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…

Seattle community not amused as group apologizes for hijacking Startup Weekend’s brand

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Startup Weekend and the Seattle Tech Startups email list are basically hallowed ground in the Seattle startup community. Trusted and well respected, both are seen as tremendous assets that help entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. So, you can imagine the outrage when a group at the Lean Startup Machine competition this past weekend… Read More…

Startup Weekend continues global expansion, opens regional offices in Mexico City and London

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Startup Weekend already covers a lot of territory across the globe, hosting its 54-hour coding and entrepreneurial marathons in more than 300 cities since it was founded. All told, 65 percent of the events are now held internationally, with upcoming events planned for Melbourne, Australia; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; and Barcelona, Spain. Now, the Seattle non-profit is… Read More…

Startup Weekend Women’s Edition: Arriving July 13-15

Julie Sandler of Madrona

Go to any Startup Weekend, and you’ll likely find the same thing. The majority of the geeks designing and developing new business ideas are … dudes. In fact, of the 630 Startup Events around the world, an average of 82 percent of the participants have been men. But that won’t be the case at an… Read More…

Kinetix Academy taps power of Kinect to help kids with autism

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One of the core ideas behind Startup Weekend is that smart people from various backgrounds and professions can do great things if given the time to work together. Perhaps no effort better exemplifies that concept than Kinetix Academy, the winning team at Seattle Startup Weekend. Comprised of pediatric physical therapist Mari Therrien; speech language pathologist… Read More…

Meet the 6-year-old entrepreneur who just wowed Startup Weekend

Ashwin Godwan

While checking out the action at Seattle Startup Weekend’s closing event Sunday, I stole a moment to sit down with the weekend’s youngest presenter Ashwin Gowland (also known as “Gap Tooth Kid”). Ashwin, just six-years old, presented his idea for washable stickers complete with slide deck and an easy confidence that won him the coveted… Read More…

BizSpark, Startup Weekend ink alliances to support entrepreneurs in the developing world

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Two separate news announcements out today involving Startup Weekend and Microsoft’s BizSpark program could help jumpstart entrepreneurial activities throughout the developing world, from sub-Saharan Africa to Mongolia to Palestine. Startup Weekend, the Seattle non-profit that hosted more than 250 geek hackathons in 65 countries last year, today announced a partnership with Mercy Corps to expand… Read More…

Meet Fledge: The first incubator for ‘conscious’ companies

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Michael “Luni” Libes has spent the past 20 years building software companies, creating new upstarts such as Ground Truth, Medio Systems, 2Way and Nimble Corp. But Libes is now switching gears with the formation of Fledge, a new Seattle incubator which he says modeled on TechStars but is specifically designed for non-tech companies. “There is… Read More…

Next up for Startup Weekend: Making government move at Internet speed

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn

You might say it is a bit of an oxymoron. But Startup Weekend is introducing a new event next month in Seattle designed to bring the fast-paced world of startups to the slow-moving world of city government. Dubbed Startup Weekend GOV, the event will follow the typical 54-hour brain and coding jam associated with other Startup Weekend… Read More…

How do you win Startup Weekend? Follow the money

Jerry McGuire's advice applies to startups

I had the pleasure of mentoring as many of the 19 teams at Startup Weekend Redmond as our limited time and joint caffeine levels would allow, and let me assure you that this intense event is the only thing that could get this Capitol Hill girl over to the suburbs on a holiday weekend. If… Read More…