New Leadership at Startup Weekend
Posted by Andrew Hyde
Everyone, welcome Ray Angel, the new ‘guy behind Startup Weekend.’
I met Ray at the Bloomington Startup Weekend, where he impressed me and quite a few colleges with his energy and love of startup culture. He will now take the lead on Startup Weekend.
You can read his blog here, his twitter here and see his oh so trendy hipster mugshot on the right.
Expect a slew of weekend announcements in the next few weeks.
I will take a step back and advise when needed. It has been an amazing ride, but Startup Weekend was never my true passion, it was an idea that I never expected to blow up and take me to the places it did. I have now met over 2200 early stage startup junkies over the last 16 startup weekends.
Here is to many more life changing weekends!
Everyone, welcome Ray in the comments.
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jenn said:
Congrats Ray.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Cesar Torres said:
Hi Ray. Don't fuck this up.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Anthony Stevens said:
Congratulations Ray! You have a tough act to follow, but you also inherit a huge community of fans of the Startup Weekend concept.
Andrew: here's hoping your next project(s) are as exciting as Startup Weekend!
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am
Matthew Wettergreen said:
Congratulations Ray, good luck running the second chapter of Startup Weekend
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
Kevin Menzie said:
Congrats Ray! Looking forward to seeing what's ahead for Startup Weekend
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
deb lavoy said:
I'm a huge startup weekend fan - congrats, and let us know how we can be supportive.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
Jeff the Great said:
congrats, and welcome!
Who will be attending PDX startup weekend? Both of you, I hope!
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
Pete Laurina said:
Congrats Ray, I'll be looking forward to meeting you in person one day. Boulder's ready for number 3 whenever you are.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Tyler Willis said:
Cool news, congrats Ray - Good Luck with continuing the forward momentum!
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Dan Harris said:
I look forward to meeting you at the Columbus SW later this year.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
wayne sutton said:
Congrats Ray, hope to see you soon in NC
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Curtis said:
Congratulations Ray… come visit us in Birmingham where startups ARE our true passion! Would love to share a bit about our successes with you and see what you think.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Kevin said:
Congrats, Ray! I guess this means there will be Fort Wayne SW after all.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:42 am
matthewvb said:
welcome aboard! looking forward to seeing SW continue on its great path!
April 4th, 2008 at 6:22 am
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[...] to him about this just a few weeks ago, and he’s jumped on the opportunity. He’s put a new CEO in place at Startup Weekend and has recently joined TechStars full time. We’re pleased to [...]
April 12th, 2008 at 10:25 am
michaelcummings said:
awesome news! congrats to goth Andrew and Ray for both making moves that will further benefit each other. I look forward to see where Ray can Startup Weekend. Congrats to Andrew on the position at TechStars.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Samantha Murphy said:
SMtvMusic.com hopes to continue to send a different artist to each city to perform for the entrepreneurs.
Congrats Ray and I look forward to meeting you!
April 14th, 2008 at 5:29 pm