Startup Weekend Atlanta

…or something like that. I just arrived here from the Washington, DC area — long travel story that you don’t really care about….and instead of joining a group, I’m going to jump in and blog, since there’s not a lot of liveblogging going on. There’s a meeting at 4:00 PM, so I’ll figure [...]

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Atlanta Startup Weekend kicked off at 6:00 pm with 60 eager participants.
The big challenge of the night is taking well over 20 ideas and narrowing it down to the one.  Three hours in we are down to five.
Not sure if the beer is helping or hurting  the effort.

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Schedule
The event starts Friday night at 6pm and ends around 11pm.
Saturday is 9am -11pm
Sunday is 9am- 11pm
You may come and go as you wish. We won’t chain you down unless you like that.
Food & Drink
Dinner is being provided on Friday night.
Breakfast and lunch are being provided Saturday and Sunday.
Beverages are being provided throughout [...]

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The entire post that follows is by David Cohen of Colorado Startups. I thought it would be of interest to all in Atlanta.
Startup Weekend is not about the end result, although that can be quite interesting. It’s about the journey, the friends you meet along the way, and the direct and meaningful experience that [...]

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I am ripping this from Stammy who is very jacked up about Startup Weekend Atlanta did an excellent post on the subject and more.
Startup Weekends begin on a Friday evening and the project is completed by Sunday night - about 56 hours. Before the event people coordinate via an online wiki to throw out some [...]

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Who will own it?
Everybody who participates will get founders stock, and as it is set up, everyone that shows up and participates gets an equal share.
How do you make decisions?
Vote. Majority wins (we only have the weekend).
Who is behind it?
Startup Weekend was conceived by Andrew Hyde of Boulder. Lance Weatherby [...]

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When Adrew asked for a photo for the Atlanta Startup Weekend the first thing I did was go to Flickr. It did not take me long to find a beautiful shot of the Atlanta skyline at night by Coka Koehler. He does some amazing work. In short order he graciously agreed to [...]

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