As surely as it brings jack-o-lanterns and fresh apples, autumn is a season that brings us Startup Weekends. And this year, Startup Weekends – or events following a similar format – will be held across the region.
Springing from a Seattle-based organization, Startup Weekends are 54-hour events in which strangers come together on a Friday evening, pitch business ideas, and break into teams. On Sunday afternoon, each team pitches to see whose business has progressed the farthest.
Startup Weekends will be held in every province in the region in the coming months. Events in Holyrood, NL, and Charlottetown in November will be held in conjunction with Global Startup Week, when hundreds of Startup Weekends are held around the globe. Sally Ng, the Fredericton-based certified Startup Weekend facilitator and CEO at The Triple Effect, will facilitate the Charlottetown event on Nov. 17.
Here’s a list of the upcoming Startup Weekends, and other events that ask participants to form a company over a weekend.
Startup Weekends
Saint John
Sept .29-Oct 1
You can register here.
Contact: Stjohn@startupweekend.org
Halifax
Oceans Edition
You can register here.
Sydney
Oct. 20-22
Contact: Sydney@startupweekend.org
Fredericton
Social Impact Theme
Nov. 3-5
You can register here.
Contact: NB@Startupweekendend.org
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nov 10-12
You can register here.
Charlottetown
Nov 17-19
Contact: PEI@Startupweekend.org
You can register here.
Mashup Weekends
These events, organized by by Mashup Labs, tend to target rural entrepreneurs.
Port Hawkesbury, NS
Ocean
Theme
Sept. 22-23
Eastern Shore Nova Scotia
Oct. 13-14
You can find information and forms on Mashup Weekends here.
