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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 a unique and energizing experience and plenty of opportunities.wrap;"></span></span>

<span id= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings"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 sets a stage for the great talents in local community to 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 explore what’s possible, where they will discover their passion for entrepreneurship. This is also a great opportunity for the participants to learn the art of bringing a company to life. A hands-on experience, trials and errors, is something no textbooks can ever teach.<br/span></span> =

<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 provides has a quick-goal for the participants to start their businesses and-dirty, hands continue working on learning experience that their startups event after the event is hard to replicateover, or at the very least, become much more prepared for the chaotic world of startup. Since attendees During the event, participants are surrounded by many amazing people, whether they are focused solely on their products and ideas for fellow participants with the entire weekendsame passion, with mentors/coaches who are there to guide them, or the judges who are there to give the participants the honest feedbacks. The participants also have the access to some of the best tools and resources at their disposal. This is an opportunity for them to take a big leap in learning to develop the entire waybest businesses possible. Overall, Techstars Startup Weekend can enable entrenrenuers to conceive and launch is an idea in under three days!amazing event that will put the participants on the path of success.</span></span><div><br/></div>

= Impact Achieved For Students Startup Weekend provides a quick-and Campus<br/> =-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.

Startup Weekend's website cites that over 1/3 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- an impressive feat considering their attendance record of over 45,000 alumni!''Hilightable differences include''':

(Include images*Faster pace than other resources*Focus primarily on mobile/web/IT/service products; products that can be built and launched in a relatively short timeframe, without safety, where possibledesign, or material concerns*Focus primarily on early business lessons; what is required to start and run business in the earliest stage*Provides coaches: experienced business leaders to assist and campuses involved)advise the startup process*Competition style event; not purely a seminar, offers judging by an organizer selected panel

= Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus<br/> =Startup Weekend is focused on fast paced, hands on learning with little time for theory or lecture.

The Startup Weekend homepage provides a handy step-by-step guide to bringing their event to your city! Attendance at a previous startup weekend is a requirement = Impact Achieved for any prospective 'Organizers,' as Startup Weekend calls them.Students and Campus<br/> =

An Organizer Startup Weekend's [http://startupweekend.org/about/ website]&nbsp;states that more than 23K teams have been formed, over one-third of start-ups founded at their events are still running smoothly after three months of business, and roughly 80% of participants are still working with those companies. This is responsible for organizing nearly the entire event an impressive feat considering their attendance record of over 193K alumni from the ground up, from venue and food logistics to securing judges and coaches150 countries.

The largest barrier that must be overcome in order Startup Weekend provides a handy [http://startupweekend.org/organizer/ step-by-step guide] to bring Startup Weekend the event to your campus or city is the requirement for an Organizer to be ! Attendance at a previous Startup Weekend alumni- that is, they must have previously attended a startup weekendrequirement for any prospective [http://startupweekend. Access to such an org/organizer/ Organizers]. An Organizer is responsible for organizing nearly the entire event depends on the proximity of your campus , from venue and food logistics to startup events securing judges and your willingness to make the journey to attend one - or to convince an alumni to come to you!coaches.

 Once the hurdle of finding Startup Weekend presents itself as a suitable Organizer simple, easy to deploy system; there is cleared, a host will find a wealth variety of useful guides and resources conveniently compiled documentation on the Startup Weekend homepagetheir 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