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Los Angeles, CA - Startup in 3 days

3 points by iamyoohoo 19y ago

Join a group to launch a startup from concept to prototype launch in 3 days in Los Angeles. See http://startup.eventbrite.com http://startup.eventbrite.com for more details.

iamyoohoo 19y ago
Join a group of startup fanatics in Los Angeles to launch a startup from concept to prototype in 3 days. See http://startup.eventbrite.com http://startup.eventbrite.com for more details.
pg 19y ago
Is this startupweekend or another thing?
- iamyoohoo 19y ago
  The concept is very similar even though we're not affiliated (yet!).
portLAN 19y ago
> b) Do not copy something that has been done before. Can't wait! Do you think 9 roles is a bit top-heavy to start with?
- iamyoohoo 19y ago
  Not sure what you meant by something that has been done before - do you mean this has been done before in Los Angeles? Could you point me to who organized it and where? Thanks. PS: I know about the startup weekend in Boulder if that's what you were referring to.
  - portLAN 19y ago
    I'm quoting your page. Can't wait to see the idea(s) you come up with that haven't been done before.
    - iamyoohoo 19y ago
      :) Great if we do. I just don't want people to limit their thinking to adaptations of popular services that already exist.
inklesspen 19y ago
Why decide on PHP/MySQL up front? Sure, they're popular, but that doesn't mean they're good.
- portLAN 19y ago
  That reminds me of the Boulder startup weekend where they chose Java and didn't get anywhere.
  - iamyoohoo 19y ago
    Yep - learning from there. Not just that, I want to set expectations right from the beginning. I'm not against Java, but generally with such a short timeframe i dont want to have .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby etc. developers all together and have them figure out which to pick. This will not work best for the startup as every developer will have their preferences and rightly so. This is something that needs to be right now and the right expectations need to be set and also so we have the right talent from the outset, no time to learn language intricacies here and no matter how good of a developer you are, you cannot be at full potential with a language you are using for the first time within 3 days.
    - portLAN 19y ago
      At a guess I would say most good developers will no longer willingly program in PHP, so you're likely selecting for the shallow end of the talent pool, more or less. Compound that with PHP essentially making it a sack-race next to other languages' ability to get out and run, and it's happy hour at Les Mediocres.
      - iamyoohoo 19y ago
        >> "At a guess I would say most good developers will no longer willingly program in PHP" -- Please explain? Personally, I don't have a big problem with it. Every language has its pluses and minuses. However, what language do you think most developers are interested in ? Also remember that this is not silicon valley. Also, if you have better ideas, I'm open to it. We need to pick a platform for sure and not to it like Boulder and get everyone there and disappoint some people and ask them to code in something they have never used before.

3 points by iamyoohoo 19y ago

Join a group to launch a startup from concept to prototype launch in 3 days in Los Angeles. See http://startup.eventbrite.com http://startup.eventbrite.com for more details.

iamyoohoo 19y ago

Join a group of startup fanatics in Los Angeles to launch a startup from concept to prototype in 3 days. See http://startup.eventbrite.com http://startup.eventbrite.com for more details.

pg 19y ago

Is this startupweekend or another thing?

iamyoohoo 19y ago
The concept is very similar even though we're not affiliated (yet!).

portLAN 19y ago

> b) Do not copy something that has been done before. Can't wait! Do you think 9 roles is a bit top-heavy to start with?

iamyoohoo 19y ago
Not sure what you meant by something that has been done before - do you mean this has been done before in Los Angeles? Could you point me to who organized it and where? Thanks. PS: I know about the startup weekend in Boulder if that's what you were referring to.
- portLAN 19y ago
  I'm quoting your page. Can't wait to see the idea(s) you come up with that haven't been done before.
  - iamyoohoo 19y ago
    :) Great if we do. I just don't want people to limit their thinking to adaptations of popular services that already exist.

inklesspen 19y ago

Why decide on PHP/MySQL up front? Sure, they're popular, but that doesn't mean they're good.

portLAN 19y ago
That reminds me of the Boulder startup weekend where they chose Java and didn't get anywhere.
- iamyoohoo 19y ago
  Yep - learning from there. Not just that, I want to set expectations right from the beginning. I'm not against Java, but generally with such a short timeframe i dont want to have .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby etc. developers all together and have them figure out which to pick. This will not work best for the startup as every developer will have their preferences and rightly so. This is something that needs to be right now and the right expectations need to be set and also so we have the right talent from the outset, no time to learn language intricacies here and no matter how good of a developer you are, you cannot be at full potential with a language you are using for the first time within 3 days.
  - portLAN 19y ago
    At a guess I would say most good developers will no longer willingly program in PHP, so you're likely selecting for the shallow end of the talent pool, more or less. Compound that with PHP essentially making it a sack-race next to other languages' ability to get out and run, and it's happy hour at Les Mediocres.
    - iamyoohoo 19y ago
      >> "At a guess I would say most good developers will no longer willingly program in PHP" -- Please explain? Personally, I don't have a big problem with it. Every language has its pluses and minuses. However, what language do you think most developers are interested in ? Also remember that this is not silicon valley. Also, if you have better ideas, I'm open to it. We need to pick a platform for sure and not to it like Boulder and get everyone there and disappoint some people and ask them to code in something they have never used before.