StartupBus is coming to Europe!

November 1, 2011 — This December, the StartupBus phenomenon is coming to Europe. Starting in Amsterdam and ending at Paris in time for the LeWeb conference, StartupBus Europe will be an entrepreneurial competition like no other.

AND THE SEMI-FINALISTS ARE…

Below are the seven categories that have made the semi-finals. Each category represents at bus as well as a wild card category that was picked outside of the regions tied to each bus. The judging panel will pick one winner from each category to proceed to the grand final tomorrow.

THE BUSPRENEUR’S HONOR CODE (AKA “HOW DOES THIS ALL WORK?”)

The StartupBus is a competition, but it’s also a community. We’re not going to be peering over your shoulder to make sure you follow any “rules,” but, we do want to make sure that things runs smoothly and answer a few…

MICK JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT STARTUPBUS 2010

I stepped onto the bus at 7am on a cold San Francisco morning. I was running a small startup and had never been to SXSW — what better way to go then to jump on a bus with a bunch of hackers?

SPONSORS WHO ARE PUTTING BUSPRENEURS ON THE ROAD

StartupBus is a community-led effort and sponsors are a big part of it. They are engines that help us put buses on the road and ensure minimal cost to buspreneurs. So far — we’ve been amazed by the excitement and willingness to help from our…

A STARTUPBUS RITUAL

StartupBus isn’t just about putting people on a bus and having them launch businesses: that’s the excuse. The real driver behind the concept was to get people working together so they can form an alumni network and develop some raw experience together, that in turn makes them more likely to…

FINALISTS

The buses have rolled in and there’s been a ton of exposure in the media. All the teams are busy building our their products and now progressing as real startups. Life decisions are being made by people. But things aren’t over yet.

NEXT STEPS ONCE YOU’VE BEEN INVITED

Two weeks ago we launched our website. By connecting to the website with your Facebook account, you register your interest in the event. To unlock the website where you can fill out an application, you need to be invited.

THE BUS CONDUCTORS

One of the rules I set after the first StartupBus, is that all future buses need to be run by alumni of the ‘buspreneur’ community. We call these people “Bus Conductors”. They play a huge role in the process leading up to the event but also in the way the event is executed like how I did it…

AND THE WINNERS ARE

With a packed room and a stellar judging panel the excitement around tonights event couldn’t have been higher. The teams provided a amazing presentations, rock-solid product demos and announced some amazing partnerships. In fact, the teams were so good it resulted in two teams winning. The…

THE ROUGHEST DETAILS

We’ve been asked multiple times what the final dates and times are for the buses. The truth is that we’re ironing the details out, but I can tell you this:

• Most buses will be leaving on the morning of March 8th. A launch party is planned the night before in each…