Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

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From Pitch to Reality, idea to revenue in a weekend

At the opening pitches at Startup Weekend Bellingham, we had 52 people, with 17 idea presentations. As we wind down the weekend, 5 of those groups are still sprinting towards the end. In an hour, we will be hearing the final pitches outlining the progress over the weekend. Out of the 5 remaining teams, we have 3 which have found some road to a small amount of revenue.

Here is a list of the pitches from friday night:

1. Ergonomic interface    –> https://sites.google.com/site/thenawkkit/home
2. Ping Snowball
3. Random Stranger Gifts
4. Expenditures (BEO)
5. To Do List                 –> http://www.assignmytasks.com
6. Trip Planning
7. Teammates.com (interactive video)
8. SeaSight
9. Wonderful Points             –> http://www.wonderfulpoints.com
10. Marine Electronics
11. Augmented Reality
12. Information Spiderweb
13. Ordering Product BtoBDash   –> http://www.b2bdash.com
14. Sas – project management
15.  WeTarrot -
16. Amazon Pimps       –> http://www.bookpromoterpro.com

17. The F App

Of these, we had seven teams try to form, two of which did not finish the weekend. The remaining 5 all have project prototypes. One of them includes hardware.

Ergonomic interface    –> https://sites.google.com/site/thenawkkit/home

The NAFK-Kit gives you the software and know how to build NAFK-Gadgets. THe NAFK-Gadgets you build will let you recive text messages via bluetooth.  Even when you can’t reach your phone!

5. To Do List                 –> http://www.assignmytasks.com

The best way to manage tasks for your group!

  • Are project software applications too big for you?
  • Are personal to-do-lists to small?
  • Well, Assign My Tasks is JUST RIGHT.

9. Wonderful Points             –> http://www.wonderfulpoints.com

Wonderful Points celebrates “Wonderfulness” happening all around us.We provide a fun medium for letting the world know about the wonderful things people, business, and organizations are doing.

13. Ordering Product BtoBDash   –> http://www.b2bdash.com

Low cost and simple to use, B2BDash helps business-to-business transactions run smoothly.

16. Amazon Pimps       –> http://www.bookpromoterpro.com

Take REAL control of your Amazon.com publishing efforts. Don’t just list books. Promote them,

Each of these teams are actively working on the final touches, soon to get dinner and have the final pitches.

 

 

Dorai Thodla coming to Bellingham Startup Weekend as a mentor

Dorai Thodla will be coming to Startup Weekend in Bellingham as a mentor on Saturday. He has a significant experience in entrepreneurship and support for startups. In his own words, here is more about Dorai:

My name is Dorai Thodla. I live in California, USA and Chennai, India.
I am passionate about three things – entrepreneurship, technology and improving learning.
I teach, give talks, conduct seminars/workshops and run a few innovation centers in India. I wear several hats.
CEO of iMorph Inc (a company I co-founded)Technical  Adviser to iMorph Innovation Center Pvt Ltd., an Indian companyChief Mentor for Congruent Research LabsChief Mentor for KCG Technology Innovation Cells (iCell)Adviser to Next Wave MultimediaIn addition I am part of several entrepreneur and tech communities:
Manage Startup SIG at TiE ChennaiOn the Advisory Board at Chennai K-Community (representing TiE Chennai)On the mentorship team at Nasscom Emerge at ChennaiOne of the founding members of ChennaiGeeksActive participant in Chennai OCCActive participant in Nerd DinnersHere are the more gory details (more than you may want to know).
My Recent Talks – http://dorai.wordpress.com/talks/

 

Pre-Event Workshops

As a response to a question on a poll about events, there was a request for possible pre-event workshops for people to explore tools, ideas and processes before the Bellingham Startup Weekend on June 24-26
We have had people from the community offer to lead several workshops. I list below the dates, times and topics for the workshops.
It will help us in our planning a great deal if you would RSVP by registering by clicking on the eventbrite link for the sessions you are planning to attend. Each of these will be held at the Big Idea Lab at 114 E Chestnut. The events are free.  There is limited seating at the events, so registration would be especially helpful.
Date               Time               Topic                                                                  Leader                           Registration Link
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Sat 6/11          10:30 am       Python and Django                                          Josh Mather                http://bhamsw-django.eventbrite.com
Sat 6/11            1:00 pm       Pricing 101                                                        Maggie Lohkemper    http://bhamsw-pricing.eventbrite.com
Sat 6/11            2:30 pm       Photoshop Basics                                            Bonnie Perez              http://bhamsw-photoshop.eventbrite.com
Tues 6/14        3:00 pm       Lean Startup and Customer Discovery         Dennis King                  http://bigquickstart2.eventbrite.com/
Sat 6/18           9:00 am        Drupal                                                                Peter Fawcett              http://bhamsw-drupal.eventbrite.com
Sat 6/18          10:30 am      CSS                                                                    Peter Fawcett              http://bhamsw-css.eventbrite.com
Sat 6/18            1:30 pm       Taking Money Online                                      Tony Sova                    http://bhamsw-ecommerce.eventbrite.com
An RSS Feed of these events is at:

http://www.eventbrite.com/rss/user_list_events/10558593379

If you have any interest in seeing these events, please sign up today. Each of these is an introductory discussion of the topic area.

Lean Startup and Customer Development “Lean Dip” workshop – June 14

Dennis King of BIG Idea Lab

The Lean Startup Methodology is an approach to startups that focuses on the key issues that will cause a startup to thrive and grow. Early Customer Develoopment is one of the key aspects of this approach. On Tuesday June 14th, at 3:00-5:00pm, Dennis King will be leading a “Lean Dip” to explore the Lean Startup Methodology and Customer Development methods. The event will be held at BIG Idea Lab at 114 E Chestnut in  Bellingham.

Space will be limited so please Register Here: http://bigquickstart2.eventbrite.com/

Dennis King has more than 30 years of entrepreneurial successes and innovated product development. In 1981, he founded Applied Voice Technology(AVT). AVT was one of the pioneering computer telephony companies that helped to create the voice mail, automated attendant, and interactive voice response industries. He developed and maintained the company’s strategic vision. In the 90’s he directed the company’s transition into the emerging unified messaging market, resulting in AVT having the first commercially available visual voice mail product for the desktop. AVT had a successful IPO in 1994. Dennis also founded Virtual interTours, a real estate services company which offered a unique web service featuring panoramic photographs integrated with an interactive floor plans. Dennis has consulted in the unified communications industry and recently was a member of a UC market leader’s Innovation Council. He is also an advisor for Solar Nexus International, a value-added distributor of off-grid solar power systems sold in developing countries. Dennis is also one of the founding members of the Bellingham Innovation Group, which operates the BIG Idea Lab. The BIG Idea Lab is a software and web services incubator that adheres to the Lean Startup philosophy and methodologies. He has earned a BS and MS in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University.

Register Here: http://bigquickstart2.eventbrite.com/

Sometimes Start Weekend finds a little magic

In a post about co-working, Kirill Zubovsky, outlines some of the recent things that have come out of startup weekend. Every now and then a team will find that little bit of magic:

Some cool things that Startup Weekend teams produce over 3 days. Here are references to just some examples:

Perhaps we can find some of that magic at Startup Weekend Bellingham.

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