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Startup Exchange: Help us bring the 2nd annual 3DS to Atlanta

A group of students dedicated to helping students become entrepreneurs wants to bring a Free Hackathon to Atlanta.

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Startup Exchange: Help us bring the 2nd annual 3DS to Atlanta

Startup Exchange: Help us bring the 2nd annual 3DS to Atlanta

Startup Exchange: Help us bring the 2nd annual 3DS to Atlanta

Startup Exchange: Help us bring the 2nd annual 3DS to Atlanta

Startup Exchange: Help us bring the 2nd annual 3DS to Atlanta

A group of students dedicated to helping students become entrepreneurs wants to bring a Free Hackathon to Atlanta.

A group of students dedicated to helping students become entrepreneurs wants to bring a Free Hackathon to Atlanta.

A group of students dedicated to helping students become entrepreneurs wants to bring a Free Hackathon to Atlanta.

A group of students dedicated to helping students become entrepreneurs wants to bring a Free Hackathon to Atlanta.

Ricky Hunter
Ricky Hunter
Ricky Hunter
Ricky Hunter
1 Campaign |
Atlanta, United States
$135 USD 4 backers
2% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Startup Exchange is a student-run organization based out of a tiny room in the Georgia Tech Library. This is a hub for entrepreneurship and ideation. A connection space. A home for student designers, coders, businessmen, and ideators to begin something together. This space cultivates thought-leadership, community, and a desire for learning. It creates cultures to inspire collaboration, problem-solving, and a deep rooted sense of humility.

We believe that Georgia Tech’s entrepreneurial renaissance will begin in this tiny tiny room of the Library. Here’s to the Institute. To Atlanta. And to the exchange of ideas. Let’s bring 3DS to Atlanta for the second year in a row!

Here's what we do at Startup Exchange:  

1)  Launched an incubation space for student entrepreneurs at Georgia Tech. Over 70+ members. We've hosted workshops on design thinking, business model canvas, customer discovery, and introduced students to the resources in Atlanta’s startup community. We've gone out on field trips to Hypepotamus and the Atlanta Tech Village. We even have street cred from Venture Atlanta, and an article about us that made it to the top of Hacker News.

2)  Run a startup accelerator program. In Fall 2012, we coordinated a pilot program to simulate the conditions of a rigorous startup accelerator. It provided ten student teams with structure, mentorship, and curriculum on the business model canvas. By the end of 10 weeks, the program made it to Hacker News and was praised in the blog posts of the Atlanta Startup Community. The Results: 10 teams, 10 weeks, 3 really cool stories. One interviewed with Y-Combinator, another pitched at Startup Riot, and a third went the finals of the Inventure Prize.

This Fall we’re doing it again, and we’re expanding the program to students at Georgia State!

3)  Coordinated 3DS last Fall. We had 55 people from 8 different colleges come together to form 10 startup teams over the course of a weekend. Over 20 mentors dropped in this weekend. We had RedBull girls, the Startup Bus, the late night shenanigans as promised (you know who you are) and concluded with a Hypepotamus Harlem Shake. It was epically legendary. Here's a recap.

We’re doing it again this Fall and we want it to be bigger and better than last year!

4)  Collectively, the entrepreneurs of Startup Exchange are working on 50+ startups. From apps and software to digital media and ecommerce, our student entrepreneurs are the best and the brightest who want to show Silicon Valley what it means to be a startup community with a touch of southern hospitality.

WHAT IS 3DS?

3 Day Startup is an entrepreneurship education program designed for university students with an emphasis on learning by doing. The idea is simple: start tech companies over the course of three days.

Last October, Startup Exchange helped bring Atlanta its first 3 Day Startup Weekend. This is a 48-hour energy drink-fueled intense weekend program that gives students the opportunity to develop their startup muscles.

Starting Friday evening, September 27th, the students form teams and begin brainstorming ideas. Saturday, they hit the ground running, turning these ideas into business models. The teams work day and night Saturday, only stopping for food and Redbull breaks. They polish their business plans and pitches on Sunday in preparation for the pitch competition Sunday night in front of their friends, families, and judges.

With your help, we can make this 3DS better than last year!

THE IMPACT YOUR CONTRIBUTION MAKES

Bringing 3DS to Atlanta will allow students from all over the Southeast to get a taste of the startup life. The excitement. The passion. The hard work. The sleep deprivation. The lifelong friendships The 3DS will immerse students in the startup world for 48-hours… Let’s give these students a chance to feel what we, in the Atlanta Startup Community, feel on a daily basis.

Here are the costs of bringing 3DS to Atlanta:

1.  Event Fee: $2000

2.  Free Event Space: Courtesy of Hypepotamus

3.  Food: $2000

4.  Startup Exchange Swag: $1000

Our goal is to raise $5000 for this event. We are expecting around 50 students and 10 mentors. Please help us bring this event to Atlanta so we can continue improving our startup community.

We are also trying to raise additional funds for Startup Exchange. If you are interested becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact us for more details. 

Every dollar you donate pushes us forward as entrepreneurs, and as a community. We sincerely appreciate your help.

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Good Karma

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Mentorship

$1 USD
If you can’t donate, no problem! If you can mentor, fantastic! Please contact us for more information.
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Feed a Starving Student

$25 USD
This is the "I remember what it’s like to be a broke college student" donation. Simple pure generosity. Each $25 donation will feed 1 student for the weekend. You get a high-5 (or hug) when we see you and great feeling that you fed a student. You're absolutely wonderful and we thank you for this! + Good Karma
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Signed Solidarity Photograph

$50 USD
Feel like you are a part of the team. A group photograph of all 3DS participants with the signatures of our Startup Exchange team, complete with our thanks and best wishes. + Better Karma
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The Night of Your Life

$100 USD
A night out on the town with one or more of the Startup Exchange members. All costs during the night of your life will be split Dutch. + The Photograph + Terrific Karma
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You wear our Swag

$200 USD
Not only do you get a signed solidarity photograph to show others how much you support our cause, you will also get a coveted Startup Exchange shirt. + The Photograph + Remarkable Karma
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We’ll wear your Swag

$300 USD
One of our Startup Exchange members will wear any swag memorabilia with your company’s name on it for a week straight. School. Date Night. Work. Family Reunion. It doesn’t matter; we will wear your swag. Plus, you will get one of our tees to wear around town. + The Photograph + Our Swag+ Unbelievable Karma
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Company Logo

$500 USD
An Atlanta Startup, Tasty Beets Media, has graciously volunteered to do a logo for any company that pledges $500. Individuals, if you would like a monogram or characacter, we can accommodate you as well. + The Photograph + Our Swag+ Extraordinary Karma
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Corporate Sponsorship

$1,000 USD
Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact us for more information. **Note** These sponsorships are known to provide Epic amounts of Karma.
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Illustrious Unuptanium Sponsor

$5,000 USD
Probably the greatest thing ever. Contact us for further details. + You’ve never seen this much Karma
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