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On June 20-22, in Ann Arbor, MI, StartupWeekend.com will host a gathering of entrepreneurs, techies, project managers, business managers, cooks (gotta eat!), and all manner of people to come together and try to build a commercially viable business around an idea - in 54 hours.

The format:

06/20 - Participants pitch ideas and vote for which ones to pursue; teams created
06/21 - Design, code, code, code
06/22 - Code, code code; at midnight, release prototype

Beyond creating a business, the real purpose of the event is to get passionate and skilled people together to have fun and network.

I would love to meet anyone from the StartupNation.com community who lives in the area (or who makes the commute from afar) and would be interested in this kind of thing! Anyone (literally, anyone) can come and participate in any capacity they would like.

I will be there as a backend developer/architect, my wife will be there as a project manager, and some of my coworkers will be there in some development capacity.

Prior events (in six different states) have apparently been very successful and garnered bona fide media attention.

There is a nominal registration fee that I think simply covers rental of the space (Libery Square, downtown Ann Arbor) and some food.

Sign up at:

http://annarbor.startupweekend.com

You can find more general information about the events at:

http://www.startupweekend.com

It will be an amazing experience. I hope to see you there!

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|Ted Pin
|www.intermz.com - Learn everything you want, fast.
|www.intermz.com/blog

I attended Startup Weekend in Boulder (where it originated) a few months back.  It was a blast!  You`ll have a fun time.

Great to hear that. We can`t wait!


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|Ted Pin
|www.intermz.com - Learn everything you want, fast.
|www.intermz.com/blog

I think it might be in Detroit? They just finished one in Columbus, OH.

Startup Weekend was an amazing time for us. Intermz went from a one-person dream to an eight-person mission because of Startup Weekend.

I`ve started a blog series called "Being a founder" about trying to take concept to market, from a founder`s perspective. My latest entry is about how entrepreneurship events like Startup Weekend can be the difference between whether an idea makes it or not.

http://www.intermz.com/blog/2008/07/27/being-a-founder-4-go-to-entrepreneurship-events-like-startup-weekend/

Hope it gives you some insight into the event`s value!

Good luck!



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|Ted Pin
|www.intermz.com - Learn everything you want, fast.
|www.intermz.com/blog