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| − | <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is a Startup Weekend</span></span></span>
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| − | <li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A startup weekend is an event organised by group of volunteers on the weekend days. It generally contains 20 to 100 participants (can also have 200 depending on the availability of space) where the participants are divided into small groups.Then the members of the group starts pitching their ideas and each group select the best idea out of different ideas pitched.These small groups can select the best idea by either interacting with the real customers or they simply can vote in for the best idea in their group.</span></span></span>''</p></li>
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| − | <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goal/Need of a Startup Weekend</span></span></span>
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| − | <li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The goal or the need of the startup weekend is to get the strongest business idea out of number of ideas pitched.The strongest idea is basically the most feasible, practical oriented and which will really impact the society after getting launched.Also this idea can make you earn some profits and can benefit the real world.It can also groom your managerial skills as well. Startup weekend aims to deliver experiential education and inspiration.</span></span>''</p></li>
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| − | <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Structure of the weekend (Activity and Content)</span></span></span>
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| − | <li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The activity is basically a three day programme that starts from Friday and ends on late Sunday.Day 1 goes with introduction among people and interaction that breaks ice. Day 2 is a busy day. It entirely deals with introduction of ideas,presentations.Day 3 that is Sunday which starts at 10:00 in the morning and ends at somewhere around 4:00.It is this day when everyone come forward with presentations,prototypes and students try to tell why is their idea on their product is the best and why a person should try investing their time or money for the service.</span></span>''</p></li>
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| − | <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costs, Fundraising, Sponsorships, Finding money and Judgement criteria.</span></span></span>
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| − | <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;">''<span id="docs-internal-guid-9627a889-724c-8b96-00b8-2f101fc3a74f"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to get the funds or sponsorship for the event you can approach various companies or you can simpy go to your departmental associations to help you with funds.You need to explain the whole idea and the goal of this event to the people you are approaching that how this event can benefit them as the sponsors.The judges should be selected in order to evaluate the strongest idea out of all and so that there is fair decision amog different teams.Also to avoid some kind of judgement challenge ,the selected judge should be revered among the society.</span></span>''</p>
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