Main Contact: Patrick Gaetjens
Phone: (715) 834-0070
Teams in Eau Claire’s Startup Weekend will be eligible to win a prize package worth
$15,000, and includes website and hosting, fully furnished office space, business cards,
marketing advice, and legal consultation. The winning team will be determined at the end of
Startup Weekend, Sunday October 4th.
Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product
managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build
products, and launch startups! Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday evening, attendees
bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday, teams
focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup Methodologies,
and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday evening, teams demo their prototypes and
receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts. Startup Weekend Awards are then
presented.
The weekend will kick off with Jim Ward, President and Owner of Applied Data Consultants, and
throughout the weekend contestants will be able to speak with coaches and mentors from the
community such as: Kelly Berry, ResourceAbility; Luke Kempen, Small Business Development
Center; Linda Pophal, Strategic Communications, LLC; Ben Stroinski, Satellite Six LLC; Levi
Felling, Applied Data Consultants; Ken Pearson, Western Dairyland; and Gerald Bauer, JB
Systems.
The winning team will be awarded a prize package that includes the following donated services:
– Website and Hosting, from JB Systems
– 3 months of fully furnished office space, including utilities and cleaning service, from
Anchor Bank
– Printing and Business Cards, from Image 360
– 5 hours of legal consulting, from RuderWare
– 1 hour of Marketing Advice, from Strategic Communications
Eau Claire’s Startup Weekend is taking place October 2-4, 2015 at the newly renovated
Lismore Hotel (formerly Downtown Ramada). To learn more about Eau Claire’s Startup
Weekend, and to register, visit www.ec-startupweekend.com
