Startup Weekend

Portland Wrap Up

Despite near meltdown, the Portland Startup Weekend turned out to be a great event with some pretty cool developments at the end of the weekend.  Jeremy Tanner and Erica O’Grady were the facilitators involved in organizing the whole thing and needless to say, Jeremy’s reference to Winston Wolfe (Pulp Fiction) was definitely appropriate.  Here’s a quick excerpt from his thoughts on the weekend:

OK, a Startup Weekend on the rocks is no dead body in the back of a Chevy Nova, that can be fixed with some bleach and a blanket. Startup Weekend required a few more phone calls…Over the next days I was Club SW Doorman/Bouncer, Food Finder, Meeting Master, Motivator, Referee and Donut Taster. (I recommend the Bacon Maple Bar)  The weekenders brought their A-game forming Mugasha (Random access DJ Set sharing and listening), GetGathered (Meeting Scheduler), Treasurecycle (Barter your old stuff), Life Grant (Dream / Goal Funder) and Startup River (Idea -> Profit!).

With all the confusion taken care of, Portland weekenders were able to pull together and form several different groups all tackling unique problems. Here’s a bit more on what they created:

Treasurecycle –Junk trader project that allows users to trade and barter for goods as one man’s junk is another man’s treasure (sorry, had to say it)

LifeGrant — Essentially a project set up to help fund dreams for those less fortunate than others

Mugasha — For those that want to listen to an individual song within a massive DJ set, this is the app for you

Get Gathered — A pretty cool schedule sync service for those of us that lack all organizational skills

Startup River –  As Jeremy summarized it best, Idea –> Profit!

Overall the Portland community really pulled together and made this weekend a huge success.  Congrats to everyone on their developments and I hope to see some of these developing further into the future.  Feel free to check out some pictures from the event here.

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