The Startup Weekend Crew has decided that you deserve a faster / better startupweekend.org site, therefore we will be upgrading our (mt) Media Temple web server. In case the site will be down during the next couple of days, please do not email us to let us know, as we will already be aware of [...]

On Friday evening around fifty entrepreneurs gathered at H-Farms office just outside of Venice Italy and pitched 28 ideas.  Of those 28 ideas 7 were chosen and work began first thing Saturday morning.  On Sunday all 7 teams presented their ideas and GoWar was chosen as the winner.  H-Farm gave €3,000 to GoWar as well as office [...]

As many of you may have seen, Startup Weekend has worked closely with groups like Women 2.0 and GirlsInTech to help promote female entrepreneurs attending our events, and guess what? IT WORKS! Our typical events see about 85-90% dudes, and we see that drop closer to 70% when we work close to promote with some [...]

Great article by Jason Evanish with GreenhornConnect.com – This is a PARTIAL version. Check out the full version here. As Mike Kowalchik pointed out yesterday on the Greenhorn blog, the structure of standard entrepreneurial networking events where you’re quickly pitching your idea may not be the best way to find a co-founder; when you’re trying [...]

Twilio Kicks Off Nationwide Sponsorship of Startup Weekend We’re excited to share the announcement that Twilio is now a sponsor for all Startup Weekend events in North America.  Startup Weekend is a combination hackathon and business plan competition.  It is comprised of an intense 54 hours, starting with pitches on Friday night and wrapping up [...]

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