November 21, 2016
We're hot off two weekends of Global Startup Weekends, and the trend continues this weekend in Colombia at Startup Weekend Armenia Turismo.
The topic will be travel and tourism, and it's taking place at a unique venue, the Hotel Karlaka, with lodging like their famous Houses in the Air, houses built four meters above the ground, embedded in eucalyptus trees in bamboo, plus many local adventure tours. For their custom logo stickers, they have a fun take on the Startup Weekend lab people against the skyline of Armenia, plus a use of green and yellow to highlight the natural world of the location. Well designed by the team, for sure.
Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together Armenia designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing things. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and embark on a three-day frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback!Tickets for this weekend include a full meal during the weekend and a full stay during the event. Attendees also get the benefits and discounts of our global sponsors, plus counseling from national and local mentors. After this Startup Weekend, people who were on site will have a network of new developers, designers and entrepreneurs who are also excited to be agents of change in the country. Thanks to the organizers for all of their hard work getting this weekend off the ground in such a cool location with a cool topic.