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Techstars Startup Weekend Madurai 2020
Friday, January 17 - 19, 2020
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Techstars Startup Weekend Madurai 2020
Friday, January 17 - 19, 2020
Friday, January 17 - 19, 2020
Event starts at 6:30 pm
Dot Com Infoway Limited
Plot No 3, Vaigai Colony I Floor, Anna Nagar,
Landmark: Opposite to Ambiga Cinemas
Madurai,
Tamilnadu
625020
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Techstars Startup Weekend Madurai 2020
We're in cITy ! Startup Weekend Madurai (17 Jan - 19 Jan) 2020
What is Techstars Startup Weekend Madurai?
Startup Weekend Madurai is for everyone who wishes to make a difference. Teams are formed around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. All teams are presented with the opportunity to hear talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurs. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, fun and learning.
As already mentioned, anyone and everyone is welcome! Typical crowd of Startup Weekend consists of:
1.Developers and Hackers who can code with sublime tempo and expertise.
2.Domain experts and Business people who are proficient on the market needs.
3.Designers with impregnable aesthetics and strong UI & UX skills.
4.Hustlers who can steer the project and can pitch their idea with ardor, looking to build a team around their idea.
You get a chance to meet smart and passionate people from different backgrounds. Following the start of the event, you get your idea validated with the very best industry mentors and get to equip yourself with the right tools to help build your startup idea. You’ll find yourself working towards creating a business at the end, and connecting with the right people and resources to begin your entrepreneurial journey. All of these happen over the 54 hour Weekend!
Each participant will get:
- An exclusive .Co domain including the hosting for a year- FREE!
- $3000 worth Google Cloud Platform credits to build mobile and web apps.
- $5000 Worth AWS Credits for each teams go live with in a month
- Exclusive Startup Weekend goodies and SWAGS.
- A well designed community inspired T-shirt.
- Official Startup Weekend Certificate!
- Coffee, Snacks-available all day to power up your brain.
- Unlimited gourmet buffet food over the course of the weekend (that's 7 meals!)
- 'Startup Weekend Madurai' Title Winner
- Free Co-working space By 625001.in
- Cyber security support for Product By ServWing
- Mentors Connect
- Investors Connect
- Our Facebook page : @SWMadurai
- Our Twitter account : @swmadurai
- Our LinkedIn account : @SWMadurai
- Our Instagram account : @SWMadurai
- Our YouTube account : @SWMadurai
- Our Medium blogs: @jayavilla12
- At Startup Weekend Madurai, we firmly believe that the most ground-breaking products are created at night, when the rest of the world is in deep slumber. Join us to experience what its like to work on ‘a single idea’ that could change your life forever.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday January 17th
Saturday January 18th
Sunday January 19th
Speakers
Event Judges
Venkatesh C.R.
Angel Investor and Entrepreneur
Co-Founder of Magzter & Managing Director and CEO of Dot Com Infoway (Galatta.com), one of India’s premier IT services company.It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to head an IT company, but it takes an entrepreneurial mastermind to transform obstacles into opportunities in the software industry.When Venkatesh C.R. entered the web space in 1996, the Internet was still a distant new technology in India. It was a time when Google was just born, Microsoft was still crawling and Apple was learning to walk. Internet was unheard of in tier II cities like Madurai. But passion makes headway through any thick and thin, and Venkatesh’s interest in emerging web technologies made him pioneer the Internet revolution in Madurai. As President of Internet Users Community of India (Madurai Chapter) for four years from April 1996 to June 2000, Venkatesh C.R. was instrumental in bringing Internet access to Madurai.
Kumaran Muthusamy
Managing Director
Venkatesh Chandrasekaran
Director
VC, A student of Avichi High School, and the Institution of Engineers (1984-1989), Venkatesh worked as Manager in Megatech Control P Ltd (1989-1996); Manager Automation in SRA Systems Ltd (1996-1998); Managing Director of CVIAC (1998-1999); Manager in Cimac (2000-2001); and Head R&D Automotive in Satyam Computer Services Ltd (2001-2012). Venkatesh is Founder Trustee of Schools for India Trust, started in December 2004. After serving as Co Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry’s Chennai Aero Park Committee (2009-2010), he is currently Co-Chairman of TN Manufacturing and Services Task Force.
Coaches and Mentors
David Edwin
senthilkumar m
Founder
Dhinesh Pandian
Co-Founder
KarthiKeyan Ponniah
Serial Entrepreneur
Event Sponsors, and Partners
The Techstars Startup Weekend Madurai 2020 team is grateful for the support of local community partners without whom this event would not be possible.
Learn how to become a sponsor here.
Venue Sponsor
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Organizing Team
Techstars Startup Weekend Madurai is 100% led by volunteer community leaders.
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