Startup Event Action Research: Taraz Mosque

Mosque, as the main axis of Islamic civilization and the first institution formed in Islam, has a very special position. Despite more than 70 thousand mosques, the limited use of this huge capacity in an Islamic country has caused its position to decline. In this study, using approach of participatory action researcha, concentrated effort has been made to generate ideas in the field of mosque with the ultimate goal of achieving its special position, called taraz mosque, in the startup event form. This issue is the first step in using the capacity of these events in serving the cultural issues. The idea of holding this event was planned for a year and it was held with two startup weekend events in the spring  2017 in Imam Sadiq University camp in Damavand during one month. This event is a reference for guiding and conducing the process of generating, collecting and promoting mosque ideas, team building, producing product, value creation and planning for its implementation to achieve a taraz mosque. Therefore, the main question in this study is what role taraz Mosque Startup weekend had in designing creative ideas? The main results of this action research are: formation, cultivation and implementation of creative ideas in the field of mosque until reaching to the minimum viable product (MVP). The ideas of "godly loan through mosque crowdfunding" and "Monitoring, evaluating and comparing the situation of mosques" were selected as the best ideas in this event.