Date
Friday, 17 Feb 2017 6:30 PM
Learn. Network. Startup!
The growing prize package includes: Twelve hours of marketing consulting from Thrive Marketing Strategies; two years of secure website hosting and $500 of software services from Lieberman Technologies; four hours of intellectual property consulting from Martin IP Law Group; exclusive interview podcast from Evansville Podcast; six-month membership to the Station Coworking Space; priority consideration for the Indiana University Maurer Intellectual Property Clinic; four hours of financial consulting from Solomon Business Solutions Hotel Accommodations: We have participants from outside the Evansville area. Very near to the USI campus are two good hotel options. They both provide a discount rate if you mention you are attending an event at USI. Fairfield Inn Evansville West and Holiday Inn Express Evansville – West. Startup Weekend Evansville is an excellent way to find someone you can actually launch a startup with that shares a common mission: to change the world. Our goal is to continue to create an environment where passionate people can come together to get things done; to learn, network, bridge the gap between trades, expose potential and see actual results. We are proud to be a part of this type of innovative collaboration and we hope you will help us reach our goals by once again supporting this global movement on a local level. Moving into our sixth year, Startup Weekend Evansville 6.0 remains the largest event of its kind in Indiana. Open regionally to all students and community, Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Click here for=> What is Startup Weekend?
Who are we looking for?
Developers, designers, educators, and those with an interest in business/marketing/finance/strategy are welcome; no previous entrepreneurial experience is required! All are welcome: parents, students, educators, administrators, business professionals, designers, technical professionals, non-profit, policy makers, and community members.
University students interested in hacking, the UX / UI design, undertake or improve education and who want to collaborate in the development of unique solutions.
Teachers wanting to share their vision and experience! They are essential to the success of Startup Weekend Evansville 6.0!
Educational community: Managers of schools, people of non-profit entities linked to education, professionals working on the development of services or educational materials.
Developers: From mobile applications (IOS, IOS SDK, Android), programmers (JAVA, Objective C, CSS3, etc.) and “Web developers” (front end and back end).
Designers: UX / UI designers (Adobe Suite Applications, Axure, iRise, Omnigraffle, etc.).
Entrepreneurs and people from the business world: Innovators, Thinkers, Business Strategists, Marketers, Finance Gurus, Project Managers, Philanthropists and others interested in contributing to the modeling of education-based projects that may arise.
We look forward to a wide range of perspectives, previous experiences, passion, talent, skills and teachers to combine them and obtain solutions with high potential and interest. How does it work?
It is not just the idea, it is the team! Teams are formed around the most voted ideas on the first day, so you can contribute to the business idea that inspires you with your knowledge and experience. All are important in Startup Weekend. Starting on Friday with the turn of “open mic”, attendees are invited to submit their best ideas live in one minute and entice other participants to join their team. After hearing all ideas a vote among the participants is to choose the most popular ideas, and people who have submitted these ideas will have the responsibility to team up with other participants depending on the needs of your idea. On Saturday and Sunday, the teams design and shape their startup with the help of mentors and facilitators to finally develop the business model. On Sunday evening the teams present their ideas/prototypes to a panel of judges and the top three ideas are selected as winners of the event. Be a part of the empowered social innovation movement.