Santa Catarina is the second state in Brazil with the highest absolute number of startups, only behind São Paulo. But considering the proportion of startups in relation to the number of inhabitants, the capital Florianópolis is the leading city . The Santa Catarina Technology Association (Acate) indicates that the region is currently home to more than 16 thousand entrepreneurs , with 47 thousand employees in the state. But there is a fundamental factor in achieving all these results: events ! So come learn more about the importance of events for the entire entrepreneurship and startup scene in Santa Catarina with Inception Podcast #03 ! In the conversation with André Rodrigues and Glauco Neves, our guest brought a lot of knowledge to this scenario: Alexandre Souza , coordinator of the Startup SC project at Sebrae Santa Catarina Alexandre is mainly responsible for the events that .
What influence do events have on building the entrepreneurial community
Boosted the growth of the entrepreneurial community, including the Sebrae Startup Day, Startup Weekend, the Startup SC Meetups and more recently the Startup Summit , an event that brought together more than 2400 participants in the 1st edition. His work is fundamental to understanding how the startup scene managed to evolve so much in such a short time. And in this podcast you will check out: What is an entrepreneurial community and an innovation ecosystem; History of Santa Catarina’s ecosystem; Emergence of the Startup SC program, starting with an event; How events work to engage the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Event organization structure Functioning of events as a platform for generating leads; Evolution of events on a larger scale; Current structure to organize all events. Creation of the Startup Summit, the largest event in the sector in Santa Catarina.
Details about the Startup Summit
Definition of the Startup Summit website and application; Need to increase the structure of the event due to the high demand. Challenges for the second edition of the event Challenges in holding the second edition of the event; Differences between small and large events; I work to get new sponsors, speakers and participants. With a focus on innovation, the Startup Summit featured a series of technologies to support actions and achieve the main objectives. And Alexandre has already commented on how important mobLee was in this process for the 1st edition: Do you want to know more details about the organizational work, the objectives of the Startup Summit and also have the same level of success as the event? Access the interview we did in 2018 with Alexandre , telling us everything about the organization and giving a series of tips for all event professionals. Links related to the episode: Registration for Startup Summit 2019 ; Startup SC training program ; List of Startup Weekend events .