Memphis Business Journal: Next great company could be in Memphis
Memphis Startup Weekend was recently
featured in the Memphis Business Journal.
Memphis Business Journal
Friday, February 22, 2008
Next great company could be in Memphis
After beating out such cities as San Diego
and Indianapolis, the city of Memphis was selected to be the next site for
Startup Weekend - an event that aims to bring together local entrepreneurs with
the goal of creating a real company in just 54 hours.
Memphis will join cities such as San
Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., which have all hosted Startup Weekend
events.
"Over 600 people in Memphis have said
we want Startup Weekend here," says Eric Matthews, Mercury Technology Labs
founder, who is helping organize the event. "It is a real testimony to
what people want here as far as building an entrepreneurial community."
Matthews says Memphis Startup Weekend will
be held May 30 - June 1 and will be hosted at EmergeMemphis at 516 Tennessee
St.
EmergeMemphis is helping organize the event
along with Matthews and Harry Brown, a local entrepreneur.
At the event, participants will decide on
an idea for a company the first night.
After
a decision has been made on a company, participants will split up and work on
all the issues that come with starting a company from branding to public
relations.
Participants will be rewarded with shares
of the company, which ideally could become operational in the future. Matthews
says five of the original Startup Weekend businesses are still around and 10
more don't have the funding, but could be viable businesses.
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