Singapore Startup Weekend – Oct 29-31

September 28, 2010 by SGE

If you’re looking for an event to connect with “a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists”, Startup Weekend is for you. Held in over 100 cities in over 25 countries, this is the first ever Singapore Startup Weekend. Marc Nager, Director of Startup Weekend Global Operations will be coming out for the weekend to help facilitate the weekend and share his experience after being to dozens of successful Startup Weekends around the world.

In their words,

“Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality.”

For a video introduction:

What actually happens at an event?

About 1/3 of your communities brightest will have 60-90 seconds to present ideas for new startup ventures, we then crowd source the favorites and form teams around those ideas. Teams are between 4-10 people, and consist of about 50% technical people and 50% non-technical. You then spend the entire weekend getting advice from professional mentors, and building a proof of concept, demo, or sometimes even a finished product.

Most ideas are web & tech focused, but almost any new business needs a web, marketing, and business strategy regardless if it is tech centric.

What do Attendees Get?

Co-Founder Dating – Come find other like-minded people. This is probably the most valuable type of networking you could ever do if you want to start a business.

Education – Spend a weekend with some of your communities brightest and most creative minds. Learn a new programming language, what MVP stands for, how to build an actual strategy, get feedback, and actually create & test something rather than just theorizing.

Learn How to Launch – This is the epitome of LeanStartup Methodology at its finest. Go from idea to launch. You have 54 hours to figure out everything from the mission, your target market, go-to market strategies, to giving a full presentation of a hopefully working prototype and validation (or non-validation) of concept to your peers.

Actually Launch a Business – Over 36% of the Startup Weekend Startups are still alive after 3 months. Sometimes a company emerges, sometimes one doesn’t. Over 10% of companies go on to produce revenue or get seed funding, but every time people leave with more experience, insight, knowledge, friends, and resources than they came with.

Food – 5 meals and drinks are provided during the weekend… Including plenty of caffeine. We understand the importance of keeping teams together, and helping them be productive.