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Welcome to
Startup Weekend
Seattle
Global Entrepreneurship
Week 2011
#startupbattle Startup WHAT?
#startupbattle Housekeeping!
Thank-you’s / recognition
Twitter Hashtags = #swseattle, #startupbattle, #gew
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Facilities - Restrooms
Wifi Code:
Introduce Neil
#startupbattle ScheduleFr
iday
Satu
rday
Sund
ay9:00 - Breakfast and work
12:00 – Lunch4:30 - Some food5:00 - Presentations (4 min each!)8:00 - Voting and awards
7:30ish – Pitching8:30 - Vote on top ideas, form teams!10:00 - Start working!
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Startup Weekend Book
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123 countries
25,000
partners
40,000 events & activities
10 millionparticipants
Global Entrepreneurship
Week 2011
#startupbattle
• Startup Open: Competition for the most promising startups launched between GEW 2010 & GEW 2011.
• Meet the Dragons: Entrepreneurs from eight countries throughout Europe traveled to the Netherlands to pitch their startup to a jury of ‘Dragons’ —for a chance to secure an investment up to €1,000,000.
• Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition: The best clean technology ideas from around the world were pitched to investors and .
• Your Big Year: Compete through a series of tasks and quizzes for one of 12 slots to fly to Liverpool next March to compete during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress for the final prize—a one-year trip around the world to network & unleash their ideas.
2011 Highlights
~60 Startup Weekends over 2 weekends
~1000s of amazing ideas
~60 Winning Teams
#startupbattle
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Global Champion Prizes!
Table at Launch Pad at the Launch Conference (San Francisco) to meet the top investors in Silicon Valley in March 2012! Includes flight for 2 team members.
Will get a table in the Startup Pavilion at Demo Asia (Singapore) and meet international investors in February 2012 – Based on audience vote, may have a chance to present on stage at Demo Asia!
$6,500 Worth of Web Design/Branding services from BTRAX
PR Launch Package from the Kauffman Foundation
$5,000 Incorporation and Legal Advice Package from Cooley Law
most importantly
HAVE
FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!
TECH CHECK & DRY RUN WITH TIMER!(set cues to stay on track)
Only 1-2 speakers(saves time)
No numbers without justification
(i.e. hockey stick growth curve)
Focus on MVP - what you’ve accomplished(leave the frills for Q&A)
Save demos locally - wireless WILL crash(or preload all pages in different tabs)
sundayPresentations