Techstars Startup Weekend

02/12/2025

Announcing one of our mentors for the Techstars Startup Weekend Africa Botswana, Tigele Nlebesi!

Tigele is the Ventures Associate at ALX Ventures and an experienced venture builder, investor relations professional, and startup advisor with a proven track record in supporting early-stage enterprises across Africa. Today, she works with some of the continent’s most promising early stage startups.

The Techstars Startup Weekend Africa Botswana, is part of the initiative, Techstars Startup Community Catalyst Africa Botswana, and is in partnership between Techstars and Merce Anders Equity Group.

If you are an aspiring or experienced founder based in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, then this event is for you!

Join us from March 28-30, for 54 hours and experience what it’s like to be an entrepreneur! You will also have the chance to meet other aspiring founders, receive expert insights from mentors and attend fireside chats with notable speakers!

When? March 28-30, 2025
Where? Gaborone, Botswana

Become an active player in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Southern Africa and Botswana!

👉Register here: http://tsta.rs/jNTn50UY4FV

Katie Smith | Emilie Vallauri | Shamail Malik | Elham Noor | Emily Skinstad | Moagi Onkabetse | Bertha Caesar | Nicolette Chinomena

02/05/2025

We’re excited to have Emilie Vallauri as our Facilitator for the Techstars Startup Weekend Africa Botswana from March 28-30, 2025!

Emilie currently serves as the Program Manager of Techstars Startup Community Catalyst Africa Botswana, in partnership between Techstars and Merce Anders Equity Group. Emilie is passionate about supporting founders: she has led programs around the EMEA region and supported dozens of teams from ideation to funding-readiness.

Join us from March 28-30, for a 54-hours long crash course in entrepreneurship! Get a chance to meet with other aspiring founders, receive expert insights from mentors and attend fireside chats and panel discussions with notable speakers!

When? March 28-30, 2025
Where? Gaborone, Botswana

Get ready to shape the future of entrepreneurship in Southern Africa and Botswana!

👉 Register here: http://tsta.rs/fOWW50UTe9c

Katie Smith | Emilie Vallauri | Shamail Malik | Elham Noor | Emily Skinstad | Moagi Onkabetse | Bertha Caeser | Nicolette Chinomena

02/04/2025

Techstars Startup Weekend is coming to Botswana! 🚀

As part of the initiative, Techstars Startup Community Catalyst Africa Botswana, in partnership between Techstars and Merce Anders Equity Group, this Techstars Startup Weekend will focus on supporting aspiring entrepreneurs based in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

When? March 28-30, 2025
Where? Gaborone, Botswana
Who can register? Aspiring entrepreneurs from every horizon… it doesn’t matter if you are an experienced founder, a student or a professional, as long as you want to build your startup and experience founder life in 54 hours!

Join us to kickstart your entrepreneurship journey!
👉 Register here: http://tsta.rs/PaG650USZIz

Katie Smith | Emilie Vallauri | Shamail Malik | Elham Noor | Emily Skinstad | Moagi Onkabetse | Bertha Caeser | Nicolette Chinomena

11/18/2024

Techstars is coming back to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA!

🚀 We are excited to announce the launch of Techstars Startup Weekend New Orleans in partnership with Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) and Louisiana Economic Development from the 22nd to 24th November 2024.

➡️ Startup Weekend is a 3-day long event designed to foster startup innovation at a record pace while connecting the local startup ecosystem and developing long-term support networks for all our aspiring founders.
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur who wants to:

1️⃣ Meet a cofounding team
2️⃣ Ideate, build a product and validate it
3️⃣ Receive world-class mentorship and broaden your network
4️⃣ Pitch your newly formed startup in front of a panel of judges from the New Orleans ecosystem.. all this in only 54 hours!

Join us from 22-24 November ➡ http://tsta.rs/hF4q50U8ShM

11/11/2024

How do you create a meaningful impact on your startup community? Join us for a discussion with seasoned community leaders who have helped build their startup communities from scratch and as a result, inspired hundreds of ecosystem actors to take charge!

