June 15, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Startup Weekend in Ann Arbor, MI, June 20-22
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|Ted Pin >>
June 16, 2008 at 5:47 am
Just learning about the event this morning Monday June 16. If it was an event that I wanted to attend or even think about attending I wouldn't have enought lead time to make the arrangements. Very bad planning on someone's part.
June 16, 2008 at 6:22 am
Sorry, Steve and I tried to get the announcement out last week, but it just didn't happen... =(
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|Ted Pin >>
June 16, 2008 at 11:04 am
Ted,
Have you ever attended one of these? It sounds like it would be a lot of fun. However, I don't know if I would have the energy at this point in my life. Of course, you only live once, so if I was closer, I might consider it.
Ian.
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
-- Winston Churchill
June 16, 2008 at 11:37 am
Ian,
This will be my first time. A fellow entrepreneur I know has been to one and said it was a blast.
You only live once! If you have some, maybe send your kids :hehe:
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|Ted Pin >>
June 16, 2008 at 12:49 pm
You made me realize how my previous post made me sound like I shouldn't even be working (I am not as old as I felt this morning). I guess that's what happen when you respond to something after being off for a week and practically having to drag yourself back to the office on a Monday! :doze::w00t: I need a vacation from my vacation!;)
Besides, isn't that why caffeine exists?
Ian.
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
-- Winston Churchill
June 20, 2008 at 5:48 am
It's a shame that I'm finding out about this so late. At such short notice I'll not be able to attend, but I'll place a link out at WMSSUG.org (West Michigan SQL Server Users Group) to see if any of our members may want to participate.
- Tim
- Tim Ford, SQL Server MVPhttp://www.sqlcruise.comhttp://www.thesqlagentman.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyford
June 20, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Can we have highlights and summary posted in this Website of the event like Tech Ed done by Steve.....
June 24, 2008 at 11:17 am
I'm on lunch break so I will try to do a quick recap of what happened:
06/20
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6PM - 33 ideas pitched to a crowd of 80+ strong in a ~6,000 sq ft space, comprising entrepreneurs, business persons, writers, designers, and a surprisingly low percentage (40%?) of developers. Ideas included location based/mobile phone services to web applications for tuning enterprise databases to a Pandora for fictional writing.
7PM - "Pitchers" and would-be team members begin to review ideas and gather to form teams.
8PM - Teams loosely formed, introductions made, and ramp-up begins.
11PM - End of exhausting, but amazing day. Out of 33 ideas, ~15 attract enough people to form teams; a few 1-2 people teams hang around.
1AM - Go home from the local bar.
06/22
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9AM - Teams gather and planning/strategizing/coding starts. Some people switch teams. Some small teams disband and join others.
4PM - Checkpoint; all teams present their statuses to all other teams. Lots of progress, very exciting goals.
10PM - Most teams call wrap for the day and head out.
06/23
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9AM - Work continues, logos created, domains bought, infrustructure created, team roles solidified.
4PM - Final presentations. Some of the ideas have great potential and some of those we may start to hear about in the future.
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My group went through a very similar sequence. We now have wonderful 8 person team consisting of a project manager from big auto, advisor from big banking, a PhD, an M.D., graduate students, and developers. Creation of our legal entity is in progress. We plan to launch v2.0 of our *hush hush* system on Sept 15.
And at least one SQLServerCentral member (other than me) was in attendance!
For more information on how it all went down: http://annarbor.startupweekend.com
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June 24, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Thank you very much , I will go thru the link for more info.....:)
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