Startup Weekend

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

It’s been a while since our November conference and we have been a little quiet at Startup Weekend Cleveland headquarters.  Primarily, we have been hard at work in our own startups, however, we have also been hard at work reflecting, brainstorming, and planning on how we can improve upon the amazing event we had last November.

During the conference we took a lot of notes in addition to the community providing some amazing feedback (no more pizza, we promise). We are certain we can make our next conference even better then the last.  Additionally, we have been hard at work planning and are excited to make a few announcements about our next conference and a new in between event.

The Startup Weekend In Between event:  June 10th, 2010

It’s been a while since we have had a chance to check in with the companies that launched at our last conference and we, much like all of you, are excited to see what these companies did with their hard earned prize money.  That being said, we are holding an “in between event” on June 10th to get an update from these companies on all the exciting progress they have made.  As a refresher, the companies are

• Price Fixr
• Local Food 365
• 140 Match
• Moon Dog
• and more

Please stay tuned for additional details.  Attendees of this event will have the ability to register for our next conference with an exclusive early bird price.  This price will only be available to people who attend this event.  Therefore, we hope to see you there!

Startup weekend annual conference:  November 12th-14th

Keeping in line with global entrepreneurial week we are going to hold our conference in-line with this global event like we did last year.  So please keep your calendars open.  As mentioned earlier, we started planning this event the weekend after the conference held in November.  We are looking to make this bigger, louder, and better then last years.  Some of our improvements will include, but are not limited to

• Better catering (look to have some of the best trendy resteraunts cater the event next year)
• Improved registration
• Conference lanyards
• and much much more

Those are just a few of the improvements we are gong to make, so, please stay tuned as more details become available.

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Two days removed from the closing ceremony of the first ever  Startup Weekend Cleveland, the planning committee would like to thank all of the sponsors and the attendees for their support.

Overall the event was a huge success. We sold out the event twice and raised more sponsor money than any other event in Startup Weekend history.

We wanted to post a quick recap on how things went to give you a feel for what people thought. Thank you to Adam Jusko for covering the Sunday night presentations and reviewing the event on his blog.

http://adamjusko.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/cleveland-startup-weekend/

Additionally, we were featured on Channel 3 news 3-5 times over the weekend. Here is link to the story.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=125757

Lastly, JumpStart has a good paragraph on their blog about the event and a great quote from Clint..

http://blog.jumpstartinc.org/index.php/archives/135

The organizing committee is planning on having a recap meeting in the next week or so to start the planning process for SWCLE 2010. As details emerge, we will let you know. Hopefully, we can count on you for support for the next time.

Special thanks to Clint and Marc for their help.. we could not have done it without you..

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

After cleaning up from the event we realized we are missing a camera tripod. This tripod is owned by WVIZ and needs to be returned immediately. It could our ability to hold this great event there in the future. If anyone has any details on the whereabouts of the tripod please email cleveland at startupweekend dot org.

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Was your startup born out of Startup Weekend? Please add our alumni badge to your page!

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Cleveland Startup Weekend was featured on WKYC’s 11:00 news Friday night. Check out the video!

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Congratulations Cleveland… way to make us proud. All 85 tickets have been sold and we should have 100 people on hand for the event.

The organizers would really like to thank the sponsors and the local community support. Due to the overwhelming support, there might be some cool surprises in store.

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

We have received some questions on the parking specifics.

Please feel free to park anywhere as we do not have any special arrangements.

However the following parking lot is attached to the back of the Idea Center. Please click on the link to the Google Map.

There is no limit as to how long you can leave your car as it is an open lot.

On Saturday, if you are concerned about in and out privileges, please consider parking on the street.

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Tweet up tonight at Edison’s Pub in Tremont at 7:00.

Everyone is welcome including people not attending the event.

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Great News!! We sold the initial 75 tickets!!!

Thank you for your support.

But just like an scrappy startup..we went and purchased more chairs.. 

As of 5:45, we have 2 more tickets for sale.

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Unfortunately, there is no free parking at the Idea Center. The most convenient parking is the Playhouse Square parking deck on Dodge Court, behind the Idea Center. This is a pay lot and parking is not included with registration. The Idea Center is downtown so there are plenty of other lots available but they are all pay lots.

There is an entrance to the Idea Center on Dodge Court street but it is the back entrance. Attendees and organizers parking on Dodge Court can enter through the back entrance. There is a security station there staffed 24/7. The security guard can provide directions through the building.