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I haven't participated in a startup weekend but from following what has come out of our local one "AirBnB for x" does seem the be the most popular starting poin
by robryan 13y ago
I haven't participated in a startup weekend but from following what has come out of our local one "AirBnB for x" does seem the be the most popular starting point.
I would agree with the author that the idea is unlikely to hit on something that will actually work, given the way it goes against economies of scale for what essentially be a commodity service.
At the same time though, I think it is good that people are exploring these ideas. Sure after a month or 2 (or even just the weekend) they might realise that the idea isn't going to fly. In doing that though they may have learned something and stumbled on an even better related opportunity.
- joeemison 13y agoI tried to make it clear in the piece that I think Startup Weekends are a really good and useful event. I think that everyone who participates in one, no matter what experience they have had to date, will learn something from one. I definitely did. My complaint is more that our "startup society" pushes us far more toward the Startup Weekends of the world, and away from "boring" jobs at large organizations--and that's really silly, since (as I argue) a great case can be made that the most viable, most fund-able startup ideas will come from working at large organizations (mo' money, mo' problems, mo' moving-the-needle-a-little-means-big-returns).