Last November more than a hundred other folks participated in the first ever Startup Weekend here in Dallas. To get a taste of the event watch this short video. I am excited to report that it is time for the second Startup Weekend starting April 16th running through April 18th. Company Dallas, a coworking space in Richardson, will be hosting the event starting Friday evening at 5:30PM and wrapping up on Sunday evening at 10PM.  What is Startup Weekend?  From the website: Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, dallas, DC and more. The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is. A typical weekend might go something like below, although most weekends find their own schedule that works best: 6pm Friday: Everyone gets together; figures out who else is there; what would be interesting to build. 7pm: Pitches start (if you have an idea for a product you pitch it to the group). 8pm: Teams start breaking off (generally about nine teams will form during the weekend, creating nine products or companies). 9pm: Hopefully teams have solidified their concept and created an elevator pitch (even a

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