Vote for Startups
By Asha

Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. The organization Startup Weekend, which has held its events in 200 cities, is holding one in Delhi on Nov 9 – 11, 2011.  In Nov, 2011, Startup Weekend announced a tie up with Google to hold Google Bootcamps.

From November 22 through November 28, 2011, Startup Weekend is hosting an online Global Startup Battle designed to foster friendly competition and community awareness among the global Startup Weekend community.  Forty-eight winning teams from Startup Weekend events that took place November 11-14, 2011 and November 18-20, 2011 have the chance to compete to become the ultimate Global Startup Battle winner. Two of the contestants – Painless.in and Newsance have an Indian link.

Over 60 communities, spread over 5 continents, held Startup Weekends over these two weekends.  In total over 4,500 attendees, mentors, speakers, and judges worked on startup ideas during these events, with thousands of ideas pitched and hundreds of teams formed.

The winner of Global Startup Battle receives prizes which are intended to help their startup gain exposure in the global startup community as well as provide services and support to continue working on their team and idea. Prizes include a table at the Startup Pavilion at Demo Asia in Singapore (February 2012), a table in the Launch Pad at the Launch Conference in San Francisco (March 2012), 40 hours of web design services from Creative Design Agency BTrax ($6,500 value), a PR launch package courtesy of The Kauffman Foundation, and a startup legal package from Cooley LLP ($5,000 value).

Voting is open to the global Startup Weekend community and beyond starting at 12pm PST on November 22 and ends at 11pm PST on November 28, 2011.