Startup Weekend returns to South Florida
Startup Weekend returns to South Florida Oct. 12-14, and this time the home base for the event will be the newly expanded Technology Business Incubator at the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University.
Startup Weekend, headquartered in Seattle, says it put on 400 events in 100 countries in 2011, making it the largest organization of its type. At the events — which have taken place in countries from Brazil to Mongolia — entrepreneurs, developers, designers and marketers come together for weekend-long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams and launch companies.
Organizers say Startup Weekend goes like this: Participants pitch startup ideas. Teams form around the top ideas, and then it’s a 54-hour sprint to create a business model, validate the market, code and design, with mentors available to help. The weekend ends with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders and investors and feedback. There are awards, too. Sometimes teams continue with their companies.
Startup Weekend Boca Raton runs from 6 p.m. Oct. 12 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14 at the incubator at 3651 FAU Blvd. in Boca Raton. It costs $99. For more information or to register, bocaraton.startupweekend.org
F ollow Nancy Dahlberg on Twitter, @ndahlberg
Startup Weekend, headquartered in Seattle, says it put on 400 events in 100 countries in 2011, making it the largest organization of its type. At the events — which have taken place in countries from Brazil to Mongolia — entrepreneurs, developers, designers and marketers come together for weekend-long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams and launch companies.
Organizers say Startup Weekend goes like this: Participants pitch startup ideas. Teams form around the top ideas, and then it’s a 54-hour sprint to create a business model, validate the market, code and design, with mentors available to help. The weekend ends with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders and investors and feedback. There are awards, too. Sometimes teams continue with their companies.
Startup Weekend Boca Raton runs from 6 p.m. Oct. 12 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14 at the incubator at 3651 FAU Blvd. in Boca Raton. It costs $99. For more information or to register, bocaraton.startupweekend.org
F ollow Nancy Dahlberg on Twitter, @ndahlberg
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