How to get the most out of a Startup Weekend. Sometimes I mentor at the SWs but find many young great minds lost in the idea level. I see these guys in almost every SW pitching different ideas. I am highlighting all the takeaways from a SW event: from mastering product-market fit to finding a co-founder.

2. I sometimes mentor at the
Startup Weekends

3. I sometimes mentor at the
Startup Weekends

5. I saw this guy
at the first
SW. And I
thought to
myself: “what
a wonderful
mind”
i d”
www.flickr.com/photos/55412669@N07/5479254554/

6. And the 4th…
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8. www.flickr.com/photos/kk/5471265024

10. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE
SPENT AT STARTUP
WEEKENDS
www.flickr.com/photos/kk/64128775

11. www.flickr.com/photos/kk/10496807296

12. www.flickr.com/photos/kk/663603271

14. “Remember
Watching
W t hi
entrepreneurs, will
p
not make you an
entrepreneur .”
Ashk Fathi, Business Development Manger
@albasco.com and startup mentor
http://www.startupgenome.co/uploads/application/images/450/g9hf6gq8swwm1zd5f7kpy4z6ogfjo30xapdcxfi2f777
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15. SW is good
g
To know you are either an
T k
ith
entrepreneur or not
p
… if this is the right time for you to
start a business
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16. • You will learn your strenghts
Learn your Strengths
y
g
www.flickr.com/photos/kk/10517173844

17. • You will learn your strenghts
Learn your Strengths
y
g

18. Know what you are good at
y
g
www.rsolv.com/

19. Meet a co – founder
or a t
teammate
t
www.flickr.com/photos/kk/10517276344

20. Learn to move on from great
g
idea
www.flickr.com/photos/kk/10481655506

21. Learn to move on from great
idea

24. Learn the dark art of the
“product – market fit”
http://blog.northjersey.com/shoptalk/2176/christian-louboutin-designing-cinderellaglass-slipper/

26. Want to talk to me?