Re: anyone going to startup weekend?

[Brian Donahue <brian@pigeonmoon.com>]

I'm going this time, which will be my first. I've heard good things so am looking forward to it. 

On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Chris Baglieri <chris.baglieri@gmail.com> wrote:

I went to the first event, Aaron and I were on the same team, it was good fun and I second his observations. The second event earlier this year was a little better on the the diversity front, though still light on designers. For this weekend's event, I joined as a co-organizer.

We focused heavily on addressing the diversity of attendees; the event is only as good as the mix of people who participate. I think we accomplished that. Based on ticket sales, the general breakdown of attendees follows: 40% developer, 40% non-techs, 20% designers.

Chris

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Aaron Feng wrote:

Dustin,

"Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web

or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over

the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different

skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business

people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

Location: Hamilton Hall, Uarts"

There's usually a shortage of designers, but with abundance of biz

(Wharton MBA).

anyone go to this before? is it a good tech event, or is it a mediocre

I went to the first one in Philly, and it was fun. This is no

hardcore tech event, but more about getting the idea out there.

recruiter thing, or is it amateur hour, what sorts of people show up?

Lots of biz :) I hope it's more balanced this year.

Aaron