Check out the six web businesses created by the kids in 48 hours!
Ansr.it (www.ansrit.com) - Intriguing question. Crazy answers. ansr.it! Blood Thank (www.bloodthank.com) - Connecting generosity with gratitude, for blood donors and receivers Dream, Share, Discover (www.dreamsharediscover.com) - Share your dreams and aspiration Class Notes (www.classnotes.com.au) - The class notes marketplace for uni students Night Mapr (http://night-mapr.appspot.com/) - Find a night event near you Gwisher (http://gwisher.com) - Help hapless guys to find perfect gifts for their girlfriends
We are broadcasting Startup Camp 2010 LIVE!
See what startups a bunch of students are capable of building over just 48 hours
Schedule
Sat 10 April: (11am - 12pm) Public Launch of the Websites
Sun 11 April: (3pm - 6pm) Final Pitch (VC style)
We are bringing together of a whole bunch of passionate students interested in web-based businesses, then going about creating them - concept to launch and everything in between - in one weekend! It's a lot of fun and one hell of an experience.
A basic run down:
Start: 6pm Friday, 9th April
Meet your team.
Create a concept.
Work as though your life depends on it (sleep negotiable ☺). Saturday, 10th April
Product must be ready be noon.
Soft launch to the public.
Get real customers.
Have a good sleep tonight to prepare for Sunday's big... Finish: 6pm Sunday, 11th April Final Pitch - to investors!
Location: Room 5.015 - Collaborative Learning Space (with wifi access and a plasma screen for each team), the Spot Building, 198 Berkeley St, Carlton (University of Melbourne)
“Beware of the Start-up virus"
Do you ever feel like you speak a language others don’t understand?
Do you ever stay awake at night dreaming up big ideas?
Do you ever feel a burning excitement at the thought of starting your own business?
These are just a few symptoms of the highly contagious ‘Start-up Virus’ which have recently hit universities around the country! It’s a bug that can be treated, but never cured. Once you’ve caught it, it lives in you forever.
It’s the bug of Entrepreneurship.
So, what does it mean to be an entrepreneur? Does it mean I have to be a Richard Branson?
No, it means you have to be like a Richard Branson. What does that mean?
Easy, all you have to do is have an idea – often a simple idea – and have the courage and the confidence to execute that idea. Easier said than done right?
Wrong, doing is the first and hardest step you’ll ever make – but once you’ve made it – the rest is history.
Start-up camp 2010 can be that first step!
We are bringing together of a whole bunch of passionate people interested in web-based businesses, then going about creating them - concept to launch and everything in between - in one weekend! It's a lot of fun, one hell of an experience, and free.
(2 April) Update: Registration closed, 6 teams have been chosen for Startup Camp 2010
A basic run down:
Start: 6pm Friday, 9th April
Meet your team.
Create a concept.
Work as though your life depends on it (sleep negotiable ☺). Saturday, 10th April
Product must be ready be noon.
Soft launch to the public.
Get real customers.
Have a good sleep tonight to prepare for Sunday's big... Finish: 6pm Sunday, 11th April Final Pitch - to investors!
Location: Room 5.015 - Collaborative Learning Space (with wifi access and a plasma screen for each team), the Spot Building, 198 Berkeley St, Carlton (University of Melbourne)
Be warned, it’s not merely an idea that you are coming up with. We're talking a complete web-based business, live to the public come Sunday. The most recent Start-up Camp in Sydney saw multiple start-ups valued at upwards of $4,000 US! Web hosting is provided free of charge for the weekend and shortly thereafter.
Teams need:
- People to create the website...Programmers, programmers, programmers!
- Web designers, marketing gurus or any creative mind – to design and brand the business
- Business minds for the details
- More info on team structure...
IMPORTANT: Selection process
The camp is strictly limited to 30 participants
We'll select people base on how we would select co-fournders in a real startup
So please tell us (in the registration form) the skills you can bring to the team and why you should be part of it!
