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Mansoura College Academy

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.

The non-profit organization is headquartered in Seattle, Washington but Startup Weekend organizers and facilitators can be found in over 200 cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Brazil, people around the globe are coming together for weekend long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams, and start companies.

All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekends culminate with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback.

Whether entrepreneurs found companies, find a cofounder, meet someone new, or learn a skill far outside their usual 9-to-5, everyone is guaranteed to leave the event better prepared to navigate the chaotic but fun world of startups. If you want to put yourself in the shoes of an entrepreneur, register now for the best weekend of your life!

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. ..

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Schedule

Thursday

Nov 1
  • Registration Starts
  • Welcome & Speakers
  • Speakers' Sessions
  • Pitches Start
  • Attendees vote for the top ideas
  • Dinner & Networking
  • Teams start forming and discussing ideas
  • Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Friday

Nov 2
  • Arrive, Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend
  • simple breakfast & coffee
  • Call for needs & skills
  • Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
  • Lunch
  • Mid weekend check-in, status reports, call for help
  • Dinner
  • Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Saturday

Nov 3
  • Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
  • simple breakfast & coffee
  • Call for help (this is self motivated, so don’t be shy)
  • Coaches arrive… ASK QUESTIONS
  • Gut check. Start prepping for presentations
  • Launch
  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS
  • Dinner
  • Wrapup, Judging & awards
  • Go home!
Platinum Sponsors
Speakers

Tarek Nasr

Managing Director Planet360   |  

Founder / Managing Director of planet360, a Creative Digital / Social Media Agency on a planet far, far away (in Dokki) specializing in brand / communication strategy development, digital development & social media working with top brands including Google, Azza Fahmy, Nokia, Mentos, Reporters Without Borders & Fatafeat among others.

Gold Sponsors
Judges

Con O'Donnell

Con O'Donnell   |  LinkedInGoogle+

In his 18 years in Egypt Con O’Donnell has worked in editorial, graphic design, publishing, sales & marketing, advertising, TV production, and website & application development & design. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Sarmady Communications. Sarmady pioneered much of the Arabic internet content in Egypt, with online media brands like FilGoal.com, FilFan.com, ContactCars.com, Mujaz.net & FilBalad.com (all highly successful publications in their own right). Sarmady was also the first digital media company to go totally mobile, starting with WAP and followed by media apps for all its flagship publications. Sarmady also pioneered much of today’s mobile advertising & marketing

Dr. Nabil Shalaby

Founder & Chairman, Arab Entrepreneur House [www.arenho.com]   |  LinkedIn

Dr. Shalaby is the Founder and Chairman at the Arab Entrepreneur House (ARENHO), Board Member at the Middle East Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, an Affiliate of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).
A Co-Founder & Board Member at Delta Technopreneurs Association, Member at the Small Industries Committee of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, the Entrepreneurship Advisor at Egypreneur,
and Full Member at Science Age Society. He is the author of number of books, including the major Arabic book "Start Your Own Business, No Hesitation", (Six editions).
He has more than twenty years experience on entrepreneurship, SMEs Development and capacity-building programs.

Silver Sponsors
Coaches

Muhammad M. Mansour

Business Development Manager StartAppz.com, a n N2V .com Company   |  LinkedInGoogle+

I'd like to consider myself a free spirit, connector and a motivator. I've had a broad base of experience to draw on ranging from volunteerism, public awareness. I've been heavily involved in the tech startup field in the Middle East for the past 5 years working on a spectrum of activities and initiatives related to entrepreneurship and innovation. I help entrepreneurs grow themselves and their ideas into great businesses. I serve as a consigliere without displacing entrepreneurs, rolling up my sleeves to work through all the bits of building their businesses—strategy, recruiting, partnering, financing, leadership—the whole gamut.

