[CentralOH] Startup Weekend

[Thomas Winningham]

My experience with Startup Weekend was sort of two parted, one is my
cynical paranoid internet crank viewpoint that it is a way for VCs and
partners to get free R&D work :P but the other more reasonable viewpoint
that is actually grounded in actual articles I've read would be that it is
ultimately an event that should be thought of more like a signification, or
start, or jumping off, of desire to start a business and all that entails,
and to have this event assist in the first great big push for those wanting
to start a business and those that want to help to get together and focus
solely on the project at the outset.

I think however it is more marketed sometimes like a hack-a-thon or
competition for attention alone, which perhaps parts of it are, but those
things aren't very much of the means to the ends to starting a business, in
my opinion, although they help.

So for me, I thought be exposed to it was very valuable.

I did however think that in some ways trying to get team members, some kind
of things that happened where you had to "prove" your idea was worthwhile,
was something of a hindrance, and perhaps bad for my own personal ways of
thinking about entrepreneurship, or at least the kinds of things that are
too brand new for anyone to make sense of let alone want to get on board
with... but perhaps being too new is a hindrance itself, so, maybe the
event did help :P

But I don't think of it as a hack-a-thon, and not having any Python skills
shouldn't dissuade you from attending. However, I highly recommend keeping
the PyOhio schedule and sneaking out to those talks that interest you if at
all possible :D




On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:52 PM, David Chew <david at wwcols.com> wrote:

> Is that a developer only event or do they look for all talent?  I'm an
> accountant/IT Director but very novice at Python. (Also soon to be job
> hunting if anyone needs a tech savvy Controller/CFO)  Would love to sit in
> for the business development angle of the event but don't want my lack of
> python skills to be a barrier.
>
> Thanks!
>
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