Contacts with others who are willing to help you

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SwapIt
swapitA second prize went to SwapIt . This team had come up with a board game during the weekend, swap-it. The game could already be ordered during the weekend and the final and had already been ordered a number of times. During the weekend, the team had used computer simulations to calculate how big the luck and strategy factor were in the game.

One more beer
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A remarkable pitch was from the team 'one more beer'. This team had apparently done the market research for their product during a pub crawl. They had discovered that after 2am people are mainly looking for a bar that is still open. Their product consisted of an app that allows you to find the nearest café that is still open. The app is an excellent example of how a smart team can create an app in 2 days, using existing components. A rightful winner in the 'best app' category.

Participate yourself
startupweekend-donritzenAnyone interested in a startup weekend can attend the presentations on Sunday and see what ideas have been worked on. However, anyone who really wants to know what it is like to start a company should just sign up. Organizer Don Ritzen , pictured here, wants to inspire people to take action. In addition to the startup weekend, he also organizes Rockstart Accelerator , a 1000-day program that can help startup teams, for example those that were created in a weekend, move forward.

The field of participants of startup weekend is broad enough that everyone can participate. There are many students but also many professionals. In addition to a great idea (or the insight that your malaysia phone data great idea will not work in practice) it provides many extras that can help you in building your own company:


Knowledge about how to approach starting a business
The experience of having created something cool in a short time. This experience alone helps you to realize things much faster in the future.
New ideas and inspiration. The idea is not to literally copy ideas from other teams, but you will learn what technical possibilities there are and what problems other people find important.
If you can spare a weekend and also want to collaborate internationally, you can look here for the international options. Or you can organize a startup day within your own company or organization: Many organizations can use the energy of a startup weekend and learn a lot from the motto: “No talk all action”.