This past weekend, I participated in Bloomington Startup Weekend. And, while I’m not yet allowed to talk specifics about the resulting company/product we created that weekend, I can share what an amazing experience it was. 100 technologists from around the area gathered together to bring their experience, expertise, and talent to produce a company and community in one weekend. Developers, Marketers, Business Developers, Project Managers, Designers, Lawyers, and more spent 52-some hours at City Hall in Bloomington, Indiana working towards the same goal.
It was a truly unique experience that I would highly recommend to anyone with even the slightest interest. It really does give you an idea of what it’s like inside a startup company, only much condensed. There are highs, lows, excitement, tension… it’s a lot of fun. I’ve been describing it as the only time I’ve enjoyed being annoyed. You kinda have to experience it to know what I mean. Hopefully, I should be able to give out the details of the product and company we’ve created in the coming weeks.
With that said, I highly encourage anyone in the Indianapolis region to head over to IndyStartup.com to proclaim your interest in having a Startup Weekend in Indianapolis. That site will also direct you to the Startup Weekend City Vote project where you can vote for Indianapolis to be one of the next locations (very important).
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- August 26th
- 12:51 pm New blog entry 'I Should Be Depressed' - http://tinyurl.com/6xeyj6 (via Twitter)
- 9:56 am @bradjward So is yelling "hey you!" if they look = consent ;p (via Twitter)
- 8:48 am @smyle4_me NOOOOOOOOOOO!! (via Twitter)
- 3:45 am I Should Be Depressed (via Blog)
- August 25th
- 10:24 pm
- 2:15 pm Just registered for Connections '08: ExactTarget User Conference! :D (via Twitter)
- August 24th
- 7:46 am @joshgillespie I could probably do it (though, no one can ever really replace @hoosierplew). Let me check and see what my plans are Sat. (via Twitter)
- August 23rd
- 9:52 pm @apsonsi Oops! Really sorry! A little preoccupied today. Yes, will def add you to the list. We're probably going to need help next year! (via Twitter)
- 10:03 am @apsonsi Autograph blog? interesting. like to hear more. As for Blog Indiana, you're a week late :( But, we'll def need volunteers for 2009! (via Twitter)
- August 22nd
- 7:33 pm
- 7:12 pm Wow, that bumper sticker story is really fueling Obama Bayh speculation... suddenly 288 active visitors on ObamaBayh.com right now. (via Twitter)
- 7:07 pm @kyleplacy @edeckers @ScottWilder ObamaBayh.com is mine ;) The CNN story was about all the domains people have for the VP prospects. (via Twitter)
- 6:56 pm sweet! my name just mentioned on cnn! autograph $10! (via Twitter)
- 5:48 pm Being stalked by Abbi Tatton ;) (via Twitter)
- 2:01 pm
- 10:55 am @hoosierplew No go, I think @mooshinindy only responds to piratespeak now. (via Twitter)
- 10:34 am Fav quote from BlogIndiana was from @hoosierplew to @mooshinindy when leaving the networking event: 'I'm going to follow you...' (creepy!) (via Twitter)
- 10:23 am @smyle4_me lol... you are an official twitter user once you see the fail whale! (via Twitter)
- 9:43 am @kaj Sure! What kind of job are you looking for? (via Twitter)
- 9:36 am I'm now 2 for 2 this year on helping friends find jobs! Too bad it doesn't pay anything :) (via Twitter)
- August 21st
- 7:22 pm bah.. hate that Twhirl uses IE's internet connection (via Twitter)
- 7:18 pm @ First Blog Indiana "OMG WE HAD A CONFERENCE" meeting (via Twitter)
- 7:18 pm @pastaqueen Ice cream in the mail? fail. (via Twitter)
- 4:24 pm @nickilaycoax I tweet because I can't hear any of you from where you're sitting... (via Twitter)
- 3:49 pm drobo is happy. (via Twitter)
- 9:14 am Anyone know of local facilities that rent use of their computer labs for training purposes? (via Twitter)
- August 20th
- 11:02 pm oh hai HD raining olympics channel... (via Twitter)
- 7:16 pm quick stop @ the bean cup on SS (via Twitter)
- 7:04 pm @bnpositive that's because they went to GenCon instead! (j/k) (via Twitter)
- 4:19 pm @IndianaJeff @hoosierplew http://is.gd/1Mlk (via Twitter)
- 12:03 pm New blog entry 'Blog Indiana 2008 Wrap-up' - http://tinyurl.com/5ghqwm (via Twitter)
- 12:03 pm Blog Indiana 2008 Wrap-up (via Blog)
- 10:00 am A sign you may drink too much coffee... you use a small amount of today's coffee to wash out your mug. (via Twitter)
- August 19th
- 9:54 pm Conference Wiki is Live (via Blog)
- 8:14 am I see the oddest things on 465 every morning. today? a large picnic table on the shoulder that was clearly run into at high speed. (via Twitter)
- August 18th
- 1:02 am BlogIndiana 2008 in the books, time to talk BlogIndiana 2009 (via Blog)
- August 17th
- 11:13 pm
- 6:34 pm Indiana (and regional) bloggers rock! thanks everyone for a great conference! i loved meeting so many of you! (via Twitter)
- 2:08 pm @blogindiana has lots of sandwiches left... eat up! (via Twitter)
- 2:07 pm @blogindiana the FailWhale says: ya bloggers behave! Arrrrrrrrghh (splash) (via Twitter)
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