Startup Palm Beach is gearing up for its second annual Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of innovators and startups featuring 35,000 events across 125 countries, Nov. 14-21 in downtown West Palm Beach.Global Entrepreneurship Week is a catalyst for local startup enthusiasts and aspiring entrepreneurs to build products, launch startups and form meaningful connections with designers, developers and potential co-founders.
“West Palm Beach is still in its infancy when it comes to curating a vibrant startup ecosystem, however the foundation is ripe to create a thriving community,” said Startup Palm Beach founder, Nicholas Mohnacky. “The tax structure, quality of life, access to capital and mentorship is abundant. That’s why it’s so important to bring together local talent through events like Global Entrepreneurship Week.”
The week kicks off with Startup Weekend on November 14, 2014 through November 16, 2014, during which participants work together to create an innovative product or service to present to a panel of judges − including Paul Leone, President of The Breakers Palm Beach; Joe Cardenas, SVP of Commercial Lending at BB&T; Chris Callahan, Founder of Startup Palm Beach Capital and Chris Nielsen, CEO of Levatas − on the final evening of Startup Weekend. Winners receive non-cash prizes from Google, a Startup Weekend global sponsor, as well as follow-up support from local entrepreneurs and potential investors.
BarCamp, a casual, participant-led workshop focusing on early-stage web applications, consumer mobile and cloud solutions, will be held Nov. 18.
Events sponsors include The Studio, BB&T, Startup Palm Beach, Mohnacky Marketing, Seligman Brand Strategies, Startup Palm Beach Capital, Peter Marcus Coaching and Levatas.
For more information or to register for events, visit www.startuppb.com/global-entrepreneurship-week-wpb.
Here is a report on Startup Weekend West Palm Beach and DemoDay in July.