Startup Weekend Nanaimo

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Friday, April 17th, 2015

We're excited to announce the first Startup Weekend Nanaimo event is coming to SquareOne, April 17 to 19, 2015!

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 1800 past events in 120 countries around the world in 2014.

Events are 54-hours long where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts alike come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch a startup!

Startup Weekends are where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical or design backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds.

We begin with open mic pitches on Friday where attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday evening teams demo their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts.

Registration begins at 6:30pm on Friday, April 17. The complete schedule is available at http://www.up.co/communities/canada/nanaimo/startup-weekend/4810#event-schedule

Purchase early bird tickets for $75 until March 31. After April 1 tickets are $95. Tickets are available at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-weekend-nanaimo-tickets