Startup Weekend’s Most Recent Startup: Skribit

When are they coming to New York.

http://www.meetingflex.com
Blazing fast video search ………………….:-)

they were already there.

when are they coming to my town of Los Angeles.

Would the comments by public or private? If they are public, then how would that be different than most traditional blogs? If they are private, wouldn’t that be the same as putting the moderation feature on?

it’s not a commenting system…stay tuned

Actually we are still here and will be for another few. I describe it in more depth in my post: http://paulstamatiou.com/2007/.....d-my-idea/

I’m one of the developers at the Atlanta Startup Weekend. It hasn’t ended yet. It ends at midnight EST tonight. We’re planning on a functional beta launch at midnight.

That means a widget that can be imbedded in blogs that works, as well as a “portal” home website that works. NOT just an email collection form. Stay tuned…

this article is hype city.

“meetingflex.com … Blazing fast video search ………………….:-)”

Your page took over 35 seconds to load. Not exactly “blazing fast” …………………..

THERE ARE NO PROMISES.

We’ll have this done when it’s done. It won’t be tonight or next weekend. We will be “startup weekending” again in the next few weeks to make More Decisions.

Thanks for your interest! Back to the frog pond, you’ll be able to join us here soon…

Thanks for covering the weekend. Atlanta is the 10th Startup Weekend event that has taken place around the world. The next four cities are San Francisco (next weekend, you can sign up here: http://sf.startupweekend.com/), London, Dublin and Los Angeles.

The weekend is about building community, that is the first and biggest goal (and always will be). The connections made during the weekends are where you will really see the value of Startup Weekend. Partnerships and relationships forged out of these weekends will lead to greater business development in the future.

You can follow all the happenings of Startup Weekend, including the future locations and dates at startupweekend.com. Thanks again!

Last week we had startupweekend chapel hill and launched a startup/site called workperch, the weekend does bring together the community but as the startupweekend idea grows there will be a company launched one day, it looks like Atlanta may be the weekend.

Also we’re still working on workperch, so we’ll have a full launch soon, follow us on twitter “workperch” and via blog blog.workperch.com.

Congrats Andrew and Startupweekend Atlanta

Andrew is exactly on target, this weekend has been a blast, a lot of work, and was great opportunity to meet a boatload of smart, interesting people. Not to mention hearing a live performance by Samantha Murphy (great chops, btw). And we aren’t done yet! Hang on…

I’ve been to a couple of the startup weekends and the biggest thing for me was the community and meeting great people. Andrew is a great leader and always has been since I’ve known him (8 years or so). I think it’s a great thing that he is doing here and I think it’s a great community catalyst.

On another note, Mike, I think you are mistaken in that you think none of the weekends will ever become anything. I’m one of the 5 people working on VoSnap (our Boulder SW concept) and I’m happy to say we are currently white labeling the application for a large firm out here in Colorado. I think with the right mix of people and desire to continue with the product, success could be had.

Glad this is on your radar, Mike. We (Viget) hosted the DC startup weekend a few weeks ago. 70+ people, 54 hours, some good ideas (and some less-good), lots of debate then lots of collaboration, good wii matches, pizza + beer, and what launched at midnight Sunday (holaneighbor.com) was insignificant compared to the experience of the weekend.

It’s about getting a community together — more barcamp than anything — with everyone focused on a central goal of launching a business. Regardless of how realistic it is to launch a “real” business in a weekend, participating was completely worthwhile. We learned some things, made some great contacts, and a lot of fun doing it.

If it is possible, one of these days you should give some coverage to Amit Guptas “Jelly”.

http://www.meetingflex.com
Blazing Fast Video Search………………………………………….:-) ———–:)

I’ve seen Andrew in action twice as a Startup Weekend co-founder in Boston and Boulder. It’s amazing the number of cities he’s been able to hit in 4 months. The weekends are a great time and the connections made are deep and lasting. A company that launches and flies is a bonus. I have no doubt a few will do just that.

Lastly a correction, Startup Weekend Boulder wasn’t a TechStars (not TechStarts) event, nor were any of the others, though quite a few of the TechStars have been among the founders.

I’ve been lucky to be part of a few successful startups, and the energy and enthusiasm generated from this weekend are comparable to the environments at those places. It’s electric over here, even after three non-stop days, and it’s hard to imagine more talented and dedicated people. Many thanks to everyone, especially to the dozens of people still here and to Andrew Hyde for putting Startup Weekend together!

As one of the founders at the first Startup Weekend in Boulder, I can attest to the positive community building experience and general excitement that comes with a weekend. I have subsequently participated in SW Toronto, and watched from afar as Boston, DC, NY, Houston, Chapel Hill, Atlanta, and the many others were held. Each weekend and each company created is different. Some seem to have promise, some don’t. At the end though, the sense of accomplishment and connection to one’s co-founders is huge.

Startup Weekend is about execution. Working with new people, doing things you may not have tried yet, and leaving your comfort zone. At the end of the intense weekend, you will have formed connections to others that no simple networking event can match. You know who the amazing folks are, who you’d work with, and even those that you’d probably want to avoid. Should the development effort continue past the weekend and the company see an exit some day, that would just be the icing on the cake.

Boston co-Founder here. Good writeup — any pooing on the actual companies and ideas TOTALLY misses the point. Startup Weekend is about excitement, connection, community. I’d call it a 54 hour MBA program, complete with a great alumni network.

