Blog | Startup Weekend

May

MEGA Startup Weekend winner Eyes on Demand receives $25k Investment from Istanta Capital

Winner of the Robotics vertical at Startup Weekend MEGA, Eyes on Demand, gained some instant momentum following the April event when they received an investment of $25k from Istanta Capital. Istanta Capital, founded by Matt Oguz in 2012, is an emerging fund that focuses on early stage startups. As told to Ahmed Siddiqui, Startup Weekend [...]

May

A Lucky Mistake: The Event I Never Meant To Go To And Why It Was Amazing

The following is a guest post by Jon Rossi, a Startup Weekend Facilitator from Colorado and a generally awesome guy. The email read: “Would you like to facilitate a Startup Weekend event in Athens, Ohio”? What I saw was: “How would you like to go to Athens, Greece to facilitate a Startup Weekend event?” I [...]

May

5 Important Tips for Venture Capital Success

There are some who suggest that the venture capital model is broken since the returns for many VC firms are quite low according to some reports. In light of these findings, anyone hoping to profit by investing in a startup company will need to seek expert advice before cutting a check. Here are some tips from [...]

May

A Beautiful New Partnership: Startup Weekend and Mercy Corps

May 10, 2012 Contacts: Maris McEdward, 352.682.2416, maris@startupweekend.org Andie Long, 503.702.8578, along@sea.mercycorps.org STARTUP WEEKEND AND MERCY CORPS PARTNER TO AMPLIFY GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD Seattle, WA – May 10, 2012 – Startup Weekend and global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps today announced a partnership to expand the access and impact of a proven [...]

May

Guest Post: Startup Weekend Portland In Review

The following is a guest post by Jackson Gariety that originally appeared on his blog right here. He is one of the founders of HashTraffic, one of the winning teams at Portland’s Startup Weekend. At 15, he is also proof that Startup Weekend is a place where anyone can make what they want happen and [...]

May

Video: Startup Weekend Okanagan Inspires

Startup Weekend // Okanagan from Accelerate Okanagan on Vimeo. This was the first Startup Weekend in the Okanagan, and what an weekend it was! The energy, passion, enthusiasm and talent shown by the participants over the weekend was truly inspiring and surpassed our wildest expectations. Many, many thanks to the attendees, sponsors, mentors, organizers, judges and community for helping make [...]

May

Facilitator Spotlight: Thubten Comerford

The following conversation with Thubten Comerford of Portland continues our Featured Facilitator Series. How did you get involved with Startup Weekend? “A friend invited me to participate in the Corvallis Startup Weekend the first weekend of December, 2009. I was on the winning team, SherpaDash, and had more fun than I’d had in a very [...]

Apr

Not Even Bomb Threats Could Deter Entrepreneurs at Portland’s Startup Weekend

This is a great summary of some of the events at Portland’s Startup Weekend by Kahtyrn Hough on Tech.li. Portland Startup Weekend was briefly interrupted on Sunday as six police officers and three cars kept watch over the Portland State Business Accelerator building. More than 150 participants at the event remained on lockdown as police investigated a bomb threat [...]

Apr

Guest Post | Email: 5 Things You Probably Haven’t Considered, But Should

This post comes courtesy of our great friends at SendGrid! They rock and so does this post, they really know their email stuff! When you think, “email”, your mind likely drifts toward the marketing messages you often subscribe to, forget about, and suddenly discover in your inbox one day. These newsletters, some including special offers [...]

Apr

Insight: How Does Your Startup Weekend Team Get Judged?

If you’re wondering just how your Startup Weekend team will be judged come Sunday evening, look no further! Below is a great post from Startup Weekend Manila offering some awesome insight on what the panel will look for in teams and companies. The universal Startup Weekend judging criteria is broken up into three sections. Teams [...]