Hey Girls in Tech NYC members:

One of our global partners, Startup Weekend, is hosting its 4th event in NYC on September 10-12. In an effort to truly "Change the Gender Ratio" at this event, they have asked Girls in Tech to send out 50 female developers to pitch ideas, join teams, or form their own teams and work over the weekend to launch new startups. The winning team is getting an... [read more]

Hey Girls in Tech NYC members:

One of our global partners, Startup Weekend, is hosting its 4th event in NYC on September 10-12. In an effort to truly "Change the Gender Ratio" at this event, they have asked Girls in Tech to send out 50 female developers to pitch ideas, join teams, or form their own teams and work over the weekend to launch new startups. The winning team is getting an exclusive invitation to pitch their concept at The Startup Summit - how cool would it be if a GIT team won Startup Weekend and went on to pitch in front of some of NYCs most active VCs and angels?!?! Below is some info they asked me to pass along about the event. When RSVP-ing, be sure to select "Girls in Tech member" as your ticket-type, and use code "GIT" for $10-off!!

Startup Weekend is back for its 4th event in NYC! On the weekend of September 10th, get together with local developers, marketers, designers, and aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch ideas, form teams and launch new business ventures over the weekend. Sound intense? It is! By Sunday evening you'll leave with a full stomach, little sleep, a lot of great networking, and you’ll have seen the rise of a few new startups.

* Our venue (we're really excited about this) is New Work City's new location at 412 Broadway. Who knows - they might even give away some free office space
* As a result of the awesome buzz from the last event, we have a top-notch panel of investors coming out on Sunday to view the final pitches
* The winning team will be invited to pitch next to 8 other early-stage NYC tech companies at The Startup Summit, happening a week later at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center
* Women will not be under-represented at this event: Girls In Tech is sending a bunch of female developers out to participate!!
* Attendees will receive giveaways and prizes to include free hosting, one-on-one-time with some of our panelists and discount codes from our national sponsors Twilio, oDesk and Media Temple

More details including the speaker and panel lineup will be announced on

http://nyc.startupweekend.org in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, grab your ticket while you still can. Tickets

($75) get you food for the entire weekend and are limited to the first 150. Sign up at
http://nycsw4.eventbrite.com/

or send your questions to shane@startupweekend.org.

What do Attendees get from a Startup Weekend?:

Startup Weekend provides an unprecedented level of networking, team building, learning, and life changes for its attendees and their communities. Don't forget that there will be 5-6 meals and drinks provided. There is a reason that most attendees come back for every event; it's just plain fun and provides amazing opportunities you can't get anywhere else. Sometimes a company emerges, sometimes one doesn't, but every time people leave with more experience, insight, knowledge, friends, and resources than they came with.

http://nycsw4.eventbrite.com/