Both men and women are invited to Women 2.0 Startup Weekend
(November 19 - 21 at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, CA). W
e provide the co-working space and food for the weekend — and you bring the energy to build something big over the weekend.
Bring an idea, or just yourself to join a team and start a project or company over the weekend. Join a team and just hack/build for 54 hours! Startup Weekend is a place to test ideas, contribute to ideas, and meet potential founders. We are bringing together the most innovative, talented, and out-of-the-box entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Check out what happened at last year's Women 2.0 Startup Weekend - we created 19 startups!
How it works: Ideas are pitched and teams formed on Friday night at 7pm. Over the weekend, companies develop products and/or services. Company pitches are delivered on Sunday at 5pm.
Speakers, mentors, and judges include: Mariya Genzel (Co-Founder & CTO, SayHired), Shanna Tellerman (Founder & CEO, WildPockets), David Weekly (Founder & Chairman, PBworks), Megan Casey (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Squidoo), Shannon McClenagh (Senior Executive, Early Stage Companies),
Anna Billstrom (iOS Developer), Bess Ho (Mobile & UI Developer), and many more.We will be awarding prizes including "Most Innovative", "Most Likely to Make a Million Dollars", and "Most Likely to Change a Million Lives" in accordance with the mWomen BoP Apps Challenge.