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<br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:18pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Creating Success by Exploring YOUR Ideas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">As a 501© nonprofit organization, 3 Day Startup delivers some of the best experiential entrepreneurship training with educational programs that accomodate students from around the world! 3 Day Startup boasts a distinctly high success rate, with sponsored events resulting in more successful startups than any other three day entrepreneurship event. Startup Weekend provides an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs in the Tech & STEAM fields, and 3 Day Startup has led to over 41 technology startups acquiring over $14 million in investments!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">By offering a variety of events and courses such as economic development, skill-building, accelerator/competition readiness- 3 Day Startup is tailored for high school and university students as well as those in the enterprise, intermediate and professional phases. 3 Day Startup is sponsored by Microsoft and Rackspace, where students receive free technology and server access for quick building! While focusing on tech startups, 3 day Startup is all-inclusive, and encourages participation by all majors at the university level.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">The 3DS Startup weekend is unlike anything you’ve experienced before! 3DS rents out work space for the entire three day weekend and caters food and drinks, all while bringing together ~45 student participants and dozens of successful entrepreneurs and investors. On day 1, the participants select the best startup ideas during a brainstorming session, and then work throughout the weekend to deliver a prototype and pitch to investors on Sunday evening. With a focus on learning-by-doing, 3DS encourages interdisciplinary teams to talk with real customers, and act in the microcosm of what the startup world actually feels like.</span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Below is an example of a 3DS Startup weekend itinerary:</span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Friday:</span></p><br/><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">2pm: meet & greet, split up into brainstorming groups</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">7pm: dinner & pitch ideas</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:23pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Decide on best idea(s), start working!</span></p></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:23pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Saturday:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:23pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Customer interaction, coding, market validation, business plans, logos, etc.</span></p></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:23pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Sunday:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">6pm: dinner & meet panelists</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">7pm: pitch startup(s) to panel</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:23pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Launch prototype, elect board</span></p></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Note on equity</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">3DS non-profit organization will receive 0.5% of </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">dilutable </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">equity in any companies that are formed based around ideas presented during the final pitches, if a patent is sought and the company adheres to the structures of the FCC laws. The purpose of this is to protect ideas and founders by establishing a clear chain of legal ownership for the ideas. The 3DS organizers never profits from any pf the work you do!</span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">In addition to the Startup Weekend events held globally, 3 Day Startup annually hosts a 1- 2 week Entrepreneurship Exchange program. This year’s 3DS Exchange is being held in Austin, Texas and features dozens of esteemed speakers and opportunities to connect with mentors, investors, teachers, and other entrepreneurs. Aside from top-notch educational material, the 3DS Exchange provides students with global networking opportunities and the chance to meet potential venture startup investors.</span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">.</span></p><br/>
= <span style="font-size:18pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Host a Startup weekend at your Campus</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:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">To begin planning a 3DS Startup weekend at your campus, please contact 3DS directly to receive guidance and instruction throughout the process. Online forms to request an event partnership or sponsorship are available at: http://3daystartup.org/contact-us/</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">2 - 3 Months of organization time is required to plan a successful event!</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">3DS offers a grant program- apply to subsidize the costs and receive potential funding!</span></p></li>
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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:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">To secure your event- "Unlock" your university by having 50 interested people</span>[http://3daystartup.org/find-your-university/ <span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#1155cc; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">sign up</span>]</p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">3DS will contact you and provide a 3DS mentor to help organize the event.</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Begin planning the actual Startup weekend by securing a date and venue.</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Secure sponsorships to cover costs of food, t-shirts, and any other expenses.</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Recruit applicants - this should be occurring throughout the entire process!</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Find mentors and panelists to serve at the actual event.</span></p></li>
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Host the event, and be thankful you’re so well prepared!</span></p></li>
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= <span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Purpose<br/></span> =
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">From 3daystartup.org:</span><br/></span>
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="line-height: 21px">The weekend is designed with two specific goals in mind: kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="line-height: 21px">3 Day Startup is primarily focused on building and funding technology based student-run companies.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="line-height: 21px">After the 3 days are over, 3 Day Startup hopes to maintain the entrepreneurial momentum</span> through the ecosystem networks by linking academic institutions, investors, incubators and accelerators, and student entrepreneurship organizations.</span></span>
= <span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings<br/></span> =
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">3 Day Startup has a high sucess rate. Per event, 3 Day Startup events result in more successful startups than any other weekend entrepreneurship event.</span>
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">The exciting aspects in contrast to something like Startup Weekend is that 3 Day Startup is focused entirely on tech startups, and that they bring in actual investors on the final day. 3 Day Startup has lead to 41 technology startups attracting over $14 million in investment. </span>
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Additionally, 3 Day Startup is sponsored by Microsoft and Rackspace, enabling students to free technology and servers for quick building.<br/></span>
<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Although interested in tech startups, 3 Day Startup encourages participation by all majors at a university.</span>
= <span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Steps Required to Bring Resource to Campus<br/></span> =
*<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Directly contact 3DS and they can walk you through the process</span>
*<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">2 - 3 Months of organization time req<span style="font-size:small">uired</span></span>
*<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">They offer a grant program you can apply to in order to subsidize the costs</span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">"Unlock" your university by having 50 interested people [http://3daystartup.org/find-your-university/ sign up]</span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">3DS will contact you and provide you with a 3DS mentor to organize the event</span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Secure a date and venue<br/></span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Secure sponsorship to pay for food, tee shirts, whatever other expenses you might have</span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Recruit applicants</span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Find mentors and panelists</span>
#<span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Throw the event</span>
= Contact Information =
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| Madeline Vu
| madeline@3daystartup.org
| Program Manager
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| Cam Houser
| cam@3daystartup.org
| CEO
|}
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<span style="font-size:18pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">So, what is 3DS?</span>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">Please visit the website http://3daystartup.org/about/ or watch the following video for more information: </span>[http://youtu.be/HjtKebKyVp4 <span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri; color:#1155cc; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre">http://youtu.be/HjtKebKyVp4</span>]
