Startup Weekend

Building Communities, Companies and Projects in Weekends

Bloomington Announced

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

You ready?

Startup Weekend is proud to announce that the Bloomington Startup Weekend will be held February 8-10 2008. Over 158 people voted to get the weekend to Bloomington, Indiana with the City Vote project. The will be the second Startup Weekend of the new year and the 15th 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).

So what can you do?

Tickets for Startup Weekend Bloomington, Indiana will be sold here for $20. This is really a RSVP cost, and you will receive your fair share of food, swag and memories (all of the money from this will be used for local costs of running the event).

Buy your ticket here!

There are 7 main areas of expertise that you can sign up for:

Design
Developer
PR/ Marketing
Business Development
User Experience
Legal
Project Management

Make sure to get tickets early, it will most likely sell out fast.

Popularity: 28% [?]

Tags: Bloomington, startup, Startup Weekend

Posted in Announcements, Startup Weekends, Upcoming | 8 Comments »

Vote for your City in 2008

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Two days ago I ‘leaked‘ the new way that Startup Weekend locations will be decided on the Startup Weekend twitter. I think it is a great way to reach out to the local communities with a concept that does nothing better than build community. Community drives the weekend, (the #1 goal of the weekend) and it should also drive where we go next.

I wanted to see what happened when I sent it out to a few friends on Twitter, to see how far it reached. I am surprised at the results (200 votes), with lesser known tech markets such as Bloomington and Portland leading the charge through a couple local blogs making the difference.

Now we officially launch the City Vote project for Startup Weekend 2008:

VOTE HERE to bring Startup Weekend to your town. If it helps, a Google Map is available (thanks 4braham) with the locations. More cities will be added (we don’t have any of the most recent SW’s on the list, will add them for the next round). Don’t stuff the ballot box, and vote only if you would like to personally attend.

These events will sell out, and quickly. It took Seattle about 48 hours to sell the majority of their tickets, fueled by great local blogs and newspaper reporting. Sign up for each city you would like the weekend to travel to with an email address and we will let you know when we launch the signup and set the date.

As a final word, I am assuming a flurry of questions such as ‘why should I participate’ or ‘what is the experience like?’ Alex King just wrote about a success story he had from the Boulder Startup Weekend. The weekend is about community, and that should be your first motive of signing up and bringing it together. Show what you can do, meet some great people, and take part in building community.

Popularity: 22% [?]

Tags: community, startup, Startup Weekend, voting

Posted in City Vote, Overview | 3 Comments »

Seattle Startup Weekend

Monday, December 17th, 2007

You ready?

Startup Weekend Seattle Startup Weekend is proud to announce that the Seattle Startup Weekend will be held January 25-27 2008. The first Startup Weekend of the new year will be held at the amazing Adobe offices in Fremont. This will be the 14th 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).

So, you want to get involved? A great team of 8 organizers have been hard at work making sure the event will be a memorable Startup Weekend.

So what can you do?

Tickets for Startup Weekend Seattle will be ~~sold here for $20.~~ Event Sold Out! This is really a RSVP cost, and you will receive your fair share of food, swag and memories (all of the money from this will be used for local costs of running the event).

~~Buy your ticket here!~~

There are 7 main areas of expertise that you can sign up for:

Design
Developer
PR/ Marketing
Business Development
User Experience
Legal
Project Management

Make sure to get tickets early, it will most likely sell out fast.

Leave your questions in the comments!

**UPDATE ** Sold Out for now

Popularity: 41% [?]

Tags: Announcements, startup, Startup Weekend, startup weekend seattle

Posted in Announcements, Seattle, Startup Weekends | 32 Comments »

Startup The Show: #3 Stan James

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Yesterday I sat down with Stan James of lijit.com and talked about his experience taking an idea in a college dorm room to a funded company with 15 employees.