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Startup Weekend e интензивно, изпълнено с екстремни преживявания 54-часово събитие, на което програмисти, дизайнери, маркетинг разбирачи и стартъп ентусиасти се събират да споделят идеи, да сформират екип, да изградят продукти и да стартират нов бизнес. По време на събието ти пичваш своята идея, събираш екип и я разработваш. Освен страхотна идея, която е хубаво да се доведе поне до демо версия в рамките на един уикенд ти трябва як екип – някой, който може да направи дизайн, да формира бизнес модел. Защо не и да направиш някоя продажба и да валидираш целия бизнес.

Schedule

Friday

May 18
  • Registration Starts
  • Dinner & Networking
  • Welcome & Speakers
  • Pitches Start
  • Attendees vote for the top ideas
  • Teams start forming and discussing ideas
  • Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Saturday

May 19
  • Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
  • Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend
  • Lunch
  • Call for needs & skills
  • Mentors help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
  • Dinner
  • Mid weekend check-in, status reports, call for help
  • Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Sunday

May 20
  • Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
  • Call for help (this is self motivated, so don’t be shy)
  • Lunch
  • Mentors arrive… ASK QUESTIONS
  • Gut check. Start prepping for presentations
  • Dinner
  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS
  • Judging & awards
  • Wrapup
  • Go home!

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Speakers

Lyuben Belov

LAUNCHub partner

Co-founder and CEO of Netinfo, a company later sold to Sanoma Bliassak Publishing for 28M EUR

Andreas Klinger

COO LOOKK   |  

Proud Co-Founder of a company trying to change the fashion industry: LOOKK

Gold Sponsors

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Judges

Valentin Oreshkov

Product manager Everbread   |  

Startup junkie, sailing dreamer, marathon runner, travel and jazz lover, wine and food amateur. So lucky to play with great friends and smart people @everbread

Steve Keil

CEO Xentio   |  

Maverick, entrepreneur, and interested in disruptive, ecological, and social ideas and action!

Eleven Team

Екипът на Eleven влючва четирима партньори с опит в областта на дяловото финансиране. Даниел Томов е сред основателите на Bulventures, компания за инвестиции в стартиращи компании, сред които Melon Technologies. Ивайло Симов пък работи първоначално в SEAF/Caresbac, а по-късно в Global Finance, включително като директор за България през последните 3 години. Там известно време са колеги с Томов. Третият партньор Дилян Димитров пък е с почти 10 години опит в сферата на рисковите и дялови инвестиции, първоначално в Caresbac Bulgaria и сега в Bedminster Capital Management. Джон Брандфорд е четвъртата фигура в екипа, която идва от английската програма - акселератор на идеи Springboard.

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Mentors

Andreas Klinger

COO LOOKK   |  

Proud Co-Founder of a company trying to change the fashion industry: LOOKK

Georgi Kadrev

Co-founder and CEO Imagga   |  

CEO of Imagga/StockPodium. Assistant professor in Technology Entrepreneurship at Sofia University, passionate about technology, innovation, and starting start-ups.
Changing the world with materials at hand :)

Martin Gogov

Co-founder and CEO GNERGY   |  

Ex-competitor in programming/software dev. Cofounder of @GNERGY. Hyped with startups, music, green, biking, great people and cool stuff. Linux! Jazz fusion! (:

Adel Zakout

Adel founded Creative Agency Despark.com where he pursues his love for the Internet and later combine it with Architecture via OpenBuildings.com, the crowdsourced building database & Clippings.com, the online design resource. He also runs Boom! Burgers & Steaks a gourmet meat restaurant in Sofia and is an investor in Betahaus.

Pavel Andreev

Co-founder and Creative Director, Imagga   |  

Alexander Kitov

Alex is a digital creative that studied and worked in Germany. He is a co-founder of betahaus Sofia and a freelance product designer. He loves concepting and creating simple, slick and gratifying products and services. Talk to him about product development, business models, your next idea, co-working and tennis.

Nikolay Bachiyski

Developer, Automattic   |  

Programmer at Automattic, hacks on WordPress, teaches in Sofia University, travels a lot, has a bear.

Ivaylo Lenkov

Founder and CEO at SiteKreator   |  

Ivaylo Lenkov is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley-based SiteKreator, a premier web design and business application SaaS platform used by over 120,000 businesses worldwide. Prior to that, Ivaylo was working on AppLogic cloud management platform which was acquired by Computer Associates (CA) in 2010. Before that he started five other startups in the web design, VoIP and networking space.

Olga Shishkova

General Counsel at NEVEQ LP

Educated at Stanford’s Law, Science and Technology program and in Bulgaria, Olga has served clients in London and Sofia in the fields of corporate M&A and intellectual property law. In the past 3 years, Olga has worked with startup companies as the member of the Neveq team.

She will be donating legal support during the event.

Ivan Goychev

CTO Vayant Travel Technologies   |  LinkedIn

Spent the last 7 years in start-ups in Finance and Travel Industry. Apart from software technologies also a fan of simplicity, infographics and productivity amplifiers.

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Organizers
Chris Georgiev
Martin Linkov
Georgi Mitev
Evelin Velev
Maxim Gurvits
Alex Kitov
Alex Mihaylov
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