Friday, February 22nd, 2008
One of my favorite parts of working with startups is the educational value it presents. You learn an amazing amount in a short period of time. There are not many events out there that both are extremely focused and spot on valuable to the web and startup world. In steps my discussion on Web Visions. From everything I hear, this is one of those events.
This year Web Visions will be May 22-23 (notice, that is right before the Portland Startup Weekend). A few people are already flying for the Startup Weekend (and many more are coming into town for Web Visions. By scheduling it this way, you can do both events.
Fly in for Web Visions (take a look at the amazing schedule), stay for Startup Weekend. Learn and connect at Web Visions, put it to action at Startup Weekend.
Or something like that.
Make a trip to Portland for two amazing back to back events.
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Lots of things are in the works at Startup Weekend. Here is a quick update:
- We are opening up the schedule. If you have participated in a Startup Weekend before and want to run your own, drop me an email and lets work on setting one up. It is still not decentralized project.
- I have been working on setting up several weekends. Expect a launch of 3 new weekends in the next week.
- Sales to the Boulder Startup Weekend and the Portland Startup Weekend have been brisk. I will post when they are close to selling out, but you have a little more time to procrastinate before buying your ticket.
- The feedback has been amazing. Thank you to everyone that has contacted me offering kind words or support.
- Startup Weekend is hiring! This project began with very humble beginnings, and is now growing and expanding beyond what I though was ever possible. More on this later this week.
- Guest writers are needed! This blog is getting a fare amount of traffic from all sorts of amazing startup folk. If you have a topic that that you are passionate about, let me know and we will set something up.
Hope February is treating you well (and you are staying away from the flu and colds that have been so bad this year).
We added two widgets to the sidebar of this blog. The nPost job board is a very cool recourse for anyone looking for a job in this area, and the User Voice is a great way for collecting feedback.
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
You ready?
Startup Weekend is proud to announce that the Portland Startup Weekend will be held May 23-25 2008. This is Memorial day weekend, so plan accordingly. Surprisingly, this date worked the best when a sample from the cityvote project was polled. It will be great to have a nice northwestern spring day on Monday to enjoy as a holiday (which is a huge plus). This will be the 17th Startup Weekend to take place across the globe.
Please blog, twitter, IM and tell your friends about the weekend (and feel free to use this logo and link to this post). Oregon is my home state and I can’t wait to get back.
A nice intimate set will be provided by the great folks at SMtvMusic.com. We already have quite a few surprises planned for the first Startup Weekend in Oregon.
So, you want to get involved? Contact cities@startupweekend.com if you would like to help plan the event.
So what can you do?
Tickets for Startup Weekend Portland will be sold here for $40. This is really a RSVP cost, and you will receive your fair share of food, swag and memories. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring a meal, shirts or massive amounts of caffeine, email sponsor@startupweekend.com.
Buy your ticket here!
There are 8 main areas of expertise that you can sign up for:
- Design
- Developer
- PR/ Marketing
- Business Development
- User Experience
- Legal
- Project/ Product Management
- Cook (your skillset isn’t represented here or you would like to help with the food for the weekend)
Make sure to get tickets early, it will sell out.
Leave your questions in the comments!
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