Bangladesh StartUp Cup Boot Camp 2014 held
Bangladesh Startup Cup kicked-off at MIDAS, EMK Center, Dhanmondi 27 from 15-17 of May, 2014. The event consisted of 100 founders, 20 resident mentors, 15 judges, 25 organizers along with several well wishers. The event was organized to build an ecosystem of startups, mentors and coaches of Bangladesh.
The 3-day long Boot Camp started with 32 teams selected on May 15. The teams were mentored, groomed and brushed up intensively to define their business models with a team of highly talented resident mentors: Zannatul Lamea, Country Representative, Voices of Tomorrow; M Murshed Haider, Co-founders of OptiMA HR Solutions; M Asif Rahman, Founder CEO at A. R. Communications.
The StartUp Cup is a global network of 68 accelerators “without walls” in 57 countries, born in Silicon Valley and held in Tulsa, Oklahoma over the past six years. The competition has been fine-tuned based upon feedback from participating entrepreneurs, judges, coaches, entrepreneurial services providers, and community leaders from around the world. This is first time it has come to Bangladesh.