It's an event for developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to come together and
work on the ideas they have. Startup weekend is a lot crazy ideas, a little bit
hackathon, and a little bit business venture incubation and evaluation. This is
the third event in Baton Rouge.
software developers" to spend the weekend as "wild west
programmers" kicking out validation-less UI, radical interfaces and apps
with only the fun functionality done to contrast their day jobs of tedious
construction and meticulous polishing. And the devs get to pick which project
they want to be a part of and support and join that team for the weekend, which
may not always be the case at work. It's also a great opportunity for team
leads and senior devs to see their staff devs and junior devs work in a free
and fun environment.
Friday is pitch night and team building. Saturday is the solidify, design,
evaluate, with experienced investors and technical coaches if the team isn't
itself technical, and git-er-done day. Sunday is final changes and preparation
for the presentation at the end of the event.
environment where passionate people can come together to get things done; to
learn, network, bridge the gap between trades, expose potential and see actual
results. Startup Weekend is held 125+ events in 170+ cities around the world
throughout the year. Our event will be held on August 16-18, 2013 and we have
confirmed a venue at Bon Carre / Louisiana Technology Park. Our participant
count is expected to be around 75, but last minute registrations could raise
that figure closer to 100.
Technology Center
opportunity further in a technical sense you can contact me, if you or other
members of the company want non-technical information you can reach out to
Wendy Overton, the main organizer at wendy@startupweekend.org. And of course the website: http://batonrouge.startupweekend.org.
