OTTAWA—Startup Weekend provides the water and sunlight from which a remarkable transformation takes place in about 48 hours. An exuberant and perhaps naïve individual with an idea—the seed—grows into a cohesive team with a business plan, market analysis, and product validation.
Certainly, new dreams are created, but Startup Weekend is also about building relationships among entrepreneurs in the local community and volunteers giving back for what they’ve gained.
A panel of eight judges—“sharks” or “dragons”—made up of professors, established entrepreneurs, a doctor, and a teacher / maker listened to 18 final pitches from potential startups at Startup Weekend Ottawa at the University of Ottawa from Nov. 18–20.
You come here and take a risk or you can just play it safe.
, SafetyNet