As for the Boston company, DeskHappy, it actually does have a good shot, and our weekend’s community is following through. I am surprised about that. It’s easy to be gung ho in each others’ presence, but the follow-up that I’ve seen underscores that real connections were made over that weekend.

Also worth noting, Andrew Hyde is DEFINITELY one to watch.

I participated in DC StartupWeekend where we created http://www.holaneighbor.com.

Regardless of whether or not any of these startups reach a liquidity event, Mr. Hyde is creating a massive amount of value every weekend by connecting passionate individuals - and helping them work towards a common cause. Thanks for covering this Michael.

Good luck to the rest of you startupweekenders. You’ll need it (and a lot of caffeine)!

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More from their press release:
http://skribit.s3.amazonaws.co.....11-11.html

Anyway, nothing promising has came out of StartUpWeekEnd. And the equity shares are not always equal, different groups have adopted different contribution schemes, not the bulk of the equity will be dished out to a “so-called” management team who are in charged of moving the company post event.

@21 - Totally agree.

Pone!

I’ve participated in 2 startup weekends as well, and love the energy the event creates. If you’ve got the guts, and feel like busting your ass to put something out in less than 60 hours, this is the challenge for you.

Helping co-found Skribit (with 45+ others) has been an unbelievable experience, and I’m proud we have been able to launch the site.

Kudo’s to all fellow SW’ers

Skribit is live now!!

As Andrew himself said, it’s primarily about shaking up the community. When I participated in SW Chapel Hill, I met a bunch of new people and I’ll be working with them again in the future.

I totally agree that a “real” company cannot be built in a weekend. But I think Andrew is proving that the first year of a startup can be boiled down to a weekend.

Some of the ideas are better than others, and some are more fundable. But then that’s true of startups as a whole.

I gained a great deal out of participating, and most of the others that were there would agree.

I am just coming off the adrenaline buzz that was Startup Weekend Atlanta. There was little doubt that this group would be able to form and execute to produce our company and product Skribit.

This format should be a required agency or corporate exercise to get focused, have fun and challenge your talented staff to this sort of boot camp. Andrew offered excellent leadership and facilitation to keep the momentum and positive vibe.

Congratulations to the Skribit co-founders and to all of the past Startup Weekend crew. I am looking forward to supporting our efforts and tracking future success.

I am a founder of DeskHappy.com which was launched at the Boston event. Watching Andrew and his team co-ordinate this whirlwind of an event is a treat. Its amazing when you disappear in a room for a couple hours working on something, walk out of the room and see that theres lunch waiting for you at the table. Not to mention the relaxing stretching exercises after each status update. Really created an atmosphere for wanting to create something, build something. It was very inspiring and motivating. Besides creating the right motivational and collaborative environment, I think the other important thing about this format is it forces you to work towards a goal frantically as a team. So if there are any inefficiencies as a team they get worked out of the system very very fast. I have been in other startup mode companies and the sad thing they remain in startup mode for 3 4 5 years because they never really learn to move fast. I think there should be a rule, if you are more than a year old, you shouldnt be called a startup. If you ask Andrew, if you’re over a weekend old, you’re old news! Truly inspiring. Great Job Andrew, a long tail of micro-ventures for a long tail of applications and services…For those who dont know what it means search “Long Tail” on Amazon. Andrew totally gets it and Startup Weekend does too.

Doing this was a lot of fun.

Love Andrew… very smart kid. Been privileged to have seen this whole process progress and I’m continuously impressed by the positive (not cashflow) outcomes at each event.

If you were laying bets as to what a startup designed by comittee would look like, “a social software widget that allows bloggers to take suggestions directly from their readers” would be the odds-on favourite. So now collaboration-obsessed startups are collaborating to form a startup based on collaboration. Web 2.0 has finally disappeared up its own tailpipe.

Why the pessimism about it getting funding? Is it not going to make any money? When did that ever bother Web 2.0 investors?

Its funny how so many people miss the point.

StartupWeekend is about learning, community, and FUN, its more of a social experiment then anything else. As a founder at Atlanta Startupweekend I was blown away by the talent here in Atlanta and the skilled startup community, virtually everyone there had their own startup projects of sorts they were working on before showing up. But they took time away to meet other local entrepreneurs, have some discussions, and build some code along the way.

Working together with a team of guys who you’ve never met before, all with different programming backgrounds and different language preferences we really pulled off building Skribit in under 30 hours of development time. Not a line of code was written Friday, just planning and idea discussion. We didn’t even have a final idea of what we were going to build until 11PM! Then Saturday 9 to 11 work was started on the framework and then we had Sunday 9 to 12 to go into live beta … that was it.

All that said I’d love to attend every Startupweekend if I had the time… even if I never received a penny for my efforts. That’s the whole point. Community, Fun, and Learning.

it’s been incorrectly stated a few times that Startup Weekend somehow arose out of TechStars. This isn’t the case.

Detailed post below if you’re interested.

http://techstarsblog.com/2007/.....p-weekend/

From a journalist’s point of view, I think this kind of collaboration and innovation is what I’m looking forward to replicating in journalism circles as a way to create more business models and for training. I’ve learned so much in the way people can work together as a team and it gives me hope for people’s larger interests in building community.

Wonder how many citiies have this event?