Techstars Startup Weekend; Sustainability Canada

Experience 54 hours of startup life and develop Sustainability-related solutions at Canada’s online Techstars Startup Weekend!

Come together online with entrepreneurs, developers, designers, business professionals, community members, and students from across the country to help solve some of today’s toughest challenges and win cash prizes!

Over 3 days, you’ll have the chance to work with like-minded people and industry experts to identify key challenges, brainstorm ideas, and build solutions relating to sustainability.

• Hear from industry experts at workshops throughout the weekend
• Network with like-minded people
• Learn how to validate new business ideas
• Meet and work with business and technical mentors from across Canada
• Pitch your final business plan to a panel of business and startup experts for prizes!

Schedule

Friday Evening – MtlGreen will be hosting a sustainability workshop to kick off the evening! Hear from three experts in the field about what sustainability means, real-world challenges, and how to engage citizens to create greener cities.

Friday Night – Pitch your idea* and form teams!

*Don’t have idea? No problem! We’ll have lots of resources including Startup Weekend and sustainability experts on hand to help with idea and team formation.

Saturday – Work with your team and industry mentors to research and validate your solution, learn about the business model canvas, develop a basic prototype, and start to build your pitch deck.

Sunday – Get access to our successful industry mentors to perfect your business plan and presentation and then pitch to our panel of judges for cash prizes!

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