Billed by Forbes as a ‘ Name You Need to Know in 2011’, two Startup Weekend originating companies have recently raised investment ( raised $2m, and Foodspotting raised $750k)Īmy Neale and Sean Murphy (who are facilitating the event on the ground in Dublin) are passionate about creating a successful event for Dublin. Startup Weekend started in the US, but now has run in over 100 cities across the world with over 15,000 people having taken part.
These start-ups emerged from the 60 participants, all of whom pay to take part, and form teams around good ideas.
The last Dublin Startup Weekend in May 2010 saw four start-ups formed, all of which are still plugging away (see BragBet GeoDealio CauseHere and HittheRoad). This will be the second Dublin Startup Weekend, and the concept is simple – a roomful of people are brough together (c.50 – 70 developers, coders, marketers, product managers, web evangelists and startup enthusiasts) to go from concept to launch (or at least prototype) in 54 hours.
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