<div dir="ltr">Hey,<div><br></div><div>I'm a little confused. You have to pay to attend this event?</div><div><br></div><div>I've attended similar events in places like San Francisco and Atlanta, but they were completely paid for by the sponsoring organizations.</div><div><br></div><div>It benefited the investors because they got the first chance at any products/ideas coming out. It also benefitted the sponsors because their name was seen (advertising/promotion).</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>-Kurtis Mullins</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:34 AM Jay Clouse <<a href="mailto:jaydclouse@gmail.com">jaydclouse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey guys,<div><br></div><div>Wanted to shoot you all a note that Startup Weekend is rolling around again next weekend, May 13-15 at Rev1 Ventures. This event is piggy backing on the city's efforts to win a $40M+ grant from the USDOT for "Smart City" initiatives.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of you are probably familiar with the event, so I'll leave the boilerplate for the end. Would love to have some of you talented folks come work on some big ideas. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-weekend-columbus-smart-city-edition-tickets-24274773501?discount=PYTHON" target="_blank">If you use the promo code PYTHON you will save 50%.</a></div><div><br></div><div>Full event details/people involved seen at <a href="http://www.swcbus.com" target="_blank">www.swcbus.com</a>. Hope to see you there! </div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: Anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it's a 54-hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, UX/design, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for feedback and to win prizes.</span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This event is specifically focused on Smart City topics, meaning that every idea pitched and worked on will need to pertain to topics such as:</span></div><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Transportation<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Infrastructure<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Internet Accessibility<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Sustainability<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">City Planning<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Water<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Energy<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Urban Agriculture<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Waste/Recycling<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">…or any other Smart City vertical!</li></ul></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Jay Clouse </font><br></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">--</font><br><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="http://jayclouse.com" target="_blank">jayclouse.com</a><font color="#999999"> || <b>+1.419.852.9976</b><br></font><font style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a href="http://www.tixers.com/" target="_blank">Tixers</a> || </font><font color="#999999">Chief Operating Officer<br></font><a href="http://createcolumb.us/" target="_blank">Create Columbus</a><font color="#999999"><i> || </i>Commissioner<br></font><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a href="http://swcbus.com" target="_blank">Startup Weekend</a> </span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">|| </span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Facilitator & Organizer</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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