= Purpose<br/> =
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 Startup Weekend events are focused primarily on launching web, mobile or service products. The focus is not necessarily on engineered or material products because those require design research and physical prototyping, which are unfeasable to launch within such a short timeframe. A Fellow may be wise to take this into account when decidding if this resource is best for their purposes.
A notable exception <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 has a goal for the participants to this includes start their businesses and continue working on their startups event after the Toronto Startup Weekendevent 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, which hosts a 'maker editionmentors/coaches who are there to guide them,' giving attendees or the judges who are there to give the participants the honest feedbacks. The participants also have the access to some of the full suite of best tools and resources one would typically encounter at their disposal. This is an opportunity for them to take a hackerworks/makerworks big leap in learning to develop the best businesses possible. Overall, Techstars Startup Weekend is an amazing eventthat will put the participants on the path of success.</span></span><div><br/></div>
= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings<br/> =