Do startup weekend events help creating startups?(sten.tamkivi.com)
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Do startup weekend events help creating startups?
http://sten.tamkivi.com/2011/03/do-startup-weekends-help-create-startups/
Skype Estonia GM Sten raises questions and shares his own opinion. What do you think about this?
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Going to Portland Startup Weekend Apr 1-3:
http://portland.startupweekend.org/
Well document how it goes. Probably in video :>
http://portland.startupweekend.org/
Well document how it goes. Probably in video :>
As somebody who participated in a Startup Weekend, I would say that these events definitely help to create startups. Launchrock, for example, came out of a Startup Weekend. It is hard to gauge the intensity level you will get out of your members after the weekend is completed.
Overall, I do think that Startup Weekends are great events, and I highly recommend that you attend them if you have a chance.
The project we worked on during our Startup Weekend (Detroit) was http://www.bitetomeet.com/
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Overall, I do think that Startup Weekends are great events, and I highly recommend that you attend them if you have a chance.
The project we worked on during our Startup Weekend (Detroit) was http://www.bitetomeet.com/
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Still, whats the probability of random people meeting each other and creating ad-hoc teams. How realistic it sounds that this whole group (not a team yet) will form a real startup company and build a product for the next 2-5 years?
Without knowing this probability in absolute terms, I think it is safe to say it's higher than all of this happening _without_ these random people meeting. :)
I participated in the startup weekend in Des Moines two weekends ago. It was a great experience, sure most of the groups won't be going anywhere but it is a phenomenal networking opportunity and its a great way of learning more about skills that you may not have (in my case, I learned a lot about marketing).