Startup Weekend is a global non-profit organization that runs weekend events where designers, developers, and business people come together, listen to speakers, pitch ideas, form teams, get mentored, and create companies. Some Alumni from Startup Weekend include Food Spotting, Zaarly, and Giant Thinkwell. Speakers for our upcoming NYC event from August 12th-14th include Alexis Ohanian (Reddit) and Jason Baptiste (OnSwipe). Students can use the discount code “STUDENT” to get $50 off or “GRADIENT” for non-students to get 25% off.

Check out http://nyc.startupweekend.org for more information.