February 10 – 12, 2012Duman Hotel

Astana, Kazakhstan

Housekeeping

• Web address: astana.startupweekend.org/• Twitter Hashtag: #ASW2012KZ• Twitter address: @AstanaStartup• Facebookgroup:

http://www.facebook.com/astinnovations• Wi Fi: ASW2012KZ

What is Startup Weekend?

Our global Sponsors

Our global Sponsors

• 52% of the registered participants are above 30 years old.

• 62% of the registered participants have no entrepreneurial experience?

• 52% of the registered participants have ideas in mind, 12% on paper, 8% initial have business plan, 15% have teams to initiate their projects.

Who we are #ASW2012KZ

• Peter Sunde (Finland)• Kuat Esenov (Kazakhstan)• Janarbek Matai (Kazakhstan)• Nicholas Savin (Ukraine)• Maja Adriaensen (Norway)• Nurzhas Makishev (Kazakhstan)• Gaurav Agarwal (India)• Max Ischenko (Ukraine)• Erik Holthe Eriksen (Norway)• Catherine Shiang (The US)• Akmaral Omarova (Kazakhstan)

Our Mentors

• Nyussupov Sayat (Astana Innovations) • Kanat Shakenov (CRDF)• Nurken Khalykbergen (Tele2)• Ivan Ryzhkov (SAP)• Peter Sunde (Finland)• Kuat Esenov (Kazakhstan)• Maja Adriaensen (Norway)• Kanat Iskakov (Kazakhstan)

Our Judges

ScheduleSunday:

9:30. Teams continue to work on prototypes of their products13:00 Lunch15:00 Start preparing the final presentation16:00 Presentations by co-organizers16:40 Final presentation18:30 Dinner, judicial decisions and awards19:00 Summing up and closing of the event!

Saturday:09.00 The teams develop criteria for their prototypes and begin to develop further its product concepts.10.00 Mentors arrive to support the teams: questions, doubts, testing ideas, discussion of alternatives13.00 Lunch15.00 The development of business plans: assessment of the market, the cost of service or product, purchasing power, competition18.00 Dinner22.00 Testing of products, work on the creation of basic prototypes. Teams gather together and share their thoughts about the products

Friday:: 18:00 Registration of participants19:00 Opening 19:20 Ignite Talks20.10 60 seconds Idea Pitch 21.30 Vote for the best idea Pitch22.00 The formation of teams with the same interests and projects23.00 Start planning for tomorrow

Read out FAQ athttp://

astana.startupweekend.org/2012/01/31/faq/

Question?

Maja AdriaensenBio: Maja graduated with with a Msc in Economics and Business and Administration from NHH in 2009, with a major in Finance. She has been studying Finance at McGill University in Canada, and Entrepreneurship at Berkeley University, California. She is now project manager for Startup Weekend Norway, responsible for establishing the concept in Norway, while she work on organizing Startup Weekend in Prishtina, and a matchmaking between IT-companies in Kosovo and companies in Norway. She is on the board of Norwegian Entrepreneur Forum and Gründerskolen Alumni, and has recently initiated another startup initiative, Startup Norway.

Official SW Facilitator

theCURRICULUM

(listen at your own risk)

how to rock

a startup

in 54 hours and

beyond.

most importantly

HAVE

FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!

sundayPresentations

TECH CHECK & DRY RUN WITH TIMER!(set cues to stay on track)

Only 1-2 speakers(saves time)

No numbers without justification(i.e. hockey stick growth curve)

Focus on MVP - what you’ve accomplished(leave the frills for Q&A)

Save demos locally - wireless WILL crash(or preload all pages in different tabs)

Read for Idea Pitch?

Step 1: Sign up at the Board with AizhanStep 2: Make your sign with your name and #brandStep 3: Present (in Kazakh, English, Russian)Step 4: Listen to othersStep 5: Vote with your “money”Step 6: We pick the winner and get the prize - NETBOOK