DC Update
October 27, 2007 | by Andrew HydeThe 3:30 meeting is happening right now at the DC Startup Weekend.
Marketing is going over the final pitches, development is on their way to meeting their goals, design is almost done with the site, logo and collatoral, and we have only known each other for less than 24 hours.
Revenue projections are being presented, and as in any startup, some y-axis skewing is going on.
I’m taking a step back on what Startup Weekend is, and what it is becoming. We have over 50 people here today that were nothing more than strangers yesterday, working in full cooperation.
I describe the group every weekend as ‘dangerous minds.’ This holds true with every hourly meeting checkin, where someone with a quite voice stands up and says “I just did this” and the crowd of technologists nod their heads and say amazing job. The company is creating a full company (with a prototype), of which most of the room usually spends 6-12 months on doing, in 54 hours. Sprint is the first word that comes to mind, intense is the 2nd, fun in the 3rd.
Rounds of applause around the room for presentations. I would love to echo that to every person that has been a founder, or signed up to be one. To say this is an amazing experience is an understatement.
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