Over the weekend I got to participate in Houston Startup Weekend. We tried to build an entire web company in one weekend. About 40 or so people participated in the event. We weren't able to make the Sunday deadline, but it was fun trying. If Startup Weekend comes to your city, I highly recommend the event. This morning I posted an article about the lessons I learned from it. You can find it here: http://www.robertgremillion.com/2007/10/03/10-lessons-learned-from-houston-startup-weekend/ I hope it is helpful.
When Startup Weekend was in NYC, I didn't know about it I have recently found about Startup Weekend, and I think it's the coolest idea. Great opportunity for entrepreneurs to be in a real life case study. I have written a post about Startup Weekend and I hope they'll get bloggers' attention more.
That's an interesting concept. How did they assign tasks & responsibilities? I'm assuming it's by skill. David
When you register for the weekend (free to register), you choose a job from available options (graphics design, programmer, etc.) I believe most of these companies will NOT survive for a long time but it's a great concept for a real life case study and networking.