• #swcle

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    First pitch of the night

    Setting up the additional chairs

    Feagler and Friends set

    Planning committee

    Clint's Bed for the weekend

    Sponsor poster

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  • Speakers


    • John Dearborn John Dearborn

      Speaking: Sunday evening

      Topic:

      Bio: John brings 25 years experience in software, Internet and mobile technologies, along with senior management experience leading entrepreneurial companies to JumpStart.

      Most recently, John was the CEO and a board member of 3Guppies, Inc., a mobile social networking company in Seattle, Washington. Since returning to Cleveland, John has been acting as board adviser to several startups in the areas of strategy development, fundraising and product development. Prior to 3Guppies, John was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for New Ventures in the Interactive Division for American Greetings, where he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. In that role, he led new product and business development activities, partnering with leading companies, including MSN, to develop content offerings aimed specifically at the mobile and instant messaging audiences. John also started a self-funded company that developed the first image editor for the PC, which was later sold to a NASDAQ-traded company, Micrografx. In addition, John has held senior management positions for a variety of venture-backed, public and privately-held companies, leading marketing, operations, business development, and sales organizations. John holds a BA in Administration from the University of New Hampshire, Durham. Read John's posts on the IdeaExchange blog.


    • Jennifer Thomas Jennifer Thomas

      Speaking: Friday evening

      Topic:

      Bio: Jennifer has been the director of the Civic Innovation Lab since its inception in September 2003. She was previously the founder and director of ClevelandClicks, which was a member-supported group that held monthly breakfasts showcasing local technology businesses, organized educational forums for technology entrepreneurs and offered related resources.

      Prior to ClevelandClicks, Jennifer worked as a financial analyst, consultant, and was associate director of Business Planning for Sony Music in New York City. Jennifer has an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and a BA from Denison University.

  • Sponsors

    • Microsoft Bizspark
    • Civic Innovation Lab
    • JumpStart Inc.
    • Freescale Semiconductor
    • MAGNET
    • LeanDog
    • MapCleveland
    • Playaway
    • Verve Cleveland
    • Realeflow
    • Kauffman Foundation
    • Goldstein Caldwell & associates
    • Thundertech
    • Knotice
    • MakerGear
    • make Your mark

    Interested in Sponsoring? Contact us!

  • Location

    Idea Center PlayhouseSquare
    1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH

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  • Friday Night Pitch

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  • Organizers


    • Greg Svitak Greg Svitak

      Bio: Geek who loves cleveland


    • Doug Craver Doug Craver

      Bio: t

      ech marketing & operations action strategist and startup craftsman, entrepreneur, writer, great cook (I'm told I can throw it down) based in northeast ohio.


    • Joe Fiorini Joe Fiorini

      Bio: Rails developer, technology evangelist, husband, dog lover


    • Andrew Kavanaugh Andrew Kavanaugh

      Bio: T

      he original idea guy behind Startup Weekend Cleveland.. Expat Canadian, Freemason, Organizer of IgniteCleveland and StartupWeekendCleveland, 2008 RailsRumble Winning Team Member


    • Jon Stahl Jon Stahl

      Bio: Agile, Lean Evangelist @LeanDog. Entrepreneur Evangelist at MoonDog (@moondoggers)


    • Anthony Broad Crawford Anthony Broad Crawford

      Bio: V

      P and CTO @ Within3, Improving healthcare via online communities, Social Software, DataPortability and the Healthcare Taskforce, and Start-Up Life


    • Jerry D\'Antonio Jerry D\'Antonio

      Bio: Developer, educator, and Startup Weekend organizer

  • Find a Schedule for the event HERE

    Schedule for Friday, November 20th:
    6pm: Meet and greet, discuss what would be interesting to build.
    7:00pm: Speaker
    8:00pm: Pitches start — If you have an idea for a product, you pitch it to the group.
    9:00pm: Team network and evaluate possible teams to work on.
    This is a self-selection process. People form teams around ideas that they think are interesting and would like to work on for the weekend. Ideally, you’d like a group between 5 and 10 people — but groups of 2 or as large as 20 are acceptable.
    Teams are not limited to working on web only applications. Generally, these make the most sense given the nature of the weekend and those who register. But if you really feel like working on that new cupcake business, go for it!
    10pm: Team vote on top ideas and select the teams they will work with for the weekend. Teams solidify their concept and create an elevator pitch.
    10:30pm: Leave for a bar or coffee shop to continue the discussion and create prototypes.

    Schedule for Saturday, November 21st:
    9am: Start development.
    10am: By now, teams should have prototype(s) on paper, decided on a working title, and created technical plans. Start getting servers live, buying domains, creating user flows, etc.
    12pm: Lunch break.
    1pm: Speaker
    2pm: More coding, business plan development, and a special guest.
    6pm: Special guest drop-ins and pitches from the teams. These guests are generally angel investors, VCs, or sponsoring companies.
    9pm: Gut check on the product; basic prototype building; group get-together for drinks and to talk about the products everyone is working on.

    Schedule for Sunday, November 22nd:
    9am: Breakfast.
    10am: By now, you should have a live splash page up with an email capture and a simple blog.
    12pm: Projects are being developed, and more special guests drop in.
    6pm: Sink or swim time for those looking for a weekend launch.
    9pm: Presentations from each company. Talk about what worked, what didn’t, what could go better. Wrap up and move out.

First Startup Weekend a huge success

Posted by swcleveland

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..

Missing Tripod: PLEASE HELP

Posted by swcleveland

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.

Startup Weekend Alumni Badