Des Moines, Kansas City Startup Weekends scheduled for Nov. 15 to 17

With the fourth-annual Global Startup Battle just around the corner, two Silicon Prairie communities—Des Moines and Kansas City—have announced Startup Weekends to be held from Nov. 15 to 17. Entrepreneurs from more than 200 Startup Weekends around the world will …


Entrepreneurs will gather at StartupCity Des Moines Nov. 15 to 17 for the city’s sixth Startup Weekend. 

With the fourth-annual Global Startup Battle just around the corner, two Silicon Prairie communities—Des Moines and Kansas City—have announced Startup Weekends to be held from Nov. 15 to 17.

Entrepreneurs from more than 200 Startup Weekends around the world will compete in the Global Startup Battle, an online, bracket-style competition for winning Startup Weekend teams. Last year teams from Des Moines and Kansas City competed with 135 other Startup Weekend winners from around the globe for a chance at thousands of dollars worth of prizes.  

Kicking off with an opening pitch session Friday night, Startup Weekend participants will form teams, work to build a prototype and create a presentation to pitch their ideas on Sunday evening to a panel of judges.

Learn a bit more about the Startup Weekends being hosted in Des Moines and Kansas City in November: 

Startup Weekend Des Moines

The sixth Startup Weekend Des Moines will be held at StartupCity Des Moines Nov. 15 to 17. Early-bird tickets are available online through Wednesday (tomorrow) and cost $75. Regular-priced tickets are $99 and also are available online. The public is invited to the team’s final Startup Weekend presentations on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 4 p.m. and can purchase tickets for $25 on eventbrite.com

Last year GlamSnap, a mobile app to help women with clothing purchases, took home the Startup Weekend crown and went on the compete in the third annual Global Startup Battle. Judges and mentors for the event have not yet been named. 

Startup Weekend Kansas City

This is the eighth go-around for KC, which will be held at Kansas City Kansas Community College’s technical education center. Early-bird tickets are available until Wednesday (tomorrow) for $60, with prices then bumping up to $80—student tickets are $50 with a promo code. The public can watch the Friday presentations and Sunday’s demo day for $15 each—not necessary with the purchase of a full ticket.

At the last Kansas City event in April, digital scrapbooking app LittleHootz won first place and has continued work on its product. Two judges have been named so far—Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffman Foundation and Toby Rush of EyeVerify.

Startup Weekend Sioux Falls

Our friends up north also will be hosting a Startup Weekend event that same weekend. While some of the details on location and judges have yet to be announced, early-bird tickets (ending tomorrow) are available for $45, and $60 for regular-priced tickets. Demo day passes are $15.


Credits: Photo by Tej Dhawan via Twitter.

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