Startup Weekend Eugene/Springfield

Friday, November 13 - 15, 2015

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Startup Weekend Eugene/Springfield

Friday, November 13 - 15, 2015

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Startup Weekend Eugene/Springfield

Friday, November 13 - 15, 2015
Event starts at 6:30 pm

FertiLab Startup Center
138 Main St.
Springfield, OR 97477

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Come collaborate, innovate and compete!

Startup Weekend Eugene/Springfield 2015 will be held at the new Springfield Fertilab from Nov 13-15. Come pitch your business or product ideas on opening night. The top ideas will pick teams to develop a more detailed business plan over the weekend. This is also a great chance to connect with the local startup community, meet with entrepreneurs and listen to some great speakers!

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EVENT SCHEDULE

Friday November 13th

6:30 pm

Registration

Arrive at the venue and get checked in

7:00 pm

Dinner & Networking

Eat food, share ideas, practice pitches, get to know fellow participants

7:20 pm

Welcome & Speakers

Review agenda for the weekend and introduce speakers, coaches, and community leaders

7:50 pm

Rapid Prototyping

7:55 pm

Pitches Start

Optionally line up to give your pitch

9:30 pm

Voting

Attendees vote for the top pitches

10:00 pm

Form Teams

Teams start forming and discussing ideas

10:00 pm

Begin Work

Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

11:00 pm

Go home!

Saturday November 14th

8:00 am

Breakfast

Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee

8:30 am

Begin Work

Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend

11:30 am

Check-in

Check-in, status reports, call for help

12:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm

Coach Meetings

Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!

6:00 pm

Check-in

6:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm

Presenter

After-dinner check-in, status reports, call for help

10:00 pm

Wrap-Up

Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

11:00 pm

Go home!

Sunday November 15th

8:00 am

Breakfast

Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee

10:00 am

Check-In

Coaches arrive. Final opportunity to ask questions

12:00 pm

Lunch

12:30 pm

Coach Meetings

Coaches arrive… ASK QUESTIONS

3:00 pm

Presentation Prep & Tech Check

Final hours of worktime should be focused on perfecting your presentation, tech-check for final presentations also takes place

4:00 pm

Dinner

5:00 pm

Final Presentations

5 min to present, 5 min of feedback

7:30 pm

Judging & Awards

8:00 pm

Wrap-Up

8:30 pm

Go Home!

Speakers

Elizabeth Esponnette
Assistant Professor in Product Design at the University of Oregon & Co-founder of unspun

Aaron Sarnoff-Wood
Co-Founder of 2 Towns Ciderhouse

Event Sponsors, and Partners

The Startup Weekend Eugene/Springfield team is grateful for the support of local community partners without whom this event would not be possible.
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Organizing Team

Techstars Startup Weekend Eugene is 100% led by volunteer community leaders.
Learn how to get involved here

Shula
Joe
Maruschak
Brad
Attig
KaLynn
Alley
jeff
Sather
Claire
Elam
kimmy
Gustafson
David
Youngentob
Shane
Johnson
Stephanie
Imah
Yasin
Karim
Kate
Harmon

Facilitators

Travis Cannon

Technology Consultant & Advisor | Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Google+ Travis Cannon is an engineer with an MBA and a passion for startups. With over eight years experience in software development, he has a unique blend of business and technical savvy. He is currently a Technology Consultant and Developer for various startups and small companies, Facilitator and Organizer for Startup Weekend, and Curator of Portland Startup Digest.

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