2024 Detroit Startup Week Program Proposal
Detroit Startup Week (#DETSW24) is pleased to open the call for submissions for the 2024 Detroit Startup Week festival!  Nominations are open to the public. Any individual person, group, company or organization may submit a program.  There is no fee to host a program.

Program submissions should be submitted by February 29, 2024

****FAQ****

WHAT IS DETROIT STARTUP WEEK?
#DETSW24 is a free, five-day celebration of entrepreneurship. #DETSW24 is founder-focused, volunteer-led, and community-centered. It depends entirely on sponsorship support.  It has averaged 10,000+ attendees the last few years and features 250+ free programs across 15+ verticals and boasts 100M Reach, 500+ partners, speakers, and volunteers.

WHO ATTENDS DETROIT STARTUP WEEK?
Attendees will range across experience & knowledge as founders, investors and professionals:
IDEA (0 Years) | LAUNCH (0 -2 Years) | GROW (3-10 Years) | SCALE (5- 10+ Years)

WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
The format is two parts, one part focused on idea and early stage ventures and a second part focused on high growth, high scale ventures

WHEN IS DETROIT STARTUP WEEK?
As a community-centered event we finalize dates based on Community / Partner input.  Our Community Design Thinking event for 2024 is in February 2024

WHAT IF I WANT TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN DETROIT STARTUP WEEK?
We have our Core Volunteer Kick-off Meeting and Info Session in January 2024 at Bamboo Detroit

WHAT IF I WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER?
We have our Volunteer Community Kick-off Meeting and Info Session in January 2024 at Bamboo Detroit

WHAT IS THE COST TO HOST A PROGRAM DURING DETROIT STARTUP WEEK?
#DETSW24 is FREE to host a program

WHAT IS THE COST TO ATTEND STARTUP WEEK?
#DETSW24 has historically been FREE to attend; depending on Community Support this access format will continue into 2024

WHAT IF I WANT TO APPLY TO COMPETE IN DEMO DAY OR OTHER COMPETITIONS?
More information will be released in 2024

WHAT IF I WANT TO BE A VENDOR?
Please email DSWvendors@venturecatalysts.co

WHAT IF I WANT TO BE A MEDIA PARTNER?
Please email DSWpr@venturecatalysts.co

WHAT IF I WANT TO BE A SPONSOR?
Please email sponsors@venturecatalysts.co

WHAT IF I WANT TO HOST A LARGER SPECIAL EVENT, COMPANY LAUNCH OR SIMILAR DURING STARTUP WEEK?

WHAT IF I WANT TO SUBMIT A PROGRAM PROPOSAL?
To submit a proposal, please answer all of the questions below.

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BEST PRACTICES FOR SUBMITTING SESSIONS
Programs do not have to have all speakers confirmed or details finalized, but the more information confirmed the better a program will likely score during the Community Voting stage. This first submission stage is about evaluating the program IDEA and the intended IMPACT.

The goal of Detroit Startup Week is to celebrate the startup,  scale-up & "been" up entrepreneurial ecosystem. Program sessions should celebrate successes, share knowledge, lessons learned, networks and resources.  Program sessions should be not a heavy selling session. This is strictly prohibited.

Not all programs will be approved to participate in Community Voting. Proposals will be evaluated based on a combination of fit, need, quality and unique value to DSW and the program track.

All session types are welcome. Ideas focused on transferring knowledge to the community have the best chance of being selected, with top consideration to those that are unique, new, or different.

In the case of submissions covering the same or similar topics, we may either choose a single session or try to combine multiple sessions into a single panel. Emphasis will be to design a schedule with different speakers and topics than we’ve had in previous years in order to expand our audience and subject areas.

General Questions: detroit@startupweek.co
**Program Tracks are subject to change
When submitting a program proposal please keep the following in mind:

A) Detroit Value Added
How does this program specifically benefit Detroit / Metro Detroit Entrepreneurs? Have you considered possible local/neighborhood, native and newcomer expertise, and perspectives?

B) Michigan Value Added
How does this program specifically benefit Michigan Entrepreneurs? Have you considered regional, cross-ecosystem, etc. perspectives?

C) Industry Value Added
How does this program specifically benefit entrepreneurs in your industry? Dig deep with what they will take away after attending your program.

D) Format Value Added
Think past a simple panel of experts.  Those are encouraged too, but what else can you add? Consider: Super Star Panel, TED-Style Topic Mash-Up, Master Class, Topical 101, Hands-On Lab / Cafe, Interactive Lecture, Cheat Sheet / Focus Group (5 Issues Specific To Your Track), Live Group Problem Solving, Ignite Talks (5 mins, 20 slides), Lost Lecture / Secret Tours --- bring your own ideas!

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