Omaha Startup Weekend

Get. Excited.

We have an awesome lineup of sponsors, investors and mentors for the first ever Startup Weekend Omaha. We’re just six days away from the Friday night kickoff. If you still haven’t registered, take a look at what this weekend has in store for you:

Seek advice from investors and mentors from Leap Ventures, Ideation Ventures, and the Halo Institute.
Chat with members of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Collaborate with innovators from local startups What Cheer, Contemporary Analysis, and Graffiti Tracker.

And these are just ancillary benefits of the weekend. The real value lies in the connections you’ll make and the experience you’ll gain pitching your ideas and working in teams to build a concept from the ground-up. You may even walk away as a founding member of a new startup!

Now’s your chance to be a part of Omaha’s blooming community of innovators and creatives. This is the year to take the plunge. Go for it.

New Price! / New Venue!

Posted by Startup Weekend Crew

You spoke and we listened! In a recent poll, we asked what was preventing you from attending Startup Weekend Omaha. The answer was a resounding “PRICE!” So, we cut it by $30, bringing the price down to just $45. We also lowered student tickets to $35.

We did this in two ways:

1. We have a new venue! The biggest expense in our budget was our venue, so we reached out to the community and asked if anyone could provide a space for the event free of cost. What Cheer has kindly offered their new location in the Mastercraft Building, savings us heaps of money. Thank you John Henry Müller (owner, What Cheer) and Alex Gates (web developer, What Cheer)2. We’re pushing to get a few more sponsors. We believe this event will be a great addition to the startup/entrepreneurial scene in Omaha, and we think other organizations and companies in Omaha should feel the same. This event is organized by volunteers who believe in supporting and encouraging aspiring entrepreneurs – which is why we felt that making the event more affordable in an effort to drive participation made sense.

So help us find a few more sponsors so we can cover our costs (you try booking 6 meals for less then $45/person!) Please spread the word to potential sponsors and help us make this event into a lasting tradition that Omaha can look forward to each year! Allow us to make it really easy on you – send Corey Spitzer an e-mail letting him know you’re willing to drop a note to some people in your network. Corey will reply with a brief, pre-written blurb you can dump in and click send.

Note: For those of you who already paid for your tickets, we’ll hand you the difference in cash on March 19th.

Startup Weekend is coming to Omaha!

Posted by shanereiser

What is Startup Weekend Omaha?

Startup Weekend Omaha is a community building startup event. Participants get together with local developers, marketers, designers, enthusiasts and start companies in just 54 hours. The event will take place Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21, 2010.

You can learn all about the Omaha event on the about page, including a brief history of the Startup Weekend series.

Cost to participate is $75 $45 and you must buy a ticket to officially become registered. Students can grab a ticket for $40 $35.