3. Our philosophy...
We educate, inspire, connect and accelerate
entrepreneurs in local communities around
the world
Startup Weekend is a grass root non profit
organization, our credo :”No Talk All Action”
our goal is to Make Entrepreneurship cool
again, bringing great people together sharing
Ideas and working hard in just one WeekEnd!
5. What do attendees get?
- Unbelievable Networking
- Hands on Learning
- Startup Advice & Resources
- Co-Founder dating
- Business Partners
- New Ideas
- Awesome PR (Techcrunch, CNN..)
- An incredibly fun & memorable weekend!
We educate Entrepreneurs: Startup Weekend vets are
more experienced, prepared, and likely to start a successful
startup venture
6. The Core Team
Eric Koester Lawyer
Dan Martell Business Angel
Board of Ayush Agarwal VC
Advisers John Seachrest Economic Dev.
Danielle Morrill Marketing
Directors
7. No Talk, All Facts!
★ Representation in 100 cities and 23 countries
★ 16,000+ past attendees in just 3 years
★ 410+ New Ventures
★ 36% Still active
★ 10% funded or generating revenues
★ 85% still keep in touch with someone they met at the event
★ Primary demographic age 25 - 35
★ 66% Full-time employed, 25% unemployed
★ 20% Have attended more than 1 StartupWeekend
★ 95% would attend again
8. Startup
Evolution
IPOs
VCs
Incubators - TechStars - Y-Combinator
Money & NedSpace
Mentoring VentureHacks
BigKittyLabs
Sproutbox
Star tup Weekend Mentoring Startup Weekend Labs (Future)
fills a major void as
well as integrates, Application - Technical Accelerators
fosters and facilitates Experience Bootcamps Startup Jobs
several other steps
Startup Weekend Bootcamps
Corporate Workshops Startup Advice
Skill building
Startup Drinks
Lunch/Coffee 2.0
Networking Founder Dating Startup Digest - Events
BarCamps
Ignite
Education
Biz Plan Competitions
Entrepreneurship Programs
Passion - Ideas
9. The Early Stage Landscape
The Ecosystem map
TechStars
Venture Hacks
Value to Startup Ecosystem
StartupLessonsLearned
Startup Digest
SproutBox Founder Institute BarCamps
Founder Dating Business Plan Competitions
Corporate Hackathons Lunch/Coffee 2.0
S.C.O.R.E
Current Volume of Engaged
10. Direction
Education
- pre-weekend workshops
- content & research
New Initiatives
- University
- Women
- Developing Nations
- Themes (Mobile, Food, Clean Tech, Journalism)
Expansion
- G.E.W.
- 100+ Events
- Post-event support
11. How Can You Help?
• Visibility through the Educate to Innovate program
• Spotlight or mention from the WhiteHouse similar to
National Lab Day
• White house representative at any Startup Weekend
• Introductions to other organizations working on a national
level to promote entrepreneurship and startup ventures
12. Contact
Let us know if you have any questions or ideas!
marc@startupweekend.org
206.661.0419