Startup Weekend Chennai CEG organized a Hackathon, at the College of Engineering Guindy from February 21-23, 2020. Shyam Sekar S, Founder and CEO – Startup Xperts was part of the Jury panel for this Final Pitch session.
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour entrepreneurial hackathon where ideas are transformed into startups over a weekend. Startup Weekend is powered by Google for Startups initiative and is a well-recognized community of 193,000 members spread over 140 countries. This was limited to 120 attendees categorized into – Developers, UI/UX Designers, Hustlers and Ideators.
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The teams at Startup Weekend built their prototype and the business model for their dream startup idea. The startup ideas are generic, ranging from artificial intelligence to FMCG-based startups. Three ideas / prototype startups were selected for award on the final day, by the Jury members.