Dabawenyos
who have innovative ideas that can make life better are encouraged to join the
2nd Startup Weekend slated at Ingenuity, Centron Building, Quirino
Avenue in Davao City on August 9 to 11, 2013.
“If
you have innovative projects no matter how crazy they are and even if you do
not have technical knowledge then you should join the Startup Weekend,” event
head organizer Dulce Rose Lada said. People from all walks of life should join
the Startup because even if they do not know how to make the web or mobile
applications, they can team up with other IT professionals to push for their
projects, she added.
Startup
Weekend is a movement of entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of
discovering startups and launching them into successful ventures.
Lada
said the last time they had the Startup, a nurse who was fed up with the system
of getting numbers and waiting in line
for such number to be called became part of a Startup Project which created an
App which sent a message to the person next in line in the queue. So instead of
that person lining up to wait for his or her number to be called, we now have
the practical App, she added.
She
said that subject to the payment of a minimal registration fee, everyone can join
the Startup weekend including businessmen, web designers, software developers,
product managers and all those interested to make a pitch for their ideas.
“The
entrepreneur mentors will share their time and expertise to aspiring
entrepreneurs to help their Startups success,” Lada said. The mentors, she
added, will act as coaches who will help the teams design and carry out
effective experiments, analyze the data they collect and guide them to come up
with a solid startup.
Among
the mentors of the 2nd Startup Weekend are Christopher John Cubos-
founder and CEO of Philippine Global Outsourcing, June Millan- CTO of Ingenuity
Technology Consulting,Eliza Magno-President of Illumedia, Tina Amper-World
Startup Report Global Organizer, David Overton-Symm.ph founder, Pia Angeli
Bernal-Social Enterprise Investment at Kickstart Ventures Manager and Ray
Rubio-CubePixels CEO.
