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Kauffman Foundation Partners with Startup Weekend to Help Educate Entrepreneurs

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) Sept. 29, 2010—The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced a grant to Startup Weekend, a nonprofit organization focused on educating entrepreneurs through community building, innovation and education. The Kauffman grant…
http://www.kauffman.org/ – Wed, Sep 29, 2010

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Singapore Startup Weekend – Oct 29-31

If you’re looking for an event to connect with “a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists”, Startup Weekend is for you. Held in over 100 cities in over 25 countries, this is the first ever Singapore Startup Weekend…

http://sgentrepreneurs.com/ – Tue, 28 Sep, 2010

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Phoenix Startup Weekend – From Idea to Launch in 54 Hours

PHOENIX, Ariz., – September 23, 2010 – Startup Weekend is coming to Phoenix October 22-24, 2010, and will be held downtown at CO-HOOTS, the fantastic new co-working space. Help us tell the story of passionate entrepreneurs coming together and…
http://www.prlog.org/ – Thu, Sep 23, 2010

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Dialing up Call Spinner: Startup Weekend team stays on the line

Call Spinner, a phone number that when called pairs you up with another random caller, launched nearly two weeks ago at the second Startup Weekend Omaha, September 10-12. Not only did the team of four take away the competition’s top prize of $300…

http://www.siliconprairienews.com/ – Thu, Sep 23, 2010

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YallaStartup Weekend – November 12-14 @ Berytech, Beirut

A number of you must’ve already heard about the StartupWeekend event concept, which has taken place in 54 cities in the US and around the world, with Oman being the first Arab country to host a couple such events recently.
http://www.startuparabia.com/ – Wed, Sep 22, 2010

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Startup Weekend Twin Cities: A Overwhelming Success

Last week I issued a challenge to the participants of StartupWeekend Twin Cities. Now that the event is complete, I can enthusiastically declare that the challenge was met. It was a great event with great teams and great results. This was the first time…
http://blog.twilio.com/ – Wed, Sep 22, 2010

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Shane Reiser joins Startup Weekend team full-time

This past weekend, 164 individuals gathered in the coworking space of New Work City for Startup Weekend New York, a 54-hour event challenging attendees to present ideas, form teams, plan, implement, and then present their just-born startup. Leading the planned…
http://www.siliconprairienews.com/ – Thu, Sep 16, 2010

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New England Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend is a worldwide phenomenon, a 54-hour event to help entrepreneurs, new and experienced, put their ideas into action. 15,000 entrepreneurs in 100 cities and counting – now coming to (southern) New England! A ragtag but committed crew…
http://ri21.posterous.com/ – Tue, Sep 14, 2010

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Startup Weekend in Malaysia

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals.
http://www.entrepreneurs.my/ – Mon, Sep 13, 2010

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Minsk Start-up Weekend: Linking Young Entrepreneurs with Investors …

The fourth in an ongoing series of 30-hour training sessions to link, educate and inform young entrepreneurs, the Minsk Start-up Weekend …
http://www.beyondthefirstworld.com/ — Thu, 02 Sep 2010

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Foodspotting Investors Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are With …

People love taking pictures of food. It’s just a fact of life. Don’t even bother arguing about it. It’s just the way it is. Case in point: Foodspotting, the service which asks you to take pictures of your food to share with others. People love this service. Since its initial launch in January 2010…

http://techcrunch.com — Wed, 25 Aug 201o

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Oman sets GCC record with Startup Weekend

MUSCAT: The Startup Weekend Oman, a programme to encourage young people to adopt private business initiatives for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), was launched yesterday at Safeer Plaza Hotel in Al Khuwair…
http://timesofoman.com/ — Sat, July 31, 2010

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Israelis, Palestinians Brainstorm on Businesses

TEL AVIV (TheStreet) — Last weekend, 145 Israelis and Palestinians gathered at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, putting aside political differences for the purpose of entrepreneurial brainstorming.

The gathering was one of some 60 annual worldwide events hosted by Startup Weekend, a Seattle-based nonprofit…

http://www.thestreet.com/ – Wed, July 21, 2010

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Tel Aviv Start-Up Weekend unites Israelis, Palestinians

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Peace Through Entrepreneurship

Thom Ruhe believes firmly that entrepreneurship is the key to world peace.

“If you think about it,” says the Kauffman Foundation’s director of entrepreneurship, “if you’re giving birth to something–a company–you’re adding value in your society, employing people…

http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/ – Fri, July 16, 2010

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Palestinians, Israelis Come Together Through Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is a trait that knows no boundaries. Those that possess it come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and genders, and in some places, the startup spirit is bringing together groups of people that are otherwise at odds with each other. Nowhere in the world is this more evident than in the middle east, where Palestinians…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/ – Thu, July 8, 2010

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A Startup Event for Peace, Tel Aviv Startup Weekend

Wednesday, July 14 through Friday, July 16 is Tel Aviv Startup Weekend organized by Tel-Aviv StartupDigest Curator Amir Harel and Eddy Resnick in conjunction with the Peres Center for Peace. The following is Chris McCann‘s interview…

http://thestartupdigest.com/ – Wed, July 7, 2010

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