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= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 20pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overview </span><br/> =
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[Techstars]]</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; 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 design</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">to help participants starting out with their startup ideas. For many participants, Techstars Startup Weekend is where their lives as entrepreneurs begin.</span>
[[File:Techstars Startup Weekend.png|border|Techstars Startup Weekend Logo]]
<span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since 2009, there </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;">has been over 4,100 Techstars Startup Weekend events in over 150 countries. Techstars Startup Weekend community consists of over 234,000 participants from all over the globe. Over 23,000 teams has</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">been created. 80 percents of these teams actually continued to pursue their startups after the events were over.</span></span>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:smaller;"></span>Purpose</span> =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e80b-5c91-b7b2-4186c35be925"><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 a 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.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e80b-5c91-b7b2-4186c35be925"><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 start their businesses and continue working on their startups event after the event is over, or at the very least, become much more prepared for the chaotic world of startup. 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 the judges who are there to give the participants the honest feedback. 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 best businesses possible. Overall, Techstars Startup Weekend is an amazing event that will put the participants on the path of success.</span></span>
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= Event Schedule =
[https://www.techstars.com/ <font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Techstars Website</span></font>]
= Student Contributors<br/> =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e814-5112-c17f-d3d3dce2d986"><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;">Written by:</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e814-5112-c17f-d3d3dce2d986"><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;">Ethan Moengchaisong</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-242afbcd-e814-5112-c17f-d3d3dce2d986"><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;">Haifa AlHarrasi</span></span>
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