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My next idea is one I'm going to work on for StartupWeekend. It's killing me NOT working on it, but I don't want to 'cheat' by showing up with a previously-wor

by bmelton 16y ago

My next idea is one I'm going to work on for StartupWeekend. It's killing me NOT working on it, but I don't want to 'cheat' by showing up with a previously-worked-on product.

stevenj 16y ago
Why don't you work on it now and work on something else at startup weekend? I ask because I think you should take advantage of your eagerness.
- bmelton 16y ago
  It's what we (myself and a few friends) decided we'd do for SW, basically. That isn't necessarily the best reason, but we're all on the same page with it, and think that it's the best app to pitch / demo for that particular occasion.
jrussbowman 16y ago
Work on it. It's not cheating. There's a good chance that you'll walk in with the idea of working on it and end up working on something completely different. When I did the DC Startup Weekend I walked in with a product and then ended up getting an idea from a comment someone made, went up, pitched it and ended up with a team to work on that. In the end we didn't win, primarily because we were told to keep the pitch down and then the didn't do questions and only comments. Most of the comments were about things that we did have answers for but didn't have time to mention in our pitch so... There's a lesson in there too :) But if you have idea, work on it. In the end I'm back to working on the product I was working on before the event anyway.
- bmelton 16y ago
  You may be right, but 1) if feels like cheating and 2) I specifically asked the event organizer, and he said: "you should really just be bringing your ideas and not a product-in-development." So that's why I'm holding off. I mean, on the one hand, I'd happily commit to the idea, whether StartupWeekend was on or not, but since I'm going, and my team agrees that it's a great idea, I really want to see how far we can get in the time allotted.
  - jrussbowman 16y ago
    Gotcha.. either way be prepared for a fun high stress no sleep weekend. It's great. One other hint I can give you, bring something you can tether to for internet. Not sure if it was just the location where it was held here, but I ended up tethering my phone to get to the internet because the attendees pretty much swamped the wireless network where we were at. Oh and if Stephen Douglas is at your startup weekend, ask him to do a one handed keg stand.

by bmelton 16y ago

My next idea is one I'm going to work on for StartupWeekend. It's killing me NOT working on it, but I don't want to 'cheat' by showing up with a previously-worked-on product.

stevenj 16y ago

Why don't you work on it now and work on something else at startup weekend? I ask because I think you should take advantage of your eagerness.

bmelton 16y ago
It's what we (myself and a few friends) decided we'd do for SW, basically. That isn't necessarily the best reason, but we're all on the same page with it, and think that it's the best app to pitch / demo for that particular occasion.

jrussbowman 16y ago

Work on it. It's not cheating. There's a good chance that you'll walk in with the idea of working on it and end up working on something completely different. When I did the DC Startup Weekend I walked in with a product and then ended up getting an idea from a comment someone made, went up, pitched it and ended up with a team to work on that. In the end we didn't win, primarily because we were told to keep the pitch down and then the didn't do questions and only comments. Most of the comments were about things that we did have answers for but didn't have time to mention in our pitch so... There's a lesson in there too :) But if you have idea, work on it. In the end I'm back to working on the product I was working on before the event anyway.

bmelton 16y ago
You may be right, but 1) if feels like cheating and 2) I specifically asked the event organizer, and he said: "you should really just be bringing your ideas and not a product-in-development." So that's why I'm holding off. I mean, on the one hand, I'd happily commit to the idea, whether StartupWeekend was on or not, but since I'm going, and my team agrees that it's a great idea, I really want to see how far we can get in the time allotted.
- jrussbowman 16y ago
  Gotcha.. either way be prepared for a fun high stress no sleep weekend. It's great. One other hint I can give you, bring something you can tether to for internet. Not sure if it was just the location where it was held here, but I ended up tethering my phone to get to the internet because the attendees pretty much swamped the wireless network where we were at. Oh and if Stephen Douglas is at your startup weekend, ask him to do a one handed keg stand.