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Please review the Startup Weekend organizer requirements, and make sure that you qualify to apply to become an organizer. If you qualify, and you agree to our organizer rules, please fill out our application form. 

01. You must participate in a Techstars Startup Weekend, or complete an on-demand training webinar before organizing.

While fully immersing yourself in the experience would make you best equipped to understand the highs and lows of a Startup Weekend, we also offer the opportunity to complete an on-demand training program if there are no events coming up in your area. With that knowledge, you develop the empathy as an organizer to provide that experience to future participants. You can find upcoming Techstars Startup Weekends here. 

02. For Startup Weekend Online, you must have organized at least 1 Techstars Startup Weekend event before.

All Techstars Startup Weekend Online Organizers must have previously organized a minimum of one Techstars Startup Weekend offline events. This is important because the online format comes with additional complexity, which will be easier to manage for those experienced organizers, who have a thorough understanding of the Startup Weekend process.

Regardless of how capable you are, we will not approve an application for anyone to run a Startup Weekend by themselves. It takes around three months for 4 to 8 people to plan a Startup Weekend, and you’ll need a team who can help coordinate all the moving parts of organizing the event. Learn more about forming a team and the recommended roles and responsibilities the team need to cover.

Techstars provides a brand kit and a graphic designing tool. We also provide various templates including a planning sheet, organizer checklist, registration platform recommendations, email templates, sponsorship outreach, workshop decks, a quick reference guide, and more.

Once your application is accepted, you will be onboarded into a global community of new and experienced Community Leaders so you can have easy access to all organizing resources, and community to learn from! When you organize with Techstars, you are supported every step of the way.

A: We’d love to talk with you more about what you have in mind and answer any questions you might have. Please contact us at help@techstars.com, give us a little background about your questions and previous experience, and tell us how we can help. The Techstars community support contact for your region will get in touch with you and schedule a call if need be.