About Garage48

Many people are afraid to start their own business. Common issues - lack of know-how and co-founders, lack of seed money, afraid of risks etc. Garage48 is here to change that mindset and show that it's all about positive attitude, creative team members and a motivating deadline. Less talk, more action!

Garage48 events started in Estonia in April 2010 and have expanded to other countries in Northern Europe and Africa since then. All Garage48 events are held in English and have ~100 participants from different countries. Participants have different skills, ranging from software development to design, marketing, sales and entrepreneurship.

How does it work?

Garage48 events usually start at 5pm on a Friday evening. All participants gather together in a big room and pitch about 30 to 40 ideas on stage. Each idea is put on the wall and everyone can choose their favourite idea and team. Usually about 12-15 ideas will be selected and teams start working.



We provide mentors, food and drinks over the weekend, while teams are working on their projects. Sunday night 6pm is the deadline to step on the stage again and live-demo your project. We have the jury and audience to vote for their favourites and choose the winners. 

GOALS OF GARAGE48

  • Organize practical, international and fun startup events with a really lean budget
  • Show that teams can turn an idea into a working service or prototype within just one weekend
  • Prove that new web and mobile projects can be started with a good team and really lean budget
  • Promote entrepreneurship and startup culture in Estonia, Northern Europe and Africa
  • Teach people to work under a tough deadline - you need to focus on the core items of the project
  • Get to know new people from other industries, roles and countries
  • Less talk, more action and fun!

AWARDS AND MEDIA COVERAGE

Garage48 events have got lot's of media coverage - starting from well-know tech blogs like TechCruch, ReadWriteWeb and ArcticStartup to numerous articles in newspapers, blogs, TV and radio.

GARAGE48 FOUNDATION

Garage48 was started in Estonia in spring 2010 by 6 active entrepreneurs from Estonian Startup Leaders Club, a networking organization of 35 Estonian startup co-founders.

Today Garage48 Foundation organizes Garage48 events and runs Garage48 HUB, an affordable coworking space in central Tallinn, Estonia.

Garage48 Foundation
Registry code: 90010226
Address: Vana-Lõuna 39a-7,
Tallinn, Estonia
E-mail: info@garage48.org		VAT code: EE101416551
Bank account Estonia: 221051150005 Swedbank
International IBAN: EE912200221051150005
Swedbank AS, 8 Liivalaia, 15040 Tallinn, Estonia
SWIFT/BIC code HABAEE2X


Team members

 
  
 

Hannes Lents
HUB Manager & events
hannes@garage48.org       
Ph: +372 52 16686  
 		Maarika Susi 
Account Manager
maarika@garage48.org       		Elise Sass 
Garage48 bootcamp organizer
elise@garage48.org  


Members of the Board





Martin Villig
martin@garage48.org     		Priit Salumaa
priit@garage48.org          		Ragnar Sass
ragnar@garage48.org


Supervisory Board


Jüri Kaljundi
jk@garage48.org            		Rain Rannu
rain.rannu@gmail.com     		Asko Seeba
asko.seeba@gmail.com

Sponsors:

            Elion