Startup Weekend set in Cebu

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Fleire Castro & Mark Abella
Contributors

TO SUPPORT local entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts, Cebu’s tech community, through TechTalks.ph, is organizing the first Startup Weekend in Cebu on May 11-13, 2012 in University of the Philippines Cebu.

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Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where participants share ideas, carve out business plans, complete prototypes, and discover if their ideas can become viable businesses.

This hands-on experience happens over the course of one weekend -- starting Friday 6pm and ending Sunday night.

These 54-hour events are supported around the world by the Startup Weekend organization, a nonprofit based in Seattle, Washington, USA.

There have already been 468 events, with 190 events in planning. Almost 5000 teams have been created since it began. Startup Weekend Manila is scheduled on April 27-29.

The event is perfect for developers, designers and business people who want hands-on experience building a business. Startup Weekend’s motto is “No Talk. All Action. Launch a Startup in 54 hours.”

Through working together, participants learn new skills, build their network, and find out the best ways to launch a business.

Mentors for the event include Jay Fajardo from ProudCloud, Christian Besler from Globe, Chris Ducker from VBS, Eric Su from Piclyf, Albert Padin from SpellDial and Paul Villacorta from Cebu Directories.

Judges include Winston Damarillo from Morphlabs, Jean-Patrick Bisson from ClickingLabs.com, and Harm Rietjens from CareSharing.

Startup Weekend Cebu also has a growing list of sponsors including Globe, Microsoft Bizspark, UP Cebu, CebuinIT, Third Team Media, Startupr, Sym.ph, Caresharing, TechTalks.ph, Devcon, Nextcue, Cebu Bloggers Society, and Zero Three Two. For more information visit cebu.startupweekend.org

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on March 23, 2012.