GeekWire Radio: Startup Weekend CEO Marc Nager spreads the startup gospel

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This week on the GeekWire radio show we speak to Startup Weekend CEO Marc Nager who is building a global empire of 54-hour entrepreneurial bootcamps. The Seattle non-profit organization, backed by the Kauffman Foundation and others, has hosted Startup Weekends in 113 countries and 325 cities. It plans to hold more than 800 events this… Read More…

Startup Weekend Seattle winner TLDR helps you write and read shorter emails

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Just days before his resignation and candid goodbye letter, former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason sent out a Tweet a few months ago asking if it was possible to write a Gmail script to auto-reply and bounce emails longer than 50 words. It certainly is, and one team at the Startup Weekend event in Seattle proved it well enough… Read More…

‘Picklestyle,’ the ultimate ‘Gangnam Style’ parody

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We’ve all heard K-pop legend Psy’s chart-topper, “Gangnam Style.” His outrageous dance moves and catchy harmonies quickly went viral after the song’s release in July. For many, the song has run its course. But if you’re still hungry for more, we found the solution: “Picklestyle.” It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like — a personified… Read More…

Watch Marc Nager and The Startup Weekend crew ring the opening bell on the NYSE

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This is an honor that usually falls to the CEOs of fast-growing publicly-traded companies. But not this morning. Marc Nager and other team members from Startup Weekend, the Seattle non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurial education throughout the world, took center stage Friday morning at the New York Stock Exchange by ringing the opening bell. Why… Read More…

Startup Weekend to ring NYSE Opening Bell, marking entrepreneur milestone

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Startup Weekend has come a long way since its birth just three years ago, and the non-profit will celebrate the creation of 100,000 entrepreneurs by ringing in the NYSE Opening Bell next Friday, Dec. 28. The Seattle-based entrepreneurial education non-profit hosts 54-hour coding marathons where teams of geeks develop and design new products. The organization hosts the events… Read More…

Startup Weekend looks to stamp out 30,000 entrepreneurs in new 4-week training program ‘Next’

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Call it Startup Weekend on steroids. The Seattle nonprofit today is unveiling a new four-week training program that’s designed to get people off their duffs, pursuing that entrepreneurial idea that’s been gathering dust for too long. Dubbed Startup Weekend Next, the program is a departure for the organization, which up until now has been known… Read More…

Expanding into event listings, Startup Weekend buys StartupDigest

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Startup Weekend announced today that it has acquired StartupDigest, the email newsletter which lists startup-oriented  events in 99 cities around the globe. Startup Weekend’s Marc Nager offered this explanation of the acquisition, terms of which were not disclosed. “Startup Weekend is where you go when you have an idea, but before that realization, where do… Read More…

Tech Moves: Startup Weekend lands Microsoft vet; Glympse recruits from Amazon; and more

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Startup Weekend already hosts hundreds of events around the globe each year, and now the Seattle-based entrepreneurial education non-profit is looking to get even bigger. The organization just hired Ludovic Ulrich, the former global program manager for Microsoft’s BizSpark program, as chief development officer. “Ludovic brings with him incredible experience and insight to help us continue developing… Read More…

Seattle aerospace engineer wins Startup Weekend with smart alarm app Up Early

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As a mechanical engineer at Boeing, Anne Marie Ketola is accustomed to working on products that may not come to market for years, even decades.  And that’s one of the reasons why the Columbia University grad was so intrigued with Startup Weekend, the 54-hour coding marathon where projects are hatched and developed in the course of… Read More…

Live from Startup Weekend Women’s Edition

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I just arrived for the final presentations of Startup Weekend Women’s Edition at Perkins Coie in Seattle. Madrona Venture Group’s Julie Sandler, one of the co-organizers of the event, said that they hope the event will serve as a “catalyst” for women to explore their entrepreneurial ambitions. Ten teams are presenting their ideas tonight, nine… Read More…