What happened? Some amazing things happened! We had 10 events in two countries as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, and EVERY single event was a huge success! We were one of 11 “Featured Events” out of the over 25,000 events last week! There were over 650 Entrepreneurs, 70+ startup projects born, and tons of media created! Just some [...]

Reposted from Dr. WordPress’s blog If you ever wondered where lots of cool software comes from… it comes from right around where I’m hanging out this weekend. I’m at Startup Weekend Silicon Valley. It’s my fourth weekend startup event in 2009. I’m on a team working on a fashion application we’re callingDress Me Sue (”Closet [...]

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Events are running strong in Idaho, Tulsa, and Atlanta this weekend. There are some amazing things happening! Be sure to check in with the progress of each city! Atlanta: http://atlanta.startupweekend.org/ Tulsa: http://tulsa.startupweeekend.org/ Idaho: http://idaho.startupweekend.org/

Here are the winners of the funniest tweets yesterday! The winners get a free ticket to any of the upcoming Startup Weekend events! @EmekaPatrick “b/c times are rough, NY rents are high, & I’m so behind on bills I live in fear of my organs being repossessed #swfreetix @Janabriggs “I deserve a ticket because my [...]

We are giving away five free tickets today at 4:00pm PST. How: Tweet something funny to @startupweekend and reference your city #swfreeticket We will compile the entries on this page, and announce the winners here!

Would you like to have Startup Weekend come to your city? We have the new City Vote plugin installed on the main site. Don’t worry, this is version 1 and will be improving, but you get the idea. We need a minimum of 75 votes to come to most cities, so tell your friends to [...]

Twilio is teaming up with us for the weekend of November 13th through 22nd to encourage innovation with voice enabled applications, using our open API.  If your team uses Twilio in any way over the course of the weekend, you’re eligible to win Netbooks for your team members. How It Works Startup Weekend teams range [...]