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This seems like a very low ceiling ($$$) business, which I always find "meh" at Startup Weekend. At Startup Weekend Missoula, a lady was selling compost bins wi
by dangayle 13y ago
This seems like a very low ceiling ($$$) business, which I always find "meh" at Startup Weekend. At Startup Weekend Missoula, a lady was selling compost bins with worms. Another team worked the whole time on a project that would at best make $70,000 a year. Both of those are great individual businesses, as is selling beef jerky, but they're not the next Facebook.
- untog 13y agoBoth of those are great individual businesses, as is selling beef jerky, but they're not the next Facebook. Who's to say that Startup Weekend is only for the "next Facebook"?
- dangayle 13y agoIt should at the minimum strive to create a business that could potentially support the team working on it? $1000 profit from 8~ people working 2.5 days isn't scalable to even the size of their team, let alone anything bigger.
- clogish 13y agoThis comment leads me to conclude that you don't actually understand what Startup Weekend is about.
- dangayle 13y agoFrom (http://startupweekend.org/about/ http://startupweekend.org/about/): "Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable." I'm not denying that it was a great exercise, but not a great exercise in building a business. It's not a hackathon, you're supposed to be learning how to build the framework for a sustainable business.