O Startup Weekend Luanda is back! In the second edition in Angola, the event comes back with the concept of developing a business in 54 hours.
What is Startup Weekend?
It is a global network of high impact leaders and entrepreneurs with the mission to inspire, educate and support individuals, teams and communities.
The event that takes place in more than 95 countries around the globe and in it you will have the chance to learn how to get ideas from paper for something much more relevant in 54 hours.
During the three days of the event, participants present their ideas, validate, build the business model, develop a prototype and then deliver a presentation to a jury and a larger audience.
Who is Startup Weekend for?
Startup Weekend Luanda was created to connect all kinds of people:
- Experienced enthusiasts and entrepreneurs;
- Developers and other technology professionals / students;
- Designers of all kinds
- Non-technical profiles (eg business, sales, finance, law, etc.),
- University and high school students
- Professionals looking for career change or awakening new skills;
Registration
Entries can be made at event website.
Ticket includes:
- Access to every event on the weekend;
- Opportunity to present your idea to an influential Jury panel;
- Receive mentoring with entrepreneurs from different places in Angola;
- More than 6 meals over the weekend;
- Collaborate with amazing professionals from the most varied areas;
- Brilliant juries to help you with the business validation process;
- New methodologies to enable you to get any idea off the paper.
Important Note: Your idea should be something you have not worked on before.
Who doesn't have an idea, can participate?
The presentation of ideas is not mandatory. You can simply join teams that have some idea that you believe in their potential!
See how was the first edition:
See event schedule.
Event's place
ISPTEC - Higher Polytechnic Institute of Technologies and Sciences |Luanda South Avenue, Luanda
Good morning
I am Evanir de Fátima António Pinto, 38 years old, an employee for 18 years at a nationally renowned company Multiparques, I have a good salary, with the role of Traffic Manager and vehicle transfer (Port Company) I am also a micro entrepreneur, already with my own business with 5 employees, the highest salary 115.000.00, I have dreams to stop being a salaried employee and contribute to the socio-economic growth of the country, above all, to reduce the unemployment rate, I have many dreams and ideas, brilliant projects, as my boss once was Someone's employee today built a great empire and with more than 500 employees, I also believe, I just need space and capital and the company's constitution, I also have the knowledge that you don't need a fortune to start, one business pulls the other and few will be built, I followed the path of my boss, today with more than 8 companies one helps and is a client of the other, support is all I need for the company to gain legs to walk,with a minimum of 50 people they will be working and giving life to more than 100 people, I need help I want to grow, later we will invest in training our employees by providing training as we meet needs. 935 644048, 991353864