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The next Startup Weekend Dublin takes place over the weekend of the 1st to 3rd October at the NDRC in the Digital Hub in Dublin 8. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

The format is quite standard across all of these events: folks turn up on Friday evening, those who are interested present their ideas, teams form around some subset of the ideas (as decided by the participants) and then the teams get to work. The teams are formed by the end of Friday evening and they develop the technology and the proposition over the remainder of the weekend. Each of the teams presents their work to an adjudication panel on Sunday evening and a winning team is chosen: the winner is typically that which has developed good technology which may have a credible business case behind it.

Startup Weekend is a non-profit organization based out of Seattle, WA USA. Startup Weekend is a small team of three along with community leaders around the world. Startup Weekend’s primary mission is to be the most valuable and influential organization in startup communities around the world.

There is currently representation in over 100 cities in over 25 countries for Startup Weekend. Up to May 2010, over 15,000 entrepreneurs attended over 115 events, and launched over 560 new startup ventures. In 2010, at least 60 events are scheduled for around the world, and the aim is 100 for 2011.

To find out more about Startup Weekend Dublin and register your interest in participating please visit the Startup Weekend Dublin website.

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