Seattle Startup Week

Saturday Code is a collaboration with CodeDay.org.  It will be a fun, day-long coding event where students (12 - 18 years) will gather to build cool things together -- and learn to code... or learn to code better! Everyone will have the opportunity to pitch ideas, form teams, and build a cool app or game in less than 12 hours!  This is not a traditional hackathon or competition; it's all about learning and having fun.

No prior coding experience is required! Part of the fun is learning how to program while working with other people. We'll also provide some great workshops that you can attend. Or you can always just hang out, have fun and learn by watching! There will be coding coaches and maker mentors on site to help everyone make progress in their coding skills.  

Bring your laptop and mouse (desktop PCs and monitors are also allowed). Food is included in your ticket. 

This will be an official Lemonade Day event in which kids learn all about how to design, develop and opperate a successful, profitable lemonade stand.  There will be a limit of about 12 kids for the program.  There will be a Sunday 'curriculum' day for four hours at Makers Space plus the kids will actually setup and operate their lemonade stand for a day at one of the various Startup Week venues through out the week.  The actual venues and dates will be arranged per each lemonade stand team.  

This is a great opportunity for youngsters to learn real lessons of entrepreneurship through the fun exercise of building a lemonade stand. They will take these lessons with them into many future (ad)ventures in their lives.  You can learn more about the Lemonade Day non-profit and their programs at http://lemonadeday.org

The lessons of entrepreneurship are extraordinarily valuable for kids, whether or not they ever found a company someday -- leadership, team work, confidence, critical thinking, creative problem solving, money management, and much more.   

In this informal event, Rebecca Lovell will lead our panel through a discussion of the value and tactics of teaching our kids the lessons of entrepreneurship.  What works?  What doesn't? Tips and tricks.  We'll hear from Scott Porad, CTO of Rover.com, Bob Crimmins, co-founder (with his 12-year-old daughters) of Wise Walker, Debbie Nazarian, National Area Director for Lemonade Day and Betty Nokes Capestany, president/CEO of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce.  

This is a great event for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and anyone with an interest in understanding the entrepreneurship opportunities for kids or in working on entrepreneurial projects with the young ones in their families.  Of course, kids are welcome too.  

Moderator: 
Rebecca Lovell, Director, Entrepreneurship and Industry, City of Seattle

Panelist:
Scott Porad, CTO at Rover.com
Betty Nokes, President/CEO at Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
Debbie Nazarian, National Area Director for Lemonade Day
Bob Crimmins, Co-founder at Wise Walker