Nick Stevens - Organizer, StartUp Weekend - TBTVSessions

Tech Britain talks to Nick Stevens, one of the organizers of StartUp Weekend (http://startupweekend.org/) about the event and how he came to be involved.

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I got involved a just over year ago
others in abt that I was the most part
way of
social media part surprise so a rock to
the guys organizing
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help I actually K quality organizes at
as well as attending which is a little
bit unusual of
12 months later I think this is my 12
event
having a lot of fun also and people who
what other stop and website online
the thinkin found gold
like that idea what can we expect this
time experience
people expect so this is actually pretty
good question eighty percent of people
common stock all sometimes a little have
never been so
as a lot about his patient not much
expectation that's how
like you can expect a couple of months
fantastic people kinda people
called start are cut above the rest
people already
motivated succeed work hard have faith
in something don't get necessary
step are meetings people his tested yes
going to pics project walk-on got work
harder
weekend
weeks himself but it doesn't feel like
home
learning about doesn't feel like school
just learning it but doing
talking stop by the end of the week at
you'll be exhausted running on
adrenaline having a great time
my act help yeah where
day three now what they three hours for
of sleep because the quality people
word being around passion to stop
for yup it's incredible and thats that's
why people you don't like me
keep coming back as we see people come
to stop can
see such a different fried sunday off
no bring introvert out shells
expressed run teams let techies
figure out business portals that techies
we've got guys out there right now
well learning Co from a book as ago
product important from
insurers who pops not necessarily go out
straight talk you very much that
quite all your to plant
phone tangible yeah here
it's growing you know I'm myself his
about have stopper happen myself people
traditional networking I is very
intimidating
alt walkin as somebody who's all Sun
expect
River 150 strangers for purposes of just
talking to people
like network is is incredibly
intimidating
people just don't do it started yet
democratize is that because
coming off to work proxy for skills also
that the plan you or something the other
people's
across what which is a little bit
smaller typically back
water people and it's much easier
risk-free environment
you to just put yourself out there try
something Monday morning hated it
that's okay never do it again popular
but actually what we find is
those people come along they get
involved realized partially I can't
skill bet great people II no
for some people that commit interest
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we first met and never will the when
you're on stage
just not for one state from outside
his heart or views it up
you know extrovert so rock dick
are one which its formal you know
so I just think support a great cause
when people in
person you know while not choose
you actually saw on really willing to
help people iPhone
with everybody this weekend from the
brush
bullish trader I'm quite guy everybody
about her community yeah and not just
with the organized
we have a range of prices or other wall
world volunteers
of course do that have every walk of
life you know we've got
incredibly smart very studious very walk
or
hugely experienced people we have so
much younger
fiber characters everything to common
goal is
to be help when you take those people
put the point
destroyed something sup overalls
all sick trying to build something
trying to look right
helped you end up with this community is
just almost self-propelled
itself to everybody's help everybody
itself a little cliche
but it just looks that's a lot of things
is you know a lot of people talk about
the first startup Weekend
and from says but kinda bored about here
its operational
I went I want of my has blocked it was
awesome and I've never heard anybody
describing different what's stories but
that's the general
parity what I like to talk about is the
second for for at
because that's when people start to
realize that this is not an accident
this is for people
scaleable world something like Scott
events for
planned for this year all to all around
the world over
every cop worse far Korea New Zealand's
China
America you so real you just over
increase
last week Greece last weekend for a
summit of
organizes Europe week for Kosovo
second forward prop
Paris Corp right up to for export
this event first time in of got people
but its 50% of people doing
great so of ex-cop based sup
patriotic pride UK's see for no
taking crime yup what you think went
missing on
goals centrist given your background
what time States
up what what we need to do to get the
complete
five ten years from now so if you think
about the UK
laws no a hunter 50 maybe 25 work-up
we had we created the Industrial
Revolution changed
what today and now we don't know how to
mix
you know we don't because all most is
outsourced all
to stop liking top white I'll
all that physical factory is gone will
never be ok
back small cock interest of fine la
scala factoring
whatever back too expensive Boston
College people
best technologies you
Industrial Revolution technology is
going out such a great
becoming so easy I don't
what tech does but anybody can learn to
code
how well they look that's a different
story but you know if you wanna Scotland
Coventry cat schools out do it online
free
hope these that is going to be the
Industrial Revolution
UK's place looks like people
great tech unity or I
at now comment give up for
out
if you look at some who caps problems
roundabout
these companies Pakistan
about I think that this could be
wave restocking
part factory it just happens to be
technology
product so can you see future UK having
you of so I
I'd like to think so but talk to people
but stopped base
I think this political stuff the cargo
talking a lot about stock business on
ship
we don't see money for it yet Sol
there's a lot of work to do
but ultimately stop 3
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true
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thanks per se thank you