Results

Results: Actions speak louder than words

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Volunteer Led Accomplishments

• Hosted Rainforest Workshop with T2 Venture Creation experts & 50 community leaders
• Inspired subsequent Fail Forward event focused on overcoming adversity in entrepreneurship
• Helped sustain and grow 1 Million Cups weekly entrepreneurship meeting now 4 years running
• Launched Startup Weekend annual 54-hour event in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Gave rise and sustainability to Elevate Daytona Beach event powered by the Leadership Daytona Alumni Council
• Acted as entrepreneurs and rebranded Startup Weekend to Kickstart Weekend to better align local market needs
• Brought nationally recognized Startup Grind event powered by Google to the City of Ormond Beach

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Press

• Organizers’ aim: Encouraging Entrepreneurs
• 2 Years Later, Startup Weekend Results in New Venture
• New Businesses In Progress
• Elevate Event Was Uplifting Experience, Organizers Say
• Momentum Building to Create Volusia Entrepreneur Ecosystem
• Entrepreneurs Encouraged Here
• Daytona Beach 1 Million Cups Turns Two
• 1 Million Cups Daytona To Mark 2nd Anniversary
• Entrepreneur Ecosystem Taking Shape
• Solving Volusia’s Brain Drain Issues