Welcome to

Startup Weekend

Seattle

Global Entrepreneurship

Week 2011

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#startupbattle Housekeeping!

Thank-you’s / recognition

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Facilities - Restrooms

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Introduce Neil

#startupbattle ScheduleFr

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ay9:00 - Breakfast and work

12:00 – Lunch4:30 - Some food5:00 - Presentations (4 min each!)8:00 - Voting and awards

7:30ish – Pitching8:30 - Vote on top ideas, form teams!10:00 - Start working!

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123 countries

25,000

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40,000 events & activities

10 millionparticipants

Global Entrepreneurship

Week 2011

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• Startup Open: Competition for the most promising startups launched between GEW 2010 & GEW 2011.

• Meet the Dragons: Entrepreneurs from eight countries throughout Europe traveled to the Netherlands to pitch their startup to a jury of ‘Dragons’ —for a chance to secure an investment up to €1,000,000.

• Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition: The best clean technology ideas from around the world were pitched to investors and .

• Your Big Year: Compete through a series of tasks and quizzes for one of 12 slots to fly to Liverpool next March to compete during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress for the final prize—a one-year trip around the world to network & unleash their ideas.

2011 Highlights

~60 Startup Weekends over 2 weekends

~1000s of amazing ideas

~60 Winning Teams

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Global Champion Prizes!

Table at Launch Pad at the Launch Conference (San Francisco) to meet the top investors in Silicon Valley in March 2012! Includes flight for 2 team members.

Will get a table in the Startup Pavilion at Demo Asia (Singapore) and meet international investors in February 2012 – Based on audience vote, may have a chance to present on stage at Demo Asia!

$6,500 Worth of Web Design/Branding services from BTRAX

PR Launch Package from the Kauffman Foundation

$5,000 Incorporation and Legal Advice Package from Cooley Law

most importantly

HAVE

FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!

TECH CHECK & DRY RUN WITH TIMER!(set cues to stay on track)

Only 1-2 speakers(saves time)

No numbers without justification

(i.e. hockey stick growth curve)

Focus on MVP - what you’ve accomplished(leave the frills for Q&A)

Save demos locally - wireless WILL crash(or preload all pages in different tabs)

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