Hey everyone,
We’re planning on getting everyone together on February 16th for an alumni reunion. We’ve set the date for February 16th, location to be determined.
We’re hoping to see you all out there and get caught up on your progress. If you’re new to Startup Weekend please come by and find out what we’re all about. We’ll send out details as the become available but in the meantime please save the date!
Startup Weekend, whose mission is to kickstart and foster startup communities worldwide through events and networking sessions, had a very lively 2011.
According to internal statistics shared exclusively with TechCrunch, the organization held a total of 260 events in 202 cities, in 67 countries (you can find the obligatory accompanying infographic below).
All in all, the ‘startup weekends’ attracted some 21,316 people, who collectively formed 2,817 teams.
Startups that were incubated at its events raised at least $30 million in outside funding in the course of last year, although Startup Weekend CMO Joey Pomerenke tells me there were probably more fundraising rounds completed that they simply don’t know about yet.
Click here to read more of the TechCrunch article.
Vancouver Startup Weekend winner My Best Helper came in # 10 in the Global Startup Battle, the best position of any Canadian city. The only other Canadian entry to make the top 20 was Halifax at #15.
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Startup Weekend, whose mission is to kickstart and foster startup communities worldwide through events and networking sessions, had a very lively 2011. According to internal statistics shared exclusively with TechCrunch, the…
Vancouver Startup Weekend winner My Best Helper came in # 10 in the Global Startup Battle, the best position of any Canadian city. The only other Canadian entry to make…
Startup Weekend Vancouver Winner MyBestHelper Enters Global Startup Battle Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on Wed, November 23, 2011 2:00 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Startups · 0 Comments MyBestHelper, which won first place at Startup Weekend Vancouver…
Eric Brooke wrote a great review of the event. He has some very good suggestions which we’ll incorporate into the Summer Event (yes, that’s right folks). Give his…
A great write up of the event from Joey: This past weekend Shane Reiser and I took the train up to Vancouver to facilitate the Vancouver Startup Weekend event….
Some more great photos. Vancouver Startup Weekend 2012 – a set on Flickr.
A great page that has all the pitches from the most recent Vancouver Startup Weekend. Check it out here.
Thanks to Jon Chui at Startup Digest for his write up: Morning Vancouver! To those American expats among us, happy Thanksgiving day this Thursday!To @MayorGregor, congrats to winning…
Voting for the Global Startup Battle opens up at 12noon PST today and will go until November 28 11pm PST. The contest is being hosted by Wildfire, which is…
Many business and technology communities in Vancouver are almost exclusively male. But this was not the case at Vancouver Startup Weekend. The winning team was headed by Alexandra Greenhill…
x The My Best Helper Team A panel of local entrepreneurs and investors awarded first place to My Best Helper at Vancouver Startup Weekend’s closing event. The judges’ award was based…
Last night’s winners c/o Techvibes: First place: My Best Helper - a web-based service that makes family life better by helping families find any type of in-house caregiver that they…
Thanks for everyone who came out for Vancouver Startup Weekend. A fantastic 54 hours. See you all again soon! More Photos here
How cool is the Mayor of Vancouver? Unbelievable. All sizes | Untitled | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
Startup Weekend Vancouver, Day 2 – a set on Flickr.
See the whole set here: Startup Weekend Vancouver, Day 1 – a set on Flickr.
… we salute you. Here is the information you require. Hashtag for the event is #vsw.
The fun starts Friday evening at the SFU Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver. Doors open for registration at 5:30pm. No dinner will be served on Friday…
Vancouver Startup Weekend has brought in the smartest money in early stage investment in to judge your startup. Check out the list of seasoned pro’s we’ve assembled here.
Some good news for Startup Weekend Fans! Google has agreed to support the folks behind Startup Weekend to jumpstart and foster startup communities from around the world.Through a global…
These just got sent to me. We’ll be giving copies away at Startup Weekend.
For the pitches on Friday night, you will have just 60-90 seconds to get the audience/potential teammates interested in your idea. You will have no slides or props and there won’t be…
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Vancouver entrepreneurs will be representing our fine city in the upcoming Startup Weekend. Vancouver startups will be competing against 37 other cities for the title. Check out the impressive…
The Startup Weekend people also invest. Here is their profile on AngelList: We are a global community of over 40k passionate entrepreneurs. Startup Weekend is a platform where…
by Aaron Stannard < @aaronontheweb > Note: This piece was originally posted on Aaron Stannard’s blog. Startup Weekend Los Angeles stands out among other Startup Weekends in that each one of these events have…
Author: Petrus Theron Two weeks ago I took part in Startup Weekend, a 54-hour business hackathon. Participants pitch their ideas in under 60 seconds to an audience of developers, designers and…
Curt Woodward 8/3/11 A couple of years ago, three guys crammed together in a Seattle condo were trying to turn a 54-hour crash-innovation meetup called Startup Weekend into something much bigger. Today, their…
by Eric Koester I’ve often heard the phrase “You get out of something what you put into it.” And in most cases, that is true — if you put…
Bret Kopf November 11, 2010 TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION Want to start a company? Step 1. Go to startup weekend. It took me 1 year to start my company: find developers,…
November 24, 2008|By Curt Merrill CNN Participants pitched their ideas for startup companies, then voted on which they liked best. Don Brown wasn’t looking for a new job, but after…
Mitchell Patterson June 23, 2011 Editor’s Note: Mitchell Patterson is…
via A Startup Weekend Success Story : alexking.org. Alex King When I attended the inaugural Startup Weekend in Boulder, I did so with a stated purpose of going…
As you may or may not know, Startup Weekend is weekend where business developers, coders and designers get together for one long weekend and try to create a…
From businessplanexecutivesummary.com: I just returned from a great time at Indianapolis Startup Weekend. I thought I would write a short blog post to answer the question I had before…
Check out this story on how the whole thing began! How Startup Weekend Got Its Start | Entrepreneur.com.
Wow, this is great. Rob Inkster and the good people at Emily Carr have offered up an iPad as prize to their students when they attend Startup Weekend in…
Steve Jobs has been an inspiration to entrepreneurs since the 80′s when he first started making machines capable of magic. He convinced John Sculley to take the helm of Apple…
Vancouver will be part of Global Entrepreneurship Week on November 18th when we hold our Startup Weekend at the Segal Center. Details about the prizes to follow. Exciting stuff!
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