Kauffman Foundation News (10/24/11): Startup Weekend to release its first book

How to Take a Company from Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

Startup Weekend to release its first book in November 2011

Startup Weekend™ -the organization behind 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and create startups-has spawned both a global initiative in entrepreneurship as well as numerous successful startups. It quickly became a nexus for early-stage startup activity in communities across the globe, and by the end of 2010, Startup Weekend had built a network of over 25,000 alumni, 150 volunteer organizers and 60 trained facilitators spread across more than 100 cities in 30 countries.

On Nov. 8, 2011, with funding from the Kauffman Foundation, the organization’s co-founders, Marc Nager, Clint Nelsen and Franck Nouyrigat, are sharing best practices, lessons learned and empowering examples in their new book, Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours (Wiley; Hardcover and eBook; November 2011). From a reliance on trust to an aversion to unwieldy structure, each of the key beliefs outlined in the book have been tested by Startup Weekend and yielded powerful results.

“Our goal is to take readers through the actual experience of Startup Weekend,” says Nager. “What it’s like to pitch your business idea to 200 strangers in 60 seconds; how teams struggle when they discover that other people have had similar ideas; what it’s like to see how well someone works and how much they know within hours of meeting him or her; and what it’s like to meet some of the most experienced and successful mentors in the startup world.”

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