{"id":2863,"date":"2011-06-09T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2011-06-09T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T16:59:30","slug":"weekend-projects-my-seattle-startup-weekend-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2011\/06\/09\/weekend-projects-my-seattle-startup-weekend-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Projects: my Seattle Startup Weekend pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"startup<\/a>Seattle Startup Weekend starts tomorrow, and right now I really wish I had a good checklist for what I should be doing to prepare and what I should bring<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Power supplies<\/a>, internet connectivity in case wireless goes down, post-it notes, my GitHub and WuFoo passwords<\/a>, juice … what am I forgetting?<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, that’s right, my pitch!<\/p>\n

Startup Weekend starts with participants doing 60-second pitches.\u00c2\u00a0 After all the pitches, people vote with their feet and decide which projects they want to work on.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 spontaneously.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s the draft, clocking in at around 50 seconds.<\/p>\n

Wow, so many great pitches.\u00c2\u00a0 As your teams start to come together, what are the first things you’ll do?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 How will you take things forward if you don’t attract any developers?<\/p>\n

Imagine an app that’s the perfect assistant for your Startup Weekend project.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s got answers and resources for common questions like these — and ways to get help if you get stuck.\u00c2\u00a0 Who’s interested in beta-testing?<\/p>\n

Cool.\u00c2\u00a0 You’re our initial target market!<\/p>\n

Now picture a family of apps for at all kinds of Weekend Projects, anything from putting in cabinets to making a movie.\u00c2\u00a0 Revenue comes from app sales — and advertising from companies providing products and services related to the project.<\/p>\n

To make it happen, we’ll need a designer, HTML and Javascript devs, biz dev, marketing, and folks with research and writing skills.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m Jon Pincus, and my day job’s founder and CTO at q<\/span>w<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>i<\/span>e<\/span>s<\/span>.\u00c2\u00a0 Please join us for a fun and exciting weekend project!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you’ve got any feedback on the idea or pitch,\u00c2\u00a0 please leave them in the comments, or tweet them to me.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And<\/p>\n

I’ll spend some time polishing my pitch today, and then perhaps try it out in the networking at Speak Out and Geek Out<\/a> tonight — a good time to start building up a posse!\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow, as well as double-checking my post-it notes and making sure I’m well-stocked with fruit.\u00c2\u00a0 It should be a great weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n

And if you’re going to be at Seattle Startup Weekend, and are interested in working together, please let me know!<\/p>\n

jon<\/p>\n

PS: Thanks to Deborah, Tristan, and Kalimah for feedback on earlier versions of the pitch.\u00c2\u00a0 And speaking of Kalimah, check out his excellent How to Fail: Validated Lessons from Startup Weekend SFEDU<\/a> on Hackademia<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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