Startup Weekend Cologne

03/03/2020

22/07/2019

Hello friends, please take part in our small survey for the upcoming StartUp Weekend :)

You can find them on our page.

We are looking forward to your answers :)

29/12/2017

Interested in the next Startup Weekend ? Great! We’re glad you’re here. Organizing is a truly rewarding experience that can help build your , , and even your own .

Here are a few reasons our organizers decide to get involved:

• Play a vital role in building startup culture and creating impact in your community.

• Join a family of over 1,000 passionate, capable, and connected Organizers around the world.

• Meet amazing people.

• Potential to attend one of our Organizer’s Summit

04/09/2017

Wooooooooowwwww what a great start 😍😍😍
We are happy to finish the first date of with our warm-up game
A BIG thanks to all powerful participants and specially to the winner team.
The first price for the most funny and crazy pitch was a free ticket to the 6th legendary Startup Weekend Cologne 2018.

03/09/2017

We can't wait to play the half baked game with all of you tomorrow!

Why not make it even more fun and add a pirate and safari theme.
So pick your brains and think of the funniest words to make the night worth the wait.

See you tomorrow at 7 pm at STARTPLATZ. For all of you who didn't grab a ticket yet, here you go:
http://cologne.startupsafari.com

01/09/2017

Hi everyone,

We are looking forward to the Startup Weekend: half baked night – part of Startup SAFARI Cologne - with all of you next Monday. Here is a small summary of the game, so you know what you will get yourself into:

After creating small teams, we ask you guys to call out some random words which we write down. After we have a sufficient amount of words, each team selects two of them. These two words are then joined together by you to form a business model, for which you fill out a Business Model Canvas. At the end all of you pitch your ideas and we select the most crazy and funniest startup idea.
The winning team will receive free tickets for Startup Weekend Cologne 2018!

In addition to the tickets you also have the opportunity to meet Startup Weekend Alumnis, hear about their experience after attending the events and exchange with them. After the official part of the evening, we will join the participants of Pirate Skills - Growth Funnels and have a drink or two at the Kandinsky.

PS: Just to make sure that everyone knows, you need a ticket of the Startup SAFARI Cologne 2017 in order to participate.
You can get it here:

Connecting the Cologne startup ecosystem

08/07/2017

From a Startup Weekend idea to a 10 mil. exit

Romanian business press is having a very good day today – Clever Taxi, a 7 year old Romanian e-hailing company, announced that it has been acquired by MyTaxi, for a sum a little bigger than 1…

07/07/2017

We’re celebrating Weekend’s 10th ! On July 7th, 2007, the first was held in Boulder, Colorado with 80 . In 10 years, we’ve grown to:

✔ 13,837 organizers in 153 countries

✔ 4,531 Startup Weekend events

✔ 363,000+ Startup Weekend attendees

✔ 45,375 Teams

✔ $410M+ in funding secured

We are so proud of the community and honored to see the impact over the years and we want to thank you for being part of this wild ride as attendees.

Join us in celebrating throughout the month of July by sharing your favorite Startup Weekend story or picture, using

10/04/2017

In that case, copy cats are welcome ;)
We had some spies at the Startup Weekend Cologne 2017 who will run the Startup Weekend in Zwolle, Netherlands from the 10th to 12the of November this year.
Thanks for the feedback, seems like you hada great time, make sure to come back next year. With all the improvements it's going to be an even better one😊

We've been visiting Startup Weekend Cologne 2017. Here's what we have have observed in the 54 hours of Startup Weekend at Startplatz in Cologne

08/04/2017

LET’S MEET UP at Startup BBQ #40 on Thursday.
We had such a great time last weekend at Startup Weekend Cologne 2017.
Let’s get in touch again
and talk about your businesses,
the progress you are making
and let’s find out if we can support you in any way.
We hope the winner will pitch their idea again.
The whole SWCologne crew is going, we hope to see all the participants there!

04/04/2017

We're still wallowing in beautiful memories! Thanks everyone again for participating and congratulations to on winning the Startup Weekend Cologne 2017! Looking forward hearing from you soon! ;)