Startup Weekend in Ann Arbor, MI, June 20-22

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  • 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.

  • Sorry, Steve and I tried to get the announcement out last week, but it just didn't happen... =(

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  • 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

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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

  • Can we have highlights and summary posted in this Website of the event like Tech Ed done by Steve.....

  • 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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  • Thank you very much , I will go thru the link for more info.....:)

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