
BrightSparkMedia.ca - The best way I can describe Startup Weekend is that it's a cross between "the Apprentice" and "Dragon's Den". When I volunteered to do some photography and a promo video for Startup Weekend in Kelowna, it was my first ever startup weekend...in fact, when I first heard about it being hosted by Accelerate Okanagan at the Innovation Centre, I thought it was a team-building activity. Boy was I way off base. It's a great opportunity for people in the tech industry to get out and really get involved in creating something and sharing the experience with like-minded individuals. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. It 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. In Kelowna, there were 70 attendees, 16 sponsors, 11 mentors and judges, 24 ideas pitched, 10 teams formed, over 1000 lines of code in 21 different languages, 0 Nerf gun fatalities, and countless cups of coffee. The goal of the event isn't really about picking a winner - education, collaboration and networking (with a lot of fun thrown in) is the main focus of all the <b>...</b>
Startup Weekend
Start-up
Kelowna
Okanagan
photography
video
tech
technology
programming
code
website
mobile app
the Apprentice
Dragon's Den
graphic designer
mentor
Kelowna Art Gallery
entrepreneur
business
networking
Accelerate Okanagan
Digital Okanagan
Kelowna Innovation Centre
54 hour
software developer
uchangeit
squadshout
Squirrel Jar
Time Badger
Beauty Booker
seshwars
Memento Locket
Taste Okanagan
bookex
Marvillas