French Junior Economic Chamber Organizes ‘48 Hour Start-Up’ in Beijing

We already have lots of Startup Weekend competitions happening around the world, which aim to bring together like-minded individuals to brainstorm and put ideas into reality. Now here’s a new event organized by the French Junior Economic Chamber here in Beijing that’s called 48 Hour Start-Up. It’s happening this week from May 31 to June 2.

So what’s different about 48 Hour Start-Up from those other events happening in cities across China? Organizer Matthieu David tells us:

We have two times more coaches [hailing from backgrounds such as the] incubator of Tsinghua, biotech companies, and entrepreneurs who have raised between $6 million and $85 million with a lot of diversity. We are also closer to [a] hackathon with more engineers and developers.

It has also garnered support from Beida and Tsinghua universities in the hope of attracting more students to join them over the weekend. 48 Hour Start-Up is entirely non-profit, and entrance fees are much lower (compared with the normal Startup Weekend). So the former would appeal more to students who are keen to exchange and to launch startup ideas over the weekend.

Some of the invited speakers include the CEO of App Annie Bertrand Schmitt, founder of Plus Eight Star Benjamin Joffe, and the general manager at Tango China. The organizers behind this event also include entrepreneurs from Daxue Consulting and Crepanini as well as iWeekend Beijing.

The event is expected to be held once every four months, and for those of you based in Beijing who are keen to attend, you can visit the homepage here to find out more.