Welcome to 3 Day Startup!

The idea of 3 Day Startup is simple: start a technology company over the course of three days. We rent work space for an entire weekend, invite 40 students with a wide range of backgrounds, cater food, drinks, snacks, and coffee, pick the best idea for a software startup during the Friday brainstorming session, and release a minimal prototype by Sunday night. The goal is to build enough momentum among a network of motivated people to sustain the company beyond the weekend.

Who?

Passionate students with an entrepreneurial drive, including Computer Science (PhD, MS, undergraduate), MBAs, JDs, graphic designers, PR, business undergraduates, etc. We are looking for strong candidates that can fill the following roles:

  • Software Engineer
  • Business (Finance, Marketing, Biz Dev)
  • Graphic Design (Web, Print)
  • Advertising, PR
  • Legal
  • Raw Passion

Where?

3 Day Startup was founded in Austin, TX. We're currently expanding to Germany, the United Kingdom, Stanford, and other universities in the United States.

Why?

We know many people with great ideas, but they never pursue them for a variety of reasons: lack of time or money, no access to the right people, or not enough confidence to make the plunge. We provide all the resources for anyone to offer their idea and bring it to life with the help of 39 other highly skilled and motivated individuals.

We believe 3 Day Startup is a great way to get the community excited about entrepreneurship and to spend an intense weekend with creative people who want to actually bring an idea to life as opposed to sitting back and listening to YATAE (yet another talk about entrepreneurship). It's also a social and business experiment to see how much a group of passionate people can accomplish over the course of 60 hours.

3DS UT Austin Spring 2010

We've had an amazing Fall 2009 event and are hungry for more! We are happy to announce the fourth 3DS at UT Austin:

When:Friday, April 9th at noon until Sunday, April 11th 2010
Where: Austin Technology Incubator, MCC building, 3925 West Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78759 (map)

We're also hosting an information session to answer any other questions. It will be on Tuesday, Feb 2nd 2010 at 6pm in ACES 2.402. Hope to see you there!

Excited? Apply now!

High Tech Entrepreneurship Seminar Series

What: A series of seminars from leading high tech entrepreneurs in Austin, including Gary Hoover, Brett Hurt, Joshua Baer, Andy Maag, and others. Topics include Business Models, Startup Teams, Entrepreneurial Cultures, Sources of Funding, and Efficient Technologies for Startups.
Interested? Learn more.

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