Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
In light of recent events I was called upon by Andrew to come on board with Startup Weekend and act as “interim CEO” until things can get sorted out and some long term strategic plans can be set. Although “interim CEO” sounds pretty neat, I think “Assistant to the Regional Manager” is more fitting and might better suit the position (be warned, a great deal of Arrested Development and Office may seep into my posting). In any case, I am Clayton Stobbs and will be helping with the day to day continuing operations of Startup Weekend as well as some longer term planning for the next few months. I hope I can be of some help for the next while and you can email at clayton [at] startupweekend dot com to get in touch. If you were waiting for a response from Ray, and have not gotten one yet, please email me and I will help you out.
Now to more pressing matters. As you might have noticed, Startup Weekend San Antonio was a resounding success and some very interesting developments came out of the passionate and exited SA community. Once again, we must thank Jennifer Navarrete and Erica O’Grady for their organizing and facilitating prowess.
Several developments came out of this weekend with the first being idre.am, a collection of dreams and interpretations from all over the internet. The app current supports twitter (just use @idreamed) but has plans to integrate Facebook and MySpace soon enough.
In other developments ForceXchange also managed to put together a live site and “launch” a very cool service. ForceXchange is a one-stop platform that allows former service members and vendors to sell new or used non-standard issue gear. Buyers can purchase new gear from vendors or used gear from other site members.
Finally, RentEscapes also managed to have a successful weekend with plans to more forward in the near future. Their ambition and drive to achieve some very large goals made their task a more long term venture that will be interesting to follow as it develops.
I think Jennifer managed to summarize the whole event and purpose of these events in stating, “Overall, Startup Weekend San Antonio was a complete success. We went from a room full of strangers to company founders over the course of a weekend.” Feel free to check out the San Antonio Startup Weekend blog and follow the progression of their work. We hope to hear more in the future and expect great things from these teams!
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
So we’ve got lots in store for Startup Weekend and I wanted to fill everyone in on what they should be expecting and some of the details of the upcoming events.
San Antonio Startup Weekend will be around the corner before you know it and I’m very excited! Taking place May 16th-18th at the San Antonio Technology Center this one is going to be a BLAST. I’ve been talking with several talented people in San Antonio including Jennifer Navarrete and Celeste Diaz Ferraro about all of the cool things that will be happening and they have helped get the ball rolling like you wouldn’t believe.
This Startup Weekend takes place at an awesome facility in that we will have the necessities such as Internet access and some fun entertainment, a place to relax, a place for fun and games and much more.
May 16th is quickly approaching and as always our space is limited so if you haven’t reserved your spot please consider doing so as quickly as possible. At $40 for three days filled with learning, community building, fun, schwag, food, drinks and more you can’t get a better deal.
We’ve got the facilities Friday at 6pm - 10pm, Saturday 9am - midnight, Sunday 9am - 9pm and can’t wait to see you at the event!
Also for those of you in the Portland area or attending the WebVisions event we’ve got another weekend coming up that will be of interest.
Portland Startup Weekend will be kicking off at the end of the amazing WebVisions event which will be the place to be for anyone who consider themselves a technology enthusiast on Thursday and Friday.
Read more up on the WebVisions event here and plan on sticking around Portland because Portland Startup Weekend gets kicked off after the WebVisions event and the ending keynote by Google’s own Jeffrey Veen. Be sure to hurry and register for $40 for Portland Startup Weekend. Spots are being reserved fast and you will want to attend.
In the pipe as well is the Memphis Startup Weekend which will be taking place May 30th - June 1st. I’m really excited for this one as well because Harry Brown and the guys in Memphis are doing an AMAZING job of getting the community around the idea of LaunchMemphis. This is really cool because they’ve got the entire community buzzing about technology and startups for six weeks with Startup Weekend being the climax of the event. Again at only $40 you can’t find a three day event with more food, fun, and scwag for a better price. Head on over here and get registered for the event and if you are in the Memphis area be sure to read up on LaunchMemphis and the other great events these guys have planned for the area.
We’ve got even more great weekends coming soon and I’ll be keeping you all up-to-date on the latest here on the website so stay tuned.
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