[About Startup Weekend] 

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 1800 past events in 120 countries around the world in 2014.

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.

Please scan and join our official Wechat account, to connect with Startup Weekend members/mentors from all over China, and to get updates on interesting Startup Weekend teams.

Prizes: Techcrunch Beijing 2 days ticket (RMB 3999) http://tc.technode.com/

1. First ten participants who successfully register and are accepted into the conference will each receive one TC Beijing ticket 

2. The top three winning team members will each receive one TC Beijing ticket 

3. At the end of the event there will be a raffle. In this case, those who did not recieve a ticket will have a chance to win one. 

Terms: 

1. Only those who attend the conference for the full three days can recieve the TC Beijing tickets 

2. Every particpant can only win one TC Beijing Ticket 

3.Audience ticket holder are not included to win TC Beijing ticket

[Date and Venue]

Date&Time:  17: 00 Aug 8th 2014 ~ 21: 30 Aug 10th 2014 (Registration on site:  17: 00-19: 00 Aug 8th )

Address:  Tech Temple, Room 107, Tower B, Kelin Building, Dongsi North Street #107, East Disctrict, Beijing (科技寺创业空间，东城区东四北大街107号科林大厦B座107室)

[Schedule]

Friday night (Aug 8 night)

17: 30 - 19: 00:  Registration, Dinner & Networking

19: 00 - 19: 30:  Welcome & Speakers

19: 30 - 21: 00 Pitches start

21: 00 - 21: 30: Attendees vote for the top 10-15 ideas

21: 30 - 22: 00: Teams start forming and discussing ideas

22: 00+:  Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Saturday full day (Aug 9)

9: 00 - 9: 30: Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee

9: 30 - 12: 00: Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend, work on project, communicate with mentors

12: 00 - 13: 00: Lunch

13: 00 - 18: 30: work on project, communicate with mentors

18: 30 - 19: 30: Dinner

19: 30 - 22: 00: work on project, checkpoint#1

22: 00+: Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Sunday full day (Aug 10)

9: 00 - 9: 30: Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee

9: 30 - 12: 00: Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend, work on project, communicate with mentors

12: 00 - 13: 00: Lunch

13: 00 - 17: 00: work on project, communicate with mentors, checkpoint#2

17: 00 - 17: 30: Gut check. Start prepping for presentations

17: 30 - 18: 30: Dinner

18: 30 - 21: 30: FINAL PRESENTATIONS

21: 30+: Judging & awards & Wrapup

[Sponsor]

How does it work?
We aim to bring together enthusiasts like you to share ideas, form teams, build products, and, most importantly, launch startups.

·        Friday: Attendees pitch their ideas and inspire others to join their teams. Teams are therefore created to work on the best ideas.

·        Saturday and Sunday: This is where you debate, build, pitch. And build some more. Teams will focus on building a prototype of their idea/product. During this period teams will also focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup methodologies and building a minimum viable product.

·        Sunday: In the evening teams demo their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts.

Who can participate?

We welcome everybody with a passion to innovate. Teams at Startup Weekend are formed in such a way that they have a good mix of technology, design and business.

If you have any question, please feel free to contact Vivian: vivian.zhang@live.com or Emily: emilychung@hotmail.com. 

Q&A: 

http://startupweekend.org/about/firsttimer/

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