The local tech community in Tagbilaran City and Bohol held the Startup Weekend Bohol 2 (SWB2) event at the Bohol Island State University on April 15 to 17, 2016. The winning teams of the competition will be announced on April 17.
Startup weekend is a 54-hour event that promotes the spirit of entrepreneurship, collaboration, and innovation in its affected community. SWB2 is sponsored by PLDT SME Nation, Auza.net, ANDAKIDZ, Virtual Innovations, Gwion, Savenearn, Alturas Group of Companies, LiveLingua, Spanish 2 Go, PrintBit, Nelson Buena, Tarsier Times, Dumaluan Beach Resort, Geeks On A Beach, Google, .co and Eventbrite. It is co-presented by Bohol ICT Council, Bohol Investment Promotions Center, TechTalks.ph Bohol, and FabLab Bohol.
Fellowship dinner with the judges, mentors, organizers and sponsors.
Voting for the best ideas
Pitching an idea in one minute.
Startup Weekend Bohol 2 Facilitators Angel Abella (L) and Goldy Yancha (R)
During the opening program on Friday, April 15, the participants came up with about 15 ideas and eight were selected for the competition: E-tricycle, Click Prio, Auto Feeder, Traveling Pants, Book Trade, Bohol Easy Realty, Nice Cat and Quick Cart. Teams were form for each selected idea with 3 to 5 members each. Each team is composed of both tech and non-tech participants.
On Saturday April 16, the teams worked on their ideas to come up with a minimum viable product to be pitched to the judges the next day. The teams were advised by the following mentors: Robin Gurney of ANDAKIDZ, Thomas Ridenour, a React Native Mobile Developer, Dan Pantinople, a Creative Lead of Symph, Paolo Rigotti of Gelateria Milano and Sharon Sesaldo of TechTalks.PH.
The judges for the competition are as follows: Albert Padin, Chief Technical Officer of Symph, Pip Cimafranca, a Senior Ops Manger, and Aimee Lim of Gerarda’s.
The event lead organizer is Ashley Uy of Symph and Jay Paul Aying of Bagol Labs, and were assisted by Jane Alcantara of Auza.Net, Ben Skelton, Charles Barette of Fab Lab, Ms. Lai Biliran of The Bohol ICT Council and Zion Campo of Tarsier Times.
The facilitators of SWB2 are Goldy Yancha of Ideaspace and Angel Abella of TechTalks.PH.
The sponsors, organizers, judges and mentors had a fellowship dinner at Gerarda’s after the mentoring activity on Saturday.
