Startup Weekend Education Oakland Nov 6-8, 2015

Are you passionate about making an impact in education, now? Register here right away before they sell out!  The event location is just a few blocks from the Lake Merritt BART station. For all event details, visit http://oakland.up.co/events/7209 There you will also find information on the incredible slate of senior Education and EdTech Judges, Coaches and Organizers who you'll meet from: EdTech companies:  Google for Education, BrightBytes, Edmodo, Clever, Junyo, EdSurge, One University Network, and Conceptua Math Schools/CMOs/programs:  AltSchool, Oakland Unified, Rocketship, Summit Public Schools, Girls Who Code and California Charter Schools Association Education Venture Capital firms:  Learn Capital and Reach Capital All startup ideas pitched and developed this weekend will be focused on education!  Pitches at this event will be new education or EdTech ventures.  You don't need to pitch a startup idea to participate -- just join a team that interests you!  Pitching a problem/solution is encouraged but not required, but only new ideas you have not previously worked on can be pitched. No existing startups, please! STUDENTS: Contact oaklandswedu@4pt0.org from your .edu email address for a discount code! TEACHERS: Omninox is giving away scholarships to entrepreneurial educators! If you’re an educator that would like to apply to participate in this event for free, please email us at oaklandswedu@4pt0.org with the name of your school and 2-5 sentences about your idea for how you want to improve education. Refund Policy:  No refunds will be granted within 7 days of the event as food and drink will have already been ordered. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. This is a non-profit, volunteer run community! Startup Weekend Education (SW-EDU) Have you ever had an idea for improving education? Here's your opportunity to  transform your education ideas into action in 54 hours. Find the right people with complementary skills & the passion & to work with and learn along the way. No tech skills required! Test your idea with real potential customers and receive coaching from community experts in industry & education. Join a community ready to help you take your concept to the next level! We're looking for passionate educators, parents, students, developers, designers and business/non-profit professionals who want to make a difference in education now. Come learn the basics of founding and launching a successful education or EdTech venture while solving real problems in education.   You can participate just for the experience -- serious creative thinking, inspired work, and a lot of fun!   And some teams go on to launch their ventures, like these recently in Oakland: Talking Points, which was hatched at a previous Oakland Startup Weekend EDU and further developed in partnership with Oakland teachers and public schools, just received $250,000 as a finalist in the Google Impact Challenge/Bay Area! Epic, a San Francisco Startup Weekend EDU winner, went on to found a real school, receive $600,000 of startup funding, and open in Oakland Unified! The event:   We bring together a diverse group of people passionate about making a positive impact on education.  In 54 hours, participants share ideas, form teams, build products and launch education or EdTech ventures. Startup Weekend EDU begins with open-mic 60-second pitches Friday night that result in the formation of small teams around the best, most viable concepts. Teams spend Saturday and Sunday focusing on developing and validating their ideas and target users and customers, building demo prototypes and models (optional, not required), and developing a high level business plan and pitch presentation, with the help of experienced coaches. On Sunday, teams demo or pitch their education solutions and receive valuable feedback from a panel of expert judges.     All kinds of education related ventures may be pitched, so be innovative, and think big and high impact!  If your idea is for an EdTech product company, for example for a software/SaaS application or tool that a teacher or student would use, a working product prototype or demo is optional, not required;  you can just pitch the idea, perhaps a mockup design, and proposed features/functionality ... i.e. while some teams may develop a demo like in a hack-a-thon, you do not need to do that.   Here are some of the things you get from attending: + breakfast with delicious coffee form our Sponsor Peets Coffee Alameda, and full lunch and dinner, for the whole weekend (if you just buy a ticket for the Sunday evening pitch presentations, Sunday dinner is not included so please eat before or bring some food for yourself) + Unigue opportunity to be mentored and coached by EdTech and educator leaders + A network of new developer, designer & entrepreneur friends that are also excited about improving education + A free .co domain name The Winning Team will receive: +  90 minute in-person consultation session with Gloria Lee, CEO of Educate78 and former President/COO of NewSchools Venture Fund, to provide feedback on the team’s plan or product and suggestions for increasing attractiveness to prospective donors or investors. + an automatic interview with education startup accelerator ImagineK12 + Free mobile app design by award-winning design agency, PLATFORM + 1 year subscription to the Ominox product + 6 month access pass to I-Gate  + 1 month ORG25 membership at co-working space Impact Hub Oakland   NBCUniversal Open Possibilties challenge: This Startup Weekend Education event is participating in the nationwide NBCUniversal Open Possibilities challenge! NBCUniversal is committed to using media and technology to connect and strengthen communities. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to design solutions which prepare students for the 21st century workforce and to lead 21st century communities! All teams will be considered for this special prize and the team who wins the NBCUniversal Open Possibilities challenge will receive up to 3 tickets to the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, TX.  View the eligibility rules and judging criteria for this prize here. Note:  the eligibility and judging rules for NBCUniversal Open Possibilities challenge are for the SXSWedu prize; they are not the judging rules and criteria for winning this Startup Weekend EDU event itself. View the eligibility rules and judging criteria Terms of Participation Agreement:  It is our job to provide you with an incredible networking and learning opportunity. Our intention is that you meet some amazing people that you might actually start a company with, build relationships with coaches, and learn from your peers. The event is intended to be a collaborative forum for sharing, learning, building, and having fun. As such, by registering as a participant, you acknowledge that any ideas shared by you or anyone else over the course of the event are contributions to the overall experience and community. If you as a participant are worried about someone stealing your ideas, please reconsider your participation in the event itself or simply refrain from sharing specifics about your idea. As a member of your startup community, you agree to to be inclusive of any and all people and their ideas. You agree to act professionally, treat everyone with respect, and treat the event facilities with proper care. You agree that you are responsible for any accidents or damages that you cause. You also agree to not hold 4.0 Schools (Startup Weekend Education operator), your local organizer and volunteer team, or any of the event supporters liable for any loss, damage, injury, death, or any other unforeseeable incident. By Participating at the event, you grant Startup Weekend Education and the event organizers permission to capture photo/video of the event. You can find the exact legal terms on our FAQ Page but to summarize, we want to share your success with the world, including with photos and videos of you.  By submitting your information above you agree to the 4.0 Schools Privacy Policy, and you consent to receive email communication from 4.0 Schools and its programs about events and updates that may interest you. You may opt-out of these communications at any time.