Bring on the entrepreneurial excitement!

This 54-hour challenge is a unique opportunity for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs to work with and get to know new people over the course of an exciting and fast-paced weekend. A diverse, well-balanced team is critical for a startup to be successful and participants with interests in areas such as branding, graphic design, software development, engineering, finance, accounting, marketing, sales and project management will be in attendance. Regardless of your skill level or specialty, the most important trait for all participants to have is the desire to learn and the willingness to work hard in order to achieve success.

We'll kick off the event on Friday evening with a meet & greet followed by dinner and a keynote speaker. After dinner, there will be a series of activities that will help you to form teams of 4-5 people as well as selecting a startup idea to pursue. Once both your team and idea are set, it’s time to get down to work because the clock is ticking!

Over the course of the next two days, an impressive mix of experienced startup mentors will work one-on-one with your team and help you to iterate quickly and pivot when needed. And to help maximize the time available to build traction for your startup, we'll keep everyone well-fed all weekend. If your team makes good progress and manages its time well, you'll be pulling everything together on Sunday afternoon and polishing off your startup pitch for Sunday evening.

For the final presentations, each team will have a few minutes on stage to pitch their startup to a panel of judges as well as an audience of the general public. Once your pitch is complete, the judges will spend another few minutes asking questions in order to learn more about your startup. Once all of the teams have finished their pitches, the judges will deliberate and then announce who has won the coveted title of Startup Challenge 2019 Grand Champion!