Global entrepreneurial movement Startup Weekend is coming to Cork for the first time from 5-7 April 2013. To date, over 100,000 entrepreneurs across 300 cities have created over 5,000 start ups during StartUp Weekends.
The 54-hour event will offer mentor and and motivational sessions and talks by recently named Forbes most influential ‘30 under 30: Social Entrepreneurs’ James Whelton of Coder Dojo among others. Participants can exchange ideas, develop and refine business concepts in teams, plan critical paths and market test before being by a panel which includes Gareth Keane, investment manager at Qualcomm Ventures; Sean O’ Sullivan, managing director at Avego; Pat Phelan, CEO Trustev; and Eamon Leonard, VP engineering at Engine Yard.
The event organisers include Will Martin, LiveDuel.com; Jayne Roynan, UrYearBook.com; Peter Finnegan, Rubicon Centre; Ronan O’Dubhaill, IGNITE; Barry O’Brien, EMC; and Siobhan Finn of Cork Innovates.
Cork StartUp Weekend co-organiser and founder of LiveDuel.com Will Martin said: “Attending the Startup Weekend in San Francisco was one of the most rewarding experiences of my entrepreneurial life. Working side by side with my peers to build a product, business model, marketing plan and execution strategy in 54 hours has given me the tools and contacts that I apply on my own start-up, LiveDuel.com.”
Siobhán Finn, project coordinator with Cork Innovates, said: “Cork Innovates is all about supporting regional efforts around the promotion of entrepreneurship. It is fantastic to see such a group of entrepreneurially minded young people come together to deliver the first Startup Weekend in Cork.”
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