The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supporting and funding Startup Weekend Prishtina. Ambassador Braathu opened the weekend with an inspiring speech, before the participants held pitches, telling the attendees about their business ideas. Teams were created, and they led to nine different businesses.
Ambassador Jan Braathu and Deputy Head of Mission Jon Hansen at PSW
The second prize went to Sudo:base and the third to Digital Nomad Pack. The embassy congratulates the winners, the innovators and the organizers for a great weekend with good results.
Mr. Hansen was very happy for the initiative to arrange Startup Weekend in Prishtina: "I believe that this is a great concept and that the method used, to spend a weekend to turn ideas into businesses, is a fantastic way of inspiring and engaging young entrepreneurs. I am sure that this weekend has led to at least three or four sustainable businesses, with several employees. The next Prishtina Startup Weekend will be arranged in April 2012 and I am already looking forward to the event that will bring more innovators and turn high quality ideas into real businesses".
On the websites of SW Prishtina and Wominnovation, you can read about the businesses, the weekend and the concept.
Watch the film from Prishtina Startup Weekend 2011 in the end of the article.
Deputy Head of Mission at the Norwegian Embassy, Jon Hansen, in the jury of PSW. Photo: PSW