Comments on: StartupWeekend http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/ Because Who Wants to Fail in Obscurity? Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Houston’s very own Erica O’Grady inspires Denver’s Startup Weekend at Startup Houston http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/#comment-5494 Houston’s very own Erica O’Grady inspires Denver’s Startup Weekend at Startup Houston Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:33:40 +0000 http://reinventingerica.com/startupweekend/startupweekend#comment-5494 [...] According to her blog site, Erica helped to inspire the concept and you can see her listed as one of the founders on the StartupWeekend web site. The final outcome of the exercise was that the group came really close to realizing their goal and I think that anyone who is considering a startup would do well to checkout their blog and comments and understand more about all of the lessons learned. In the meantime, we are anxiously awaiting the launch of their product VoSnap.com and what future adventures Erica will lead us on in the world of Web 2.0. [...] [...] According to her blog site, Erica helped to inspire the concept and you can see her listed as one of the founders on the StartupWeekend web site. The final outcome of the exercise was that the group came really close to realizing their goal and I think that anyone who is considering a startup would do well to checkout their blog and comments and understand more about all of the lessons learned. In the meantime, we are anxiously awaiting the launch of their product VoSnap.com and what future adventures Erica will lead us on in the world of Web 2.0. [...]

]]> By: Houston’s very own Erica O’Grady inspires Denver’s Startup Weekend at Startup Houston http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/#comment-3826 Houston’s very own Erica O’Grady inspires Denver’s Startup Weekend at Startup Houston Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:37:11 +0000 http://reinventingerica.com/startupweekend/startupweekend#comment-3826 [...] It was also with great interest that I followed one of the latest projects that she has been involved in, called StartupWeekend, which was the reason why I decided to write this post in the first place.  StartupWeekend was an effort by approx. 70 people passionate about technology, including developers and veterans from other startups in the Denver area to completely create a Web 2.0 company in one weekend from scratch, including everything from working product, to legal, marketing, and everything else.  According to her blog site, Erica helped to inspire the concept and you can see her listed as one of the founders on the StartupWeekend web site.  The final outcome of the exercise was that the group came really close to realizing their goal and I think that anyone who is considering a startup would do well to checkout their blog and comments and understand more about all of the lessons learned.  In the meantime, we are anxiously awaiting the launch of their product VoSnap.com and what future adventures Erica will lead us on in the world of Web 2.0. [...] [...] It was also with great interest that I followed one of the latest projects that she has been involved in, called StartupWeekend, which was the reason why I decided to write this post in the first place.  StartupWeekend was an effort by approx. 70 people passionate about technology, including developers and veterans from other startups in the Denver area to completely create a Web 2.0 company in one weekend from scratch, including everything from working product, to legal, marketing, and everything else.  According to her blog site, Erica helped to inspire the concept and you can see her listed as one of the founders on the StartupWeekend web site.  The final outcome of the exercise was that the group came really close to realizing their goal and I think that anyone who is considering a startup would do well to checkout their blog and comments and understand more about all of the lessons learned.  In the meantime, we are anxiously awaiting the launch of their product VoSnap.com and what future adventures Erica will lead us on in the world of Web 2.0. [...]

]]> By: Imelda http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/#comment-3804 Imelda Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:35:36 +0000 http://reinventingerica.com/startupweekend/startupweekend#comment-3804 Hi Erica What a great idea! I had such fun watching the development over the weekend but was sad the product didn't launch in time. I would love to see something like this develop in Houston. Hi Erica

What a great idea! I had such fun watching the development over the weekend but was sad the product didn’t launch in time. I would love to see something like this develop in Houston.

]]> By: Brian Breslin http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/#comment-3721 Brian Breslin Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:05:36 +0000 http://reinventingerica.com/startupweekend/startupweekend#comment-3721 hey erica, that sounds awesome! I love ideas like this. can't wait to see the final product hey erica, that sounds awesome! I love ideas like this. can’t wait to see the final product

]]> By: Ludwig Wendzich http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/#comment-3717 Ludwig Wendzich Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:51:43 +0000 http://reinventingerica.com/startupweekend/startupweekend#comment-3717 Hey Erica, awesome job there :) I can't believe the TechCrunch community, instead of encouraging you guys they are giving reasons why this won't work or why it's not siginificant, looks like its digg 2.0 Hey Erica, awesome job there :) I can’t believe the TechCrunch community, instead of encouraging you guys they are giving reasons why this won’t work or why it’s not siginificant, looks like its digg 2.0

]]> By: Kimberly Blessing http://reinventingerica.com/2007/07/08/startupweekend/#comment-3692 Kimberly Blessing Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:36:44 +0000 http://reinventingerica.com/startupweekend/startupweekend#comment-3692 Erica, it's no surprise to me that you would've helped inspire something like this. You ROCK! Keep up all of the incredible work that you do. Erica, it’s no surprise to me that you would’ve helped inspire something like this. You ROCK! Keep up all of the incredible work that you do.

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