Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Come share ideas, form teams, and launch startups.
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Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds.
Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday evening teams demo their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts.
All the hard work over the weekend has come down to this. Each team will have 5 minutes to present their product. Order of presentations: 1. MockCrunch 2.Card Perk 3. Keyzio 4. HomeMade Food 5. Link Minded 6. NotiFire 7. Out Of The Trash 8. Change Stations 9. Divshot 10. LunchUp 11. TutHopper 12. Gruple [...]
Hey, Startup Weekend folks, We’re getting down to crunch time here at KCSW. Teams are preparing for presentations beginning at 4:00pm. What’s at stake for our teams? Prizes The following are prizes for first, second, and third: First place – 3 months of free space at Office Port for up to 5 people. And a [...]
Tweleve (12) teams made the final cut for Startup Weekend Kansas City 5. Below are the names and brief description of the idea: Lunch With Me The simplest way to share what you’re doing for lunch. Out Of The Trash A mobile app that encourages and rewards recycling electronics. Card Perk Consolidate all of your [...]
Startup Weekend is nothing without creativity. In Kansas City, Startup Weekend has seen the best minds come together and showcase creativity through imagination and software craftsman. However, even though we’ve had amazing designers participate in the past, it’s been difficult to increase the number of graphic designers, UI/UX and web designers who attend each year. [...]
Hey participants! In less than two weeks, you’ll be in front of a judge panel made up of investors and successful entrepreneurs. The judges will measure your idea based on three factors that are important to any business: business model, customer validation, and execution. Below provides detailed information about the factors and how the judges [...]
Are you attending Startup Weekend Kansas City? If so, we put together a typical KCSW schedule that will help you map out the flow of events. We’ll keep this updated as we get closer to the event: Friday: 5:30pm – Registration starts (dinner served) 7:00pm – Kickoff & Speakers 8:00pm – Pitches Begin (60 seconds [...]
Startup Weekend is about making ideas happen. It’s about manifesting a vision into an all out product or service that can be used to solve problems or help make life easier. Your idea should start at Startup Weekend Kansas City, where ideas meet organized chaos with a bias towards action. Designers, developers, business analyst, and marketers [...]
After a great opening night at Startup Weekend KC, we’re rolling along with an exciting second day. For a recap on last night, Silicon Prairie News provided some great coverage. Here are the ideas that have become the participating teams. Fame In Leader: Jaime Suarez Votes: 7 Cloud based loyalty marketing platform Horsebot 3000 Leader: [...]
Startup Kickstart is the opening event for Startup Weekend KC in 2011. Startup Kickstart is a fun one night event for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs (or even those who think they could be interested in entrepreneurship) in the Kansas City area. Bring an idea for a new startup – no matter how crazy or off [...]
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