Orlando Startup Weekend Starts Friday
BungoBox CEO Tom Cannon will serve as a mentor and judge at Startup Weekend, which begins on Friday. Come out and participate or just to watch Tom in action.
What is it?
Startup Weekend Orlando is an intensive 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Starting March 23, aspiring entrepreneurs have 60 seconds to pitch their ideas, stir up interest, and encourage others to join them. Teams are then formed around the best 10 to 15 ideas. Entrepreneurs are then challenged to validate their ideas, create a business model, and turn ideas into a working app, website, and at times even profitable businesses by Sunday afternoon. Sunday night, a panel of judges consisting of business leaders, investors, and technology entrepreneurs will vote on the startups with the most potential to become sustainable businesses.
Winning teams will receive in-kind donations from local businesses -- giving the startups everything they need to get their business of the ground. Additionally, select teams will get the opportunity to receive up to $15,000 in funding and three months of incubation provided by Startup Orange County. Outside of the prizes available, Startup Weekend Orlando is also a great opportunity for networking and building new professional relationships.
Although close to 500 of these events have already taken place word wide, this is the first time that Startup Weekend is being held in Orlando. This 54-hour weekend is intended for anyone interested in Orlando’s technology and entrepreneurial communities. Startup Weekends are specifically designed for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on an idea, searching for a co-founder, or those who want to learn a new skill. Startup Weekends are risk-free environments where everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves and dive into the world of startups.
Participants in Startup Weekend Orlando will also gain valuable feedback from a panel of mentors consisting of local business and technology leaders, professors, investors, startup lawyers, as well as successful entrepreneurs from around Orlando.
Details:
Date: March 23 - March 25
Venue: University of Central Florida: Classroom Building I, 4000 Central Florida Blvd
Friday: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
http://orlando.startupweekend.org/tickets/
Cost: $99 / $49 for students
BungoBoxes for Good
During the holiday season, the BungoBox team worked with the Ephraim Project, a non-profit organization in downtown Orlando, to collect clothing and other useful items for the homeless. Thanks to the support of Baker Barrios, CityArts, Consensus Communications, De Beaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, Evny Labs, Foley & Lardner, Fry Hammond Barr, IZEA, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Odyssey Creative, Olde Town Brokers, Paramount at Lake Eola, Knight, Resources Consulting Group, Solaire at the Plaza, Where Orlando/Orlando Magazine and Your Office, we donated 65 BungoBoxes -- that's more than 182 cubic feet of stuff! We couldn't have done it without the help of the downtown community.
If you'd like to volunteer for the Ephraim Project or donate items, please visit theephraimproject.org.
BungoBox partners with The Ephraim Project for clothing drive
{image_photoclothingdrive} This holiday season, BungoBox is partnering with the Ephraim Project, a faith-based Orlando nonprofit, to collect clothing for the homeless. If you are interested in donating items, drop by any of our collection points in downtown Orlando (see list below) before Dec. 19. Items that Ephraim especially needs include dress shoes, running shoes, work boots for men and women; jeans and underwear for men and women; belts, plastic coat hangers and razors and shaving cream.
"We have a passion to help those who are less fortunate," says Rachelle Petrescu, founder and president of The Ephraim Project. In addition to the year round clothing drive, her program offers bus passes, a resume service and aid in applying for food stamps and disability.
If you would like to volunteer for the Ephraim Project, contact Rachelle “Ray” Hood at rachelle_hood@yahoo.com or 407-451-0242. For more information, visit www.theephraimproject.org.
Collection points:
CityArts
Fry Hammond Barr
IZEA
Knight
Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
Odyssey Creative
Solaire at the Plaza
Morris Publications
Baker Barrios
Consensus Communications
Foley & Lardner
de Beaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP
Your Office
55 West
Envy Labs
Old Towne Brokers
Resources Consulting Group
Paramount at Lake Eola
Front Porch Radio - With Guest Tom Cannon
Transition to Spring with Tom Cannon of BungoBox and Leah on Feng Shui
Central Florida is proud to be home to the world wide headquarters of BungoBox (http://www.bungobox.com/), a new company that plans to help you move. Founded by local guy Tom Cannon, they literally just sealed the deal on the first BungoBox franchise with more in the works. Julie moved last November with the aid of this revolutionarily simple service and fell in love.
Co-host Leah Fairchild is certified in the Pyramid School of Feng Shui (http://www.fengshui-ii.org/pyramidfengshui.htm) and talks about how to make the transition into spring with some simple, time tested tips.
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Front Porch Radio is a local talk variety show which spotlights folks who are making a difference in OurLando in the indie music, art, business and eco communities. Find out what the locals are up to and catch some great music by local favorites every Wednesday at noon. Tune in online at wprkdj.org or 91.5 FM in the OurLando area.
Julie Norris hosts the show because she is passionate about creating community in OurLando. She is co-owner of Dandelion Communitea Cafe, a certified green business serving up delicious organic & vegetarian fare in the ♥ of OurLando. She also blog’s about being a natural mama at GaiaMama