Hani Gamal

Operations Director Maktabak Dot Net   |  LinkedInGoogle+

An experienced intrapreneur, operations director of Maktabak Dot Net, an open source integrated solutions provider. Chief Technology Officer of few start-ups, a co-founder of PHP for Arabs official usergroup, the founder of PHP Egypt usergroup, a proud senior analyst programmer and a human-being who loves to help techies through mentoring, guiding, improving research skills and discussing technical viewpoints

Amr Noaman Abdel-Hamid

Senior Quality Consultant at Software Engineering Competence Center (SECC)   |  

Amr is the owner of the Agile adoption service at SECC, and is serving organizations doing Agile transformation. Amr is the co-author of the Process Increments method, for software process improvement.
Amr is also interested in soft skills, and delivered several courses in leadership and communication skills.
He has also designed a unique Technical Leadership course dedicated for senior software engineers and team leaders.

Marwa Sadek

Senior Marketing Director at Taya IT

A Marketing Consultant and Creative Copywriter with more than 13 years of experience in SMEs. With a real passion for communication, Marwa is currently holding the position of Senior Marketing Director at Taya IT. She has recently partnered with Ezar Wear to become their Marketing Director. She has also been able to get through with B-Kam in the MENA100 Business plan competition to win the 3rd prize for the year 2012. Marwa contributed to the business development and branding of Sawty.me of eSpace, participated in developing a business model for Egypt's Sarcasm Society (ESS) and actively participated with several other startups to develop their marketing plans.

Ahmed Rabieh

CEO & Founder of Mobipreneur, Mobile & RIA Solutions Specialist at ITWorx.com   |  LinkedInGoogle+

Mobile entrepreneurship evangelist, Founder of Mobipreneur foundation focusing on mobile entrepreneurship and development in the middle east, author, leading multiple tech communities in MENA such Adobe Community and BlackBerry Developers Group. Also served as Adobe Community Champion, Adobe Community Professional and Awarded as Adobe Community Most Valuable Professional worldwide.

Ahmed is currently working as a mobile & ria solutions specialist at ITWorx Egypt with extensive experience in user experience, web visuals, ria development, interaction design and mobile development languages.

He already founded startups such as @JannaBooks to spread the Arabian and Islamic culture to the world & @KampMe to be used as entrepreneurship social platform to serve and support the entrepreneurial events.

Ahmed Abdalla

R&D Manager at Jodod Inc.   |  LinkedIn

I build software. I do so using open source technologies, over Linux/Unix, and my software lives in the cloud, or builds a cloud. My day starts with a Scrum, iterating through a Sprint and a potentially shippable product defines my success. I'm a CAT Reloaded co-founder, which is why I so much love working with the community. Startups have been my magnet, and currently I'm taking my second shot building a startup. I'm a no one man show, cause I'm a techie, and the B word is no go for me. So call me development manager, CTO, or just a guy who knows a thing or two about startups and tries to stick to work only with the techies and keep a low profile with guys in suits.

Mohammad Omara

Co-founder & CEO Fascila Technologies   |  LinkedIn

Mohammad Omara is a 13 year veteran in semiconductors' business with a track record
of working for international industry gurus in several Silicon Valleys. from USA to Malaysia and from Dubai to UK. In 2011, he co-founded Fascila Technologies, LLC to become the premier dedicated company offering Smart Wireless Automation Innovations & Internet of Things Applications in Egypt and the wider MENA region.
Mohammad is known for being an outspoken entrepreneurship activist with well-known national efforts to build Egypt's first entrepreneurship ecosystem. He organized, mentored, judged
and lectured in a long list of conferences, seminars and entrepreneurship events & competitions across the nation. He also initiated the Startup Nation 2.0 project which aims to rebuild the Egyptian national economy through an entrepreneurial approach.
Mohammad received his B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering
from the University of Alexandria with two issued patents in wireless communications.

Ahmed Saber

  |  

Ahmed Started his Entrepreneurship journey and made his 1st exit 10 year ago in FMCG industry ,with more than 8 years in Online and Telco industry , Ahmed Now heading the BananasFactory ( a Mobile Application Factory ) owned by OTVentures ,
Area of Mentoring : Product Redness & Management

Media Sponsors and Contributors
Organizers
Samar Ali
Eslam Diaa
Mahmoud Yaser
Mahmoud Eid
Tamer Mohamed Abdul Radi
Ahmed Rashwan
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