Starup Weekend Manila 2013

Startup Weekend Manila this August 23 to 25 and registration is now open! We also have 50% off promo code until August 11. Sign-up now. Limited slots only! This is a good complement to the learning from posts and bootcamps from IdeaSpace. We will also fly in a facilitator from New York!

Startup Weekend Manila is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.

The non-profit organization is headquartered in Seattle, Washington but Startup Weekend organizers and facilitators can be found in over 200 cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Brazil, people around the globe are coming together for weekend long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams, and start companies.

IdeaSpace Announces 10 Winners of US$12.5K Funding

Philippine startup incubator IdeaSpace has announced the ten winners of its national startup competition. The startups will each receive P500k (USD 12k) in seed funding and six months of incubation, where they will get office space, business operations support, and housing facilities for those not based in Metro Manila.

During the incubation period, the more promising startups could receive additional cash support from IdeaSpace of up to P5 million. Teams will also be introduced to other investors in Philippines, Silicon Valley, and other parts of the world.

iZone-iHub : Changing the Rules of Startup Assistance

An invention is, more often than not, very slow to transcend from conceptualization to implementation. It often requires a critical mass of talents and resources to market and commercialize a single technology no matter how breakthrough it is. This is the main reason why technology business incubators are being established to accelerate the successful development of tech startup firms through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by the incubator through its network of contacts and affiliates.

I've read a lot about companies and groups coming up with programs that are aimed to tap into the potentials of entrepreneurs. They are venture capitalists whose ultimate goal is to discover bright new innovative ideas that could make a fortune, and give them a lot of bragging rights to say they invested on that entrepreneur's little project which that's now making a name in the technology industry - meaning the next Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Ideaspace Celebrates a Thanksgiving Get-Together

Met the #FacesofChange a few days ago along with friends from our expanding startup and tech community.

A lot of techies all in one room! - at Fuller Hall of the Asian Institute of Management in Makati.

 This year, a lot of people (both techies and laymen) contributed to making things better for the startup community. Ideaspace organized a year-end thanksgiving get-together with their expanded universe as they celebrate the partnerships they have forged in coming together to bring this advocacy to more people.

IdeaSpace Wants Your Big Ideas

The IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc. (IdeaSpace) launched its national competition in search of the country’s top ideas for technology entrepreneurship, the first private-led comprehensive incubation program in the Philippines.

Aspiring technopreneurs and startups can start submitting their applications for the contest starting September 1 until January 7 next year. Ten tech-based ideas will receive funding and support worth PhP2M for the first phase and up to PhP5M additional capital during or after six months into the program.

Visit http://www.ideaspace.ph/ for more information.