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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. Wh
by 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 agoYou 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 agoGotcha.. 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.