Category Archives: Seattle

After 15 amazing pitches at Startup Weekend Seattle EDU, Team Text2Teach  was chosen as the winner of the weekend! Basic concept, Text2Teach is a tool that allows teachers to engage with at-risk students via text messages in a secure and … Continue reading →

As you may have heard, we’ve already SOLD OUT tickets for Startup Weekend Seattle EDU, but there’s definitely going to be an opportunity for you to watch and be a part of the event. We’re going to be live streaming … Continue reading →

+ Save the date September 29th, 6:30pm at the Auto Battery. Hops N Chops will be hosting our pre-event kick off party to get participants and mentors together to start the discussions early. If you have an idea and are … Continue reading →

Finally the week of Startup Weekend Seattle EDU has arrived and we thought we would throw one more big announcement to get you even more excited for this weekends festivities. Last week we published our updated “Who’s-Who” of Startup Weekend … Continue reading →

Let me repeat this… We’ve just confirmed Vinod Khosla to keynote Startup Weekend Seattle EDU! And, only 27 tickets left — register now (registration required, to attend Vinod’s kickoff talk) Mr. Khosla will be keynoting our kick off ceremony Friday … Continue reading →

Our Startup Weekend EDU lead sponsor, Maveron, has decided to select 10 lucky people to attend Seattle Startup Weekend EDU for free! All you have to do to receive one is be the first to do these steps: 1. Follow us … Continue reading →

Earlier we announced that Mitch Kapor will be keynoting our closing ceremony for Startup Weekend SEA EDU Sunday evening at 4:45pm. His keynote will be followed by all of our teams pitching what they have built over the weekend where … Continue reading →

Peter Thiel obviously has a very distinct and passionate view on the education system. He sees many things wrong with it but has put his money where his mouth is by investing in 20 kids under 20 years of age … Continue reading →

The growth behind our EDU discussion board has been great, which has made us even more excited about what will actually occur at Startup Weekend Seattle EDU, 9/30-10/2. So far, in 1 week of promoting this discussion board, there has been… 14 … Continue reading →