Help Us Identify High-Potential TeamsHi Startup Weekend Community,
We have a favor to ask of you. Can you please take a minute,
click this link, and input the Startup Weekend team that you think has the most potential. This is a team that has attended a Startup Weekend event in the last year that blew your mind because of how well they executed or how much potential you think they have. If you have more than one favorite please create multiple entries. Thank you very much for your feedback! We’re working on plugging these talented teams into a support network to help them continue that momentum. Stay tuned, we can’t wait to show you what’s coming up!
Cheers,
The Startup Weekend Team
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Featured Stories:SW Cairo featured in The Next Web: Middle East
Now that the revolution in Egypt is over the hard work begins: rebuilding. In addition to the larger, more structured rebuilding, Startup Weekend will hold
the first event that targets entrepreneurship in what TNW calls “the new Egypt”. Despite the recent upheavals, Cairo is the perfect location for a Startup Weekend event. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to form teams, share ideas, create companies, and change the world around them for the better. We’ll keep you posted on the cool teams coming out of this event!
idWeeds Provides Cloud Service For Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Startup Weekend Boulder company, idWeeds was recently
written up in Forbes. The company, which provides mobile apps and cloud software for medical marijuana dispensaries, hopes to gain traction in the billion dollar a year medical marijuana industry.
According to
an article in The Rocky Mountain Collegian, Founder Corbin Fields hopes to help medical marijuana centers reduce their overhead costs by way of inventory maintenance, point of sale operating systems, and patient compliance management.For more on idWeeds, check out this
video.
Resources:Oxford Entrepreneurs Kickstart Program is now accepting applications through May 6, 2011. The program is open to entrepreneurs in the Oxford and London areas looking for funding, and mentoring.Win $25,000 with the PayPal X Developer Challenge for Android. Submit your Android app featuring a PayPal mobile solution by May 14, 2011. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Follow the link for more information.TechStars Seattle is now accepting applications now through May 20, 2011. Follow the link for more information about the TechStars program, alumni, and how to apply.Startup Weekend alumni can get a 20% discount to the
Privacy Identity Innovation Conference (pii2011) by using the discount code: SWEEK when they register at
http://pii2011.com. Registrants can also apply to win a free scholarship pass to pii2011, which explores where innovation is heading in areas like mobile, social software and geo-location, and what it means for the future of digital privacy, online identity, trust and reputation.Through June 6, 2011, applications being developed for the Windows Phone 7 can apply for the
Windows Phone 7 App Challenge. Participants can develop their own application and/or evaluate and score other applications. Learn more and apply at
http://wp7challenge.com.
Job Posting:Zindagi, a Kauffman Labs Education Ventures company, is looking for a Lead Game Designer to help build fun yet educational games for kids. Applicants should be self-starters who are comfortable working with an early-stage startup, be skilled in user experience with a design background, and have HTML/CSS experience. For more information, email awesomedesigner at onezindagi.com
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