BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T194855Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101115 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101112 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100306T194855Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T231619Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458393 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Friday\, November 12\, 2010 at 5:30pm th rough Sunday\, November 14\, 2010 at 9pm.\n\nDescription:\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \;\nMedia contacts: Michael Coates\, mcoates@startupweekend .org\, 503.780.3945 \;\nStartup Weekend Portland set for November 12 -14 \;\n \;\nPart of Startup Weekend\, worldwide organization fund ed by the Kauffman Foundation\, the Portland event supports startup deve lopment over a 54-hour weekend marathon. \;\n \;\nPortland\, OR – October 12\, 2010 – Kicking off Global Entrepreneur Week\, Startup Weeke nd Portland is open to entrepreneurs\, developers\, marketing folks\, st udents\, lawyers\, angel investors\, and anyone who wishes to spend an i ntense and intensely fun weekend building a team to start a new company. \;\n \;\nUnder the guidance and encouragement of business leaders \, mentors and investors\, attendees pitch their business ideas on Frida y evening. The most viable ideas are chosen and teams begin to form orga nically. Over the weekend\, teams are coached\, guided and taught by mem bers of the startup community to produce a working business model by Sun day. All teams present to a panel of judges\, comprised of leaders withi n the local entrepreneurial community\, and a winner is chosen. \;\n& #13\;\nRegister by going to the web site. Ticket prices are $75 for memb ers of the business community and $40 for students. \;\n \;\nNotab le companies who have emerged from Portland are CPusage\, Mugasha Get Ga thered\, Life Grant\, Startup River\, and TreasuRecycle. \;\n \;\n Startup Weekend is a non-profit\, global organization supported by fundi ng from the Kauffman Foundation. Startup Weekend events are currently he ld in over 100 cities in over 30 countries with new cities added every m onth. One event which created worldwide interest was Startup Weekend in Tel Aviv\, Israel for Israelis and Palestinians. The two groups coming t ogether and cooperating to build businesses created a positive buzz arou nd the globe and especially in the Middle East. \;\n \;\nGlobal En trepreneurship Week runs from November 15 – 21 and will host 40\,000 eve nts in 100 countries involving 10\,000\,000 people.\n\nTags: #pdxsw\, st artupweekend\, startup weekend\, nedspace\, startup\n\nImported from: ht tp://calagator.org/events/1250458393 URL:http://portland.startupweekend.org SUMMARY:Startup Weekend #PDXSW LOCATION:NedSpace Old Town: 117 NW 5th Ave. Suite 210\, Portland OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:4 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR