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Startup Weekend (organization)
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<p>A Startup Weekend (also known as Startupweekend or SW) is a 54-hour entrepreneurship educational competitive event, in which groups of participants form teams around ideas the Friday evening, and work during the weekend to develop a working prototype, demo, and VC presentation by Sunday evening. Startup Weekend is a hackathon-like event with a global presence. As of December 2016, it has reached 135 countries, involving over 210,000 entrepreneurs. Upon its 2015 acquisition, Startup Weekend, alongside Startup Week and <a href="/facts/StartupDigest/Q6fT1kxY">StartupDigest</a>, became one of the <a href="/facts/Techstars/GgUIewqb">Techstars</a> family of startup programs. </p>