We had a roaring good time when the SGE team descended upon Manila and attended (and judged) Startup Weekend Manila – the 54-hour workshop designed to challenge participants to form teams with total strangers, build a prototype and convince investors why their business will take off – back in April this year.
It is no secret that we love the Philippines and see much potential in its startup scene: apart from Startup Weekend, the first Philippine-wide startup competition ON3 took place over several months, in different cities and concluded with the picking of six winners. Startup incubator Kickstart also recently started a series of mixers, and Ideaspace just launched a nation-wide competition that provides up to USD 120K in funding.
So do watch out for the next (and third) Startup Weekend Manila that will take place 28-30th September at MINT College.
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