📅 November 12th at 11:00am ET
🔗 http://tsta.rs/eKlx50U4owB

Featured speakers
🎤 Amarit C. - Vice President of Growth at Innovera AI
🎤 Lalitha Wemel - Program Manager at Techstars
🎤 Oko Davaasuren - Senior Director at Techstars

Katie Smith | Shamail Malik | Emily Skinstad

09/20/2024

Interested in further developing your entrepreneurial ecosystem? 🚀

Join us on September 26 for a panel discussion featuring 4 Community Leaders who have collectively organized and facilitated over 160 events in more than 26 countries! Hear about their experience first hand and learn the dos and don’ts of running a successful Startup Weekend.

📅 September 26 at 11AM ET

This panel will be led by:
🎤 Roger Osorio: Educator and author of ‘The Journey to Reinvention: How to Build a Life Aligned with Your Values, Passions, and Purpose’ and the host of the podcast, ‘The School of Reinvention’
🎤 Leyla F Karaha: a social innovation ecosystem builder and founder of 'YourY Network'
🎤 Gene Murphy: a Techstars champion who has worked with numerous founders, VCs and governments to help in their entrepreneurship journey
🎤 Zoheb Iqbal: a passionate advocate for entrepreneurs and community developer

Moderated by Emily Skinstad, Director of Operations at Techstars

Register here ➡️

Join us for the third event in the ‘Community Voices by Techstars’ series. This event will be led by a panel of 4 seasoned Community Leaders to give you the…

06/25/2024

Hi wonderful Community Leaders!

Join us on July 10th for our 2nd event in Techstars' event series for our global network of CLs, facilitators & Startup Digest Curators! Chris Heivly will talk about how to build and maintain thriving ecosystems and why startup communities matter; providing some great tips to help you develop your own communities.

Register here: http://tsta.rs/yStR50Sp8KX

Chris is one of the leading experts on launching startups and has been dubbed the “Startup Whisperer.” He co-founded MapQuest, is an angel investor, ran a corporate venture fund and 2 micro venture funds (directed over $75M) and was most recently SVP Innovation with Techstars. Chris just released his new book, The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide for founders, investors and economic development leaders to better accelerate their ecosystem.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for the second event in the ‘Community Voices by Techstars’ series; exclusively for community leaders and facilitators. Chris Heivly will talk about…

05/22/2024

Join us for our first event in Techstars new event series for our global network of Community Leaders and Startup Digest Curators! John Hill, Techstars Evangelist will be talking to us about how to harness the ‘Power of the network’; focusing on how to utilize relational capital for knowledge share, mentorship, customer acquisition, funding, talent, and the job search!

Event link: http://tsta.rs/QrQa50RRC02
Title: Community Voices with Techstars | John Hill: Power of the Network
Date: Weds, May 29
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT+1

We’re thrilled to announce a series of virtual events exclusively for community leaders and facilitators; ‘Community Voices by Techstars’. Join us for the…

05/17/2024

Estamos emocionados de compartir que hemos abierto la convocatoria de la primera edición de ¡Techstars Founder Catalyst Mujeres impulsado por WeXchange, una iniciativa de BID Lab! Bajo este programa pre-acelerador virtual apoyaremos a 40 mujeres emprendedoras en América Latina.

El programa se llevará a cabo entre julio y octubre. ¡Las fundadoras recibirán una valiosa educación sobre startups, mentoría, habilidades para la construcción de comunidades, también se brindará acceso a la red mundial de emprendedores, mentores y socios corporativos de Techstars!

Si eres una mujer que está liderando una startup en América Latina - ¡Aplica ahora! (http://tsta.rs/evih50RKKiI)

¡Agradeceríamos si pudieras compartir esta oportunidad con tu red! (http://tsta.rs/3FUy50RKKiJ)

La convocatoria cierra el 30 de junio de 2024, se priorizará las solicitudes tempranas.

¡Esperamos que te animes a participar!