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Working Weekend February 1-3, 2013
Did you know that Reed College alumni founded some of Portland’s hottest start-ups? That’s right: Urban Airship, Puppet Labs, APP Fog, Lucky Sort—all founded by Reedies, all building great products, and all winning customer and investor support.
Now you can learn more about entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship and what it’s like to start a company or a non-profit organization, and better yet, get a chance to work on ideas of your own, or join a team of fellow entrepreneurs at the annual Reed Start-Up, a weekend-long, hands-on workshop being held February 1-3, 2013, during the Reed Working Weekend.
Schedule 2013
8:15 p.m. Welcome; Overview
9:30 p.m. Form into teams
10:00 p.m. Iterate on the Idea
Identify missing skills
Come up with a name, a brief (two-three line) description
Think about next steps for Saturday
11:30 p.m. Teams turn in name, description, and member list
Saturday February 2
9:00 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Team work—focus on market validation and prototyping
12:30 p.m. Lunch Check-in
1:30 p.m. Team work—focus on outlining the business pitch
6:00 p.m. Dress rehearsal—Pitch to alumni entrepreneurs panel
11:00 p.m. Teams turn in list of accomplishments and next steps for Sunday
Sunday February 3
9:00 a.m. Breakfast (no keynote)
10:00 a.m. Prepare final pitch slides and demo
12:00 p.m. Final pitches to VC and angel panel
Mentors
Jennifer Jordan '89
Vice President, Mass Ventures
Steve Morris '77
Executive Director, Oregon Technology Business Center
Lucas Carlson '05 (Friday night 8:30 p.m. keynote speaker)
Gabe Forsythe-Korzeniewicz '12 (Saturday morning 9:30 a.m. keynote speaker)
Zach Babb
Caitlin Baggott '99
Mark Chen '95
Patrick Edenholm '82
John Fine '82
Matt Giraud '85
Willie Koo '83
Erin Lenhardt '08
Clara Siegel '09
Michael Tippie '80
Bram Wessel '90
Panel of VC Judges
Anjela Jackson
Portland Seed Fund
PSU Business Accelerator
Jim Huston
Portland Seed Fund
Tom Sperry '06
Rogue Venture Partners
Portland Incubator Experiment (PiE)