How a crew of Canadian kids won Startup Weekend’s global entrepreneurship battle

December 5, 2012 5:00 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Groupnotes has just been named the victor in Startup Weekend’s Global Startup Battle, a contest of 1,200 built-on-the-fly startups that took place over two grueling weekends last month.

Groupnotes got its start in Toronto; its founders are, from what we …

With support from Google & Cisco, Startup Weekend launches in Israel’s ‘Arab capital’

November 5, 2012 3:26 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

The organizers of Startup Weekend, the event where entrepreneurs hack a startup in 54 hours, believe that technology can be a unifying force.

A founder’s travels: 2 years of global backpacking, as told by Startup Weekend mastermind

October 31, 2012 8:18 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Andrew Hyde went from hardcore tech scenester to minimalist world-traveler almost on a whim. Here's what he learned along the way.

Attention, wannapreneurs: Here’s one way to stop dreaming and start doing

October 30, 2012 7:00 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Startup Weekend, which hosts weekend-long business hackathons, has joined forces with Startup America, TechStars, and other such entities to launch Startup Weekend Next, a program for new would-be entrepreneurs who need a bit of advice, polish, and hand-holding.

Startup Weekend goes global with offices in London & Mexico City

June 19, 2012 9:04 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Startup Weekend, the household name in hackathons, has expanded its operations to a much wider international audience. Although the organization has for some time been conducting hackathons around the world, it is now opening offices in two non-U.S. locations: London …

Google teams up with Startup Weekend, provides trainings on Google technology

November 10, 2011 1:38 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Starting today, Google is partnering up with Startup Weekend, an organization focused on fostering entrepreneurship, to host technical training bootcamps for aspiring entrepreneurs across the globe.

Startup Weekend is known for its 54-hour startup events, similar to hackathons, where a …

Three Startup Weekend companies present at DEMO

September 19, 2011 8:45 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

If you had 54 hours to get yourself from an idea to a DEMO booth, do you think you could do it?

On the evening of September 9, scores of developers and business folks gathered to create businesses over the …

AdGame goes from zero to startup hero in one week

September 14, 2011 6:13 PM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

One week ago, AdGame didn’t exist. Today, the company has a customer, a little bit of funding, and the attention of a crowd full of potential investors and partners.

The idea is to make web display ads into incentivized, educational …

Announcing MEGA Startup Weekend. Enter to win a spot on the DEMO mainstage.

August 18, 2011 10:26 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

What happens when you cross the DEMO conference with Startup Weekend and the Startup America Partnership? You get MEGA Startup Weekend, taking place on Microsoft’s Mountain View Campus, September 9th-11th.

We are inviting 300 engineers to innovate on the fly …

Startup Weekend refocuses on community, practical entrepreneurship

July 27, 2011 5:09 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

If you thought Startup Weekend was a hackathon, you’d be about half right. According to a recent report, the event’s focus has shifted from executing clever tech tricks to solving problems in a community. It’s an exercise in practical entrepreneurship …