Techstars Startup Weekend Youth Hong Kong

For all event details, please visit http://communities.techstars.com/events/13969

Become an entrepreneur within a weekend!

Calling All Young Entrepreneurs Startup Weekend invites budding entrepreneurs in years 14-19, to take an idea from nothing to something, pitch to prototype, in just 2 days.

Everyone can join!
You don’t have to have technical skills or have discovered your talent yet. Any student interested in startups, launching a business, entrepreneurship, or creative problem solving is encouraged to register. Students will pitch ideas, form teams around the top ideas, conduct customer research, and work intensely to build a prototype that illustrates the potential of their business. Startup Weekend culminates in a pitch competition where teams present their business and demonstrate their prototype to a panel of local entrepreneurs.

What is Startup Weekend?

Startup Weekend, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is a non-profit entrepreneurship education event. In just 2 days, you will pitch your own idea and form a team or join someone else's team, do market research, build a product (Sat), and demonstrate your business in front of judges and potential investors (Sun). Come to be a hero to change the world!

No Talk, All Action!
Startup Weekend demands teamwork, creativity, determination, and focus from all participants! While each team will have access to an adult coach, every team will be expected to manage itself in order to optimize time. 

Grand prize!
The final winning team will receive scholarships from The Academy for the Talented of the University of Hong Kong to join the International Symposium on STEM Education which aims at bringing 100 students around the globe to HKU for academic exchange in summer 2019.

Startup Weekend is your chance to learn how to put your idea into action within a matter of days!

• get introduced to the world of startups and entrepreneurship

• learn the process for taking action on your ideas

• meet experienced, talented, and passionate entrepreneurs in Hong Kong

• join or build an all-star team

• make meaningful connections and become part of a global community

• learn and practice new skills to take back to your job or beef up your resume

Your ticket includes:

• Access to the full weekend-long event

• All-star mentors and judges formed with business leaders

• 6 tasty meals throughout the weekend (Breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday)
  

• Collaboration with passionate entrepreneurs from throughout Hong Kong

• Membership with the Startup Weekend Community (>193K alumni)

• A process for taking any idea from concept to creation in a hackathon-style setting

• A certificate upon completion of Startup Weekend

• Shutte bus to and from the venue on both days (departing from Admiralty MTR Station)

• The chance to win a scholarship from The Academy for the Talented of the University of Hong Kong to join the International Symposium on STEM Education in summer 2019

Join us for an awesome weekend!

For any inquiry, please contact Belinda Esterhammer belinda.e@startupweekend.org