Start Norfolk 2.0, a weekend long event bringing together individuals of different mind and skill sets— entrepreneurs, engineers, developers, designers, and business professionals —with the goal of building a viable startup.

Start Norfolk 2.0 will be held at the Ted Constant Convocation Center located on the campus of Old Dominion University on Friday, April 27th through Sunday, April 29th.

On top of the startup competition, there will be 11 speakers including: Aneesh Chopra, the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, Anis Uzzaman, CEO and General Partner of Fenox Venture Capital, Jeff Casimir of Jumpstart Labs and Joe Hill, founder of Aeir Talk, an iPad education application.

The first Start Norfolk was held in November, 2011 at Innovation Research Park on the ODU campus. The weekend long event kicked off with 37 business ideas pitched to the team of judges, eight of the 37 ideas were selected for further development. Teams were selected and work began on building the original concept into an viable business. TutoriALL, a tutorial creating app for mobile phones, was selected as the first Start Norfolk winner. TutoriALL received assistance with accounting and legal services, office space and capital to help launch their business.

Over 175 people attended the first Start Norfolk and were highly enthusiastic about the outcome of the event, saying: "I felt like I was the the Woodstock of Technology, it was legendary," "Titanic event, #2 is a must!" and "I don't want to go back home to Atlanta."

Over three hundred people are expected to attend Start Norfolk 2.0, giving attendees a chance to showcase their ideas, network and get feedback on the development of their ideas. President Obama recently recognized “that most new jobs are created in start-ups.” Start Norfolk is helping to build stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem in Norfolk, VA.

Want to learn more, Visit: www.startnorfolk.com. 

Start Norfolk 2.0 prizes; 1st $15k, 2nd $7.5k, 3rd $2.5k. Plus the winners get some great startup services including legal, accounting, rent and business consulting valued at over $50k.

Breakdown of what each category gets:

Concept/Idea pitch

-can select team members

-opportunity for prizes

-food/beer/coffee

-speakers

-opportunity to speak with mentors one on one or with team

-startup up party Saturday night

-t-shirt &lanyard

Developers/Designers/Brand/Business/Marketing

-can join a team

-opportunity for prizes

-food/beer/coffee

-speakers

-opportunity to speak with mentors one on one or with team

-startup up party Saturday night

-t-shirt &lanyard

Students

Same as Concept/Idea pitch, Developers/Designers/Brand/Business/Marketing, but at a student discounted rate

Observers

-speakers

-food/beer/coffee

-opportunity to speak with mentors one on one 

-startup up party Saturday night

-t-shirt &lanyard

-everything but pitching/joining a team, however, if you change your mind at the event you can switch and join/pitch

You do not have to attend every second of the weekend, we just ask that you tell those on your team when you will be around, so they can schedule accordingly.

For more information, please contact Zack Miller: zack.miller@wearetitans.net or @zackmiller84.