What Is Startup Weekend?

What is Startup Weekend?

Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Come share ideas, form teams, and launch startups.

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I3P, Incubatore Imprese Innovative, Politecnico di Torino


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Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

Schedule

Friday

Jun 8
  • Registration Starts
  • Speaker 1
  • Speaker 2
  • Speaker 3
  • Pitches Start
  • Attendees vote for the top ideas
  • Dinner
  • Teams start forming and discussing ideas
  • Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills
  • Venue closes

Saturday

Jun 9
  • Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
  • Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend
  • Speaker 4
  • Speaker 5
  • Lunch
  • Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
  • Speaker 6
  • Speaker 7
  • Dinner
  • Venue closes

Sunday

Jun 10
  • Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
  • Call for help (this is self motivated, so don’t be shy)
  • Speaker 8
  • Speaker 9
  • Lunch
  • Coaches arrive… ASK QUESTIONS
  • Gut check. Start prepping for presentations
  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS
  • Judging & awards
  • Wrapup
  • Go home!

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Speakers

Adriano Marconetto

Co-founder and C.E.O. at Electro Power Systems SpA

A serial entrepreneur with a strong track record of successfully creating commercial start-up ventures, I have over 20 years of management experience within high-growth industries.

Emil Abirascid

Curator of StartupDigest Italy at StartupDigest   |  LinkedIn

Emil Abirascid, giornalista, si occupa di innovazione che si fa impresa.
È direttore di Innov’azione, bimestrale edito dal Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio, voce dell’ecosistema dell’innovazione italiana (www.lobbyinnovazione.it).
È ideatore e autore di Startupbusiness, il business network dei protagonisti dell’innovazione realizzato con Innovhub, azienda speciale per l’innovazione della Camera di Commercio di Milano e sostenuto da Intesa Sanpaolo con la Start Up Initiative ed Eurodesk e da altri partner (www.startupbusiness.it).

Judges

Francesco Ferrero

Head of ISMB’s Smart City Strategic Program

Specialized in transferring technological innovation to real-life processes. Since 2012 he has headed a joint unit between ISMB and Politecnico di Torino called Innovation Front End, devoted to technology transfer and to relationships with the business sector. Since 2012, he is heading ISMB’s Smart City.

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Coaches

Giampaolo Mancini

Founder and C.E.O. at Trampoline   |  LinkedIn

Fabio Lalli

Mobile Digital Strategist and Visionary   |  LinkedIn

Founder and President of Associazione Indigeni Digitali.
Co-Founder at Followgram

Nicola Mattina

Founder and C.E.O. at Elastic   |  LinkedIn

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Organizers
Gabriele Costamagna
Agnese Vellar
Massimiliano Ceaglio
Mario Fontana
Giuseppina Fausto
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