Got a startup idea? The time has come to realize it (Start-tournament "Harvest 2009")

In the autumn of this year, the “start-up over the weekend” format successfully came to Russia (testing the idea of ​​a startup in battle conditions). In September, St. Petersburg hosted HackDay, in October in Moscow, StartupWeekend and iWeekend.

At the end of this week we will hold a new event “Harvest 2009”, which was organized by Microsoft and co-organizers of StartupWeekend and iWeekend. We took all the best from the experience of organizing previous events and eliminated errors.

The authors of the ideas will have at their disposal the competence of experts, will be able to attract key specialists to the team (programmers, designers, marketers), and the winners will even have start-up capital. Those. all that which the air lacks for a startup at the very beginning, you will have the opportunity to get on Harvest.



This event is for those who have brilliant ideas of start-ups (authors of ideas) or who would like to try themselves as a co-founder of a new business (specialists in web development or project promotion).

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How is the event:

1. At the very beginning - short presentations of ideas (Elevator Pitch format)

2. Voting and determining the best ideas.

3. Authors of the best ideas invite all participants of the event to their teams.

4. Until evening, Sunday is in full swing to turn an idea into a business plan and prototype.

5. Periodically, expert reports will take place on the stage.

6. At the end there are presentations of the results of work and the determination of the best project.

7. Solemn awarding of participants and the presentation of a cash prize to the winner.



Date: December 19-20

Location: Microsoft Office in Moscow (Krylatskaya St., 17.)

Participation is paid.

You can register or learn more on the tournament website .