would typically encounter at a hackerworkssuccess.</span></span><div><br/></makerworks event.div>

Start-up 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, Start-up Weekend can enable entreprenuers to conceive and launch an idea in under three days.

<br/>Start-up Startup Weekend is focused on fast paced, hands on learning with little time for theory or lecture. = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus<br/> =

Startup Weekend's website cites that over 1= Impact Achieved for Students and Campus<br/3 of startups founded at their events are still running smooth after three months of business, and that ~80% of participants are still working with those companies- perhaps an impressive feat considering their attendance record of over 45,000 alumni.> =

Startup weekend teaches attendees how to rapidly develop and mature an ideaWeekend's [http://startupweekend.org/about/ website]&nbsp;states that more than 23K teams have been formed, over one- it appears to focus more on the initial startup third of the business than the longstart-term ups founded at their events are still running. While valuable networking opportunities are sure to present themselvessmoothly after three months of business, this may not be the event for the seasoned entreprenuer looking for fine tweaks and coachingroughly 80% of participants are still working with those companies. This is an impressive feat considering their attendance record of over 193K alumni from 150 countries.

''Additional update pending interview with John Schneider, founder of Fargo MELD Startup Weekend teaches attendees how to rapidly develop and Startup mature an idea. The Weekend alumfocuses on the initial start-up of the business more than the long-term running. Atempting While valuable networking opportunities are sure to find additional 'hackerspace' style startup weekends as wellpresent themselves, this may not be the event for the seasoned entrepreneur looking for fine tweaks and coaching.''

The Startup Weekend homepage provides a handy [http://startupweekend.org/organizer/ step-by-step guide ] to bringing their bring the event to your city! Attendance at a previous startup weekend Startup Weekend is a requirement for any prospective '[http://startupweekend.org/organizer/ Organizers,' as Startup Weekend calls them]. An Organizer is responsible for organizing nearly the entire event from the ground up, from venue and food logistics to securing judges and coaches.   The largest barrier that must be 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 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

For general information regarding Startup Weekend, see the homepage webpage at [http://startupweekend.org/ http://startupweekend.org/].

<br/>For direct contact information, there is a form on the webpage at [http://startupweekend.org/contact/ http://startupweekend.org/contact/].

Mailing Address:<br/>1700 7th Ave, Suite 116 #147<br/>Seattle, WA 98101

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