That’s a Wrap! Stay Tuned for 2012.
In the end, 110 participants (including some late-comers) accepted the challenge to turn an idea into a real business in a weekend. 51 ideas were pitched Friday night, spawning 18 teams who presented their startups Sunday night to all the attendees, organizers, judges, mentors, and 20 others who came just for the presentations.
We were so busy running the event, we couldn’t blog at all during the weekend, but for complete coverage of the event, check out the Silicon Prairie News articles. Thank you, SPN, for doing a fantastic job collecting information about the teams, taking photos, and streaming the Sunday night presentations.
And special thanks goes to Lou Pol, Dean of the UNO College of Business Administration; Jennifer Metzler and her assistants, Brandon and Taylor, from the Nebraska Business Development Center; Derek Geschwender from Mammel Hall IT Department; and to all the judges and mentors (listed on the left) that made this THE best Startup Weekend Omaha yet.
KickoffLabs, the Official Landing Page of Startup Weekend Omaha
Scott Watermasysk of KickoffLabs has generously donated 3 months of their paid plans to each team at Startup Weekend Omaha. KickoffLabs provides a social landing page which is particularly useful for startups who need a quick and easy one-page “coming soon” site. It also has communications and analytics features. Thank you, KickoffLabs!
Student Price is $49 and Other Reminders
We’re just about a week away from the best Startup Weekend Omaha ever. We’ve worked really hard to make this an amazing experience.
We’re going to have motivating speakers, passionate mentors, and informative judges. Every meal will be provided. We’ve got an awesome venue with projectors and whiteboards available to each group. As always there will be the usual networking, creative collaboration, intense challenge, competition, inspiring passion, brainstorming and learning that is typical for a Startup Weekend. And all of it will be apart of history in the first documentary of its kind that will be spread around the world to tell the story of what a Startup Weekend is all about.
All of this for $49 for students and $75 for non-students.
For out-of-towners, there is a hotel conveniently located across the street from Mammel Hall and Megabus has great deals on transportation to Omaha.
P.S. If you’re still not pumped, watch this:
The Startup Weekend Omaha Schedule
Here is the tentative schedule for Startup Weekend Omaha.
Friday, September 16:
6:00pm – Doors open at Mammel Hall (6708 Pine Street) for check in, pizza, and networking.
6:45pm – Official welcome and introduction.
7:00pm – Speakers Kevin Hagemoser and Jordan Green
7:30pm – Pitches begin. Anyone who has an idea gets 60 seconds to share it with everyone.
~8:15pm – 30 minutes to mingle, ponder, and get more information about your favorite ideas.
~8:45pm – Voting. Vote for your favorite ideas.
~9:00pm – The best ideas are selected, groups form, and work begins. You can stay until the building closes or leave earlier.
11:00pm – Building closes.
Saturday, September 17:
7:00am – Doors open
~8:30am – Breakfast provided by the Nebraska Business Development Center. Mentor schedules announced.
9:00am – Speaker Senator Ben Nelson.
~9:30am – Groups work on their startups. You can come and go as you please.
1:00pm – Lunch
6:00pm – Dinner
11:00pm – Building closes.
Sunday, September 18:
7:00am – Doors open.
9:00am – Breakfast. Mentor schedules announced. Groups work on their startups. You can come and go as you please.
1:00pm – Lunch.
6:00pm – Dinner
7:00pm – Final presentations
~8:15pm – Judging and winners announced.
9:00pm – End of the event. Building closes.
Late Bird? Tickets will Stay at Early Bird Price!
There are so many awesome sponsors that believe and support Startup Weekend that we’re keeping the tickets at the $75 early bird price. What does $75 get you? It gets you 54 hours of working on an innovative project with passionate people like yourself, it gets you valuable input from mentors and speakers, and it gets you 7 meals throughout the weekend. All of this in a state-of-the-art building with plenty of whiteboards, projectors, wifi, and table space. You can’t beat that. Register now!
