Blog | Startup Weekend

Apr

Guest Post: The 8 Top Things I Learned At Startup Weekend

We’ve had Allison Way on the blog before and she’s back again with a radio spot talking about the things she learned at Startup Weekend Kansas City. Be sure to check out her previous piece on 5 Things You Will Gain at Startup Weekend (Kansas City). Here is a link to the audio to check [...]

Apr

My Story: Pollarize.me Wins Startup Weekend London

Guest Post by Michael Hobson, follow him on Twitter @TremulantDesign! The original article can be found right here on his blog. A couple of weeks ago, I won a ticket to attend “Startup Weekend London” – a 54 hour ‘hackathon’ event at Google’s new Campus co-working space in Shoreditch – and won! Our team of 4 went up [...]

Apr

Crowdfunding: The Quest For Capital Leads to the Capitol

“Startup Weekend provided the ultimate customer validation. Not only does their model stress the importance of customer validation but the other entrepreneurs in the room were the very people we were hoping to serve.” The journey from Miami to Washington DC has been a long one for the Legalize Crowdfunding team. Back in November 2010 [...]

Apr

A Few Things From SXSW

It’s been a little while since SXSW ended, but we came across these posts from Startup Bootcamp and wanted to be sure they were shared. If you were there, these are nice reflections on the good times and the learning that took place. If you weren’t, this is great motivation for you getting there next [...]

Apr

LaunchGram (SW Columbus) Releases Public Beta

We wrote about LaunchGram (@LaunchGram), on January 25th this year when the product was then called Soonzy. They had just been accepted into an accelerator in Columbus, Ohio, where they started at a Startup Weekend in October 2011. Not only did they start at a Startup Weekend, their CEO, Andy Sparks, is a Startup Weekend [...]

Apr

Guest Post: Preparing For The Pitch

Guest post by Alli Blum from Startup Weekend Philadelphia. The most formal parts of Startup Weekend happen at the beginning, with the pitch, and at the end, with the presentations before the judges. If you’re going to pitch an idea, here is a guide that will help you think through your idea and structure your [...]

Apr

AT&T Mobile App Hackathon: Eat, Drink, Hack, Win

All we can say about the upcoming AT&T Mobile Hackathon (Friday, April 13th!) is that you will have a good time, there will be food, and you can win awesome prizes. There will be awesome developer support from Apigee and AT&T and some great speakers. How can you beat that? It is free, there is food, [...]

Apr

Startup Weekend + Madrona + TechCrunch = $3.4 Million

If you have a dog (or even if you don’t) you may have heard of a Startup Weekend company called Rover.com that started just a year ago in Seattle. Well, they have been working hard the last year and have grown to a 9 person company and are aggressively trying to accomplish their goal of making it [...]

Apr

Startup Weekend Stamford 2012: The Results Are In

Guest Post by Derek Koch. Originally on thenewshiteboard.com. This weekend, Connecticut’s entrepreneurial community descended on Stamford and transformed it in to a startup lab during Stamford’s first ever Startup Weekend. Twelve new startup teams emerged, and five of those teams were given special honors. At a time when jobs and the economy are on everyone’s [...]

Apr

Video: How Startup Weekend Fits In The Startup Ecosystem

This video is great! Shashi Jain and Jeff Martens, organizers of Portland Startup Weekend, explain the history behind Startup Weekend and how it fits in the startup ecosystem.