1. Garage48
Purpose and Activities
Priit Salumaa, co-founder
www.garage48.org

2. Concept
• Garage48 events were started in spring 2010 by 5
active members of Estonian Startup Leaders Club
• Garage48 is for people to turn their ideas into working
products and services within one weekend (48 hours)
• The goal is to make a practical startup event
o Demonstrate that devoted teams can turn an idea into a
working prototype within 48 hours
o Networking - to get to know new people and have fun
o Start-up companies can be started with lean budget
o Promote entrepreneurship and start-up culture

3. Garage48 event profile
• Up to 100 participants preselected
o Project managers / team leads
o Marketing experts
o Designers
o Developers (UI/web, mobile, backend)
• Starts 5pm Friday with idea pitches
• Natural team formation
• Implementation of the idea
• 6pm Sunday – demonstration of results
• Less talk more action!

4. In the media

5. Garage48 events
• Upcoming
o April 2011 - Garage48 Tallinn
o August 2011 - Garage48 Tartu
• Garage48 Africa in 2011
o We are planning 5 events in different African countries

6. HUB: open & casual office
Garage48 HUB

7. Team of entrepreneurial minded
highly effective software engineers
based in Estonia

8. Emergency Call
• Work starts as soon as possible in 24h timeframe
Sprint48
• Deliver a solution in a 48h time-slot
Oldschool
• Traditional development

9. http://mooncascade.com