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.
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.