RMB100,000 for Beijing's Next Big Sex Entrepreneur

[updated Apr 16] Are you Beijing's next big sex entrepreneur? Here's your chance to make it huge, er, big: Durex and Red Pagoda Resources are partnering to bring you the Beijing Tech Hive Durex Startup Challenge from April 24-26.

The event aims at empowering creative entrepreneurs – whether they are startup virgins, up-and-comers, or hardened veterans – to explore opportunities in the sexual well-being space.

Five ideas from the applicants will be chosen to form working groups to shack up for a weekend that climaxes with a demo night where each group will pitch their fully-formed product or service concept to an expert panel.

In addition to winning the respect of their peers for their general awesomeness, participants will compete for:

• a RMB 100,000 cash prize;
• Assistance from Durex for the conceptualisation and design of one full international digital social media campaign;
• Marketing of the winning startup on Durex's 5 million-strong social media accounts
• A huge gift-bag of Durex condoms and sexual well-being products!

If you think you've designed the next best thing to the shake weight, you can request an invitation to participate at lovestartupsbj.com.

As a bit of foreplay before doing the deed, Red Pagoda is holding a series of workshops to get entrepreneurs over their performance anxiety:

Tue, April 14: Lean Startup Meetup: Durex Talk, Sanlitun

Wed, April 15: Durex Talk: Meet with Beijing Tech Hive, Dongsi

Wed, April 15: Sex Pitch Clinic, Sanlitun

Thu, April 16: Sexual well-being entrepreneurs, Durex wants to date you!, Zhongguancun

Tue, April 21: Penetrating a new market – learn how to be the first in!, Sanlitun

Entrepreneurs, prospective entrepreneurs and other interested parties are welcomed to attend the events, which are designed to get your creative (and perhaps some other) juices flowing.

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