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Rumgr, an application that brings the garage sale experience to peoples’ smart phones, announced that they raised $500,000 from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and others.  Congratulations Rumgr!  All of us at Startup Weekend wish you the best as you continue to develop your product and expand your operations. The full article on the announcement can [...]

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From San Francisco to Dubai, Startup Weekend has you covered for events in your area: Event Venue Date Salt Lake City 2/2/2012 Register Calgary 2/3/2012 Register Montreal 2/3/2012 Register New York City EDU 2/3/2012 Register Enschede 2/3/2012 Register Brasilia Obispo 2/3/2012 Register Athens 2/10/2012 Register Jackson 2/10/2012 Register Los Angeles Media 2/10/2012 Register Anchorage 2/10/2012 [...]

We’re super excited to announce that SendGrid has joined the Startup Weekend family as our newest global sponsor to help us foster startup communities around the world! A Startup Story… After graduating from the TechStars program in Boulder, CO, in 2009, SendGrid has grown its team to over 70 employees (as of Jan 2012) and [...]

Startup Weekend is thrilled to welcome an alumni as our newest Global Sponsor!  CloudMine, a startup born at Startup Weekend Philly in February 2011, has come full circle and is now offering their support and services to the entire Startup Weekend community. Born at Startup Weekend CloudMine co-founders Brendan McCorkle and Marc Weil met at [...]

Rockstart Accelerator is a new program that helps the most promising teams from around the world to launch their startups and break through on a global scale. They provide up to $20.000 in seed investment, 100-day intensive program, 6-months of office space in Amsterdam, 99 mentors, coaching by entrepreneurs in residence and a 3-week road-trip [...]

HATCH is a pitch competition for startups with revolutionary ideas.  Fifteen finalists will be selected to present their business plans to a panel of corporate, angel, and venture investor judges in front of a well-connected audience at the SXSW 2012 Startup Village on March 11th, 2012 in Austin, TX. If your early-stage tech startup has interesting or disruptive [...]

Startup Weekend is constantly looking for ways to give early-stage entrepreneurs access to the tools they need to launch innovative and disruptive startups.  That’s why we’re really excited about a new initiative that Microsoft just announced: Microsoft BizSpark Plus Program. For more information on the Microsoft BizSpark Plus Program, please see below (article courtesy of [...]

by Khalid Smith, Education Leader Startup Weekend I’m at an amazing conference where teachers and principals are all having conversations about how to be more innovative educators.  I’m in discussions about how to turn classrooms into learning spaces, how to think about “discipline” as another way that you reinforce the teaching philosophy, and learning the [...]