Startup Weekend Istanbul

Startup Weekend is a 54-hour entrepreneurship competition where participants transform a bright business idea into a start-up company by working in teams. Organized in 82 cities in 19 countries so far, the Startup Weekend will be held for the second time at Microsoft’s Istanbul office in Turkey with the main sponsorships of Özyeğin University and Microsoft and with the support of Turkcell and Etohum between 27-29 April.

What’s in for competitors?

The event starts on Friday evening and continues non-stop till Sunday evening. On Friday evening, participants vote the top 10-15 ideas pitched among 40-45 ideas selected from applications. Once the ideas are selected, the participants decide what they want to tackle and with whom they want to work over the weekend and form their own teams. Teams created develop the selected ideas to launch a start up company till Sunday evening. On Sunday evening, the jury composed of successful entrepreneurships selects the top three teams following the presentations.

 
During the Startup Weekend to be held at Microsoft’s İstanbul office, mentors and guest speakers chosen among successful entrepreneurs to support the teams will be sharing their own experiences with the participants. Also, to help competitors shake off the stress and tension of the competition, a variety of surprise events will be coming up.

How to get there

Microsoft İstanbul Office
Address: Bellevue Residence Levent Mahallesi, Aydın Sokak. No:7 Levent, İstanbul
Tel: 0212 370 5555

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About the Startup Weekend

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the Startup weekend is a 54-hour entrepreneurship event where participants go from idea to launch  by working in teams.  The event continues non stop for 54 hours and the most successful business ideas are awarded by a distinguished jury at the end of the weekend. The Startup Weekend have taken place in 52 cities from 12 countries and paved the way for the establishment of more than 200 companies so far.

Startup Weekend does not promise any investment to the winners, however there are a substantial number of projects that won the competition and funded by the investors. The Startup Weekend Istanbul will also be hosting Turkish and American investors and the selected ideas will be announced to investors in the USA via the Startup Weekend.


For more information:
http://istanbul.startupweekend.org