So I agreed to chair Dallas’ Startup Weekend being held during Global Entrepreneurship Week.  I’m really excited about the event!  We’re getting a lot of the local entrepreneurship organizations involved and hope to see a lot of new faces.

Here’s the basic press release.  Feel free to pass it along.

Startup Weekend Dallas chosen as a featured event for Global Entrepreneurship Week

Date:  November 20-22

Time: 6pm Friday to 6pm Sunday

Location: Dallas Infomart, 1950 N Stemmons Frwy

Startup Weekend is excited to announce its partnership with The Kauffman Foundation as a featured event for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) this year.  Last year GEW orchestrated 25,022 events in 77 countries with 3 million attendees and hundreds of millions reached through PR initiatives.  Only 10 of those 25,022 events receive “featured” event status.  Those 10 are the ones GEW pushes through the mainstream media and their extensive social networks in 77 countries.  Startup Weekend is proud to have been chosen as one of those 10 events! This is an amazing opportunity for the Startup Weekend Community and its partners to gain even more visibility worldwide.

Startup Weekend is a 54-hour startup event that provides the networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. Get connected with local developers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Build Community. Start Companies. No Talk. All Action.

Startup Weekend targets the top talent from all walks of life in the local entrepreneurial community and put them in a setting where anything is possible. In the past 2 years, 250+ startups have started, 9,000+ entrepreneurs have been inspired, many teams have started to generate revenue during the 54hr event.  Others have even gone on to direct angel and VC investment.  None of these stats take into account the amazing networking, ongoing professional relationships, and amazing experience that happens at every event.

Startup Weekend is a Non-Profit in Seattle, WA run by local communities and managed by Clint Nelsen and Marc Nager. The weekend event has touched over 52 cities and 12 countries with the support of local community facilitators and sponsors. They are passionate entrepreneurs on a mission to help other entrepreneurs and facilitate innovation. This event done in conjunction with the spotlight from Global Entrepreneurship Week will be an event to watch!

For more information, visit the websites below or contact Dallas Startup Weekend chairwoman, Gabriella Draney at gab@techwildcatters.com

http://startupweekend.org/

http://dallas.startupweekend.org/

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