Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?
Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.
The non-profit organization is headquartered in Seattle, Washington but Startup Weekend organizers and facilitators can be found in over 200 cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Brazil, people around the globe are coming together for weekend long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams, and start companies.
All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekends culminate with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback.
Whether entrepreneurs found companies, find a cofounder, meet someone new, or learn a skill far outside their usual 9-to-5, everyone is guaranteed to leave the event better prepared to navigate the chaotic but fun world of startups. If you want to put yourself in the shoes of an entrepreneur, register now for the best weekend of your life!
This year we are teaming up with How To Web (again) and Girls in Tech (again) for a week full of tech and startups news and entrepreneurial education. Together we are working on establishing Bucharest Tech Feast, an yearly event that will take place during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
This year’s event winner will participate in Startup Weekend’s yearly Global Startup Battle, and will compete against more than 120 winning Startup Weekend teams all over the world, with prizes that include a free trip to Rio De Janeiro for Global Entrepreneurship Congress – sponsored by Global Entrepreneurship Week, a free trip to San Francisco to meet with founders, mentors, and investors sponsored by Startup Weekend, and many more.
Contact us for more details or if you are interested in Sponsoring our event
