Startup Weekend

Be Loved at Startup Weekend

Given that it is Monday, it seemed like a good idea to start the week off with another post from Mike Gray’s Code and Management blog about being loved at Startup Weekend.  His last guest post revolved around some thoughts for developers and this one is tailored more towards the Startup Weekend audience at any event.

10 Ways To Be Loved At Startup Weekend:

1. Bring a video projector - want to do pair programming, want to share some thoughts, want to review your slide deck, you need a projector
2. Bring a power strip - whenever you are working away from the office or home, you can never find enough power outlets, buy a Monster 4 Outlet Mini Power Strip for all of your travels
3. Bring an ethernet hub and ethernet cables - the WiFi in public facilities is bound to fail, be dog slow, or be completely unavailable, but with this you can setup your own network to share files with team members anyway
4. Bring a Mac laptop - not to be religious about operating systems, but it just seems to make Internet Connection Sharing dead simple
5. Bring a broadband wireless access modem - a Verizon Wireless EV-DO USB modem combined with Mac laptops and ethernet hub allowed our group to keep working while others were stuck without an Internet connection
6. Be the person on the team willing to run to Starbucks to keep your team caffeinated
7. Know the area, know the closest cafe, know when they close up shop for the night
8. Be @TheBeerWench, bring the beer, know your beer, only bring the good stuff
9. Rent an RV for the weekend, pull it up outside Startup Weekend location, let your team members use it for meeting space, but more importantly for down time, naps, and any out of towners that need a place to crash
10. Have fun, enjoy yourself, be happy - remember this isn’t your day job, you are here to have fun, push yourself, make connections; this weekend will be a lot of work, but it shouldn’t feel like work!

Thanks again to Mike for his thoughts and soon enough we’ll have a great post from our RTP Startup Weekend travel guys about their RTP and Columbus combined travel experience!

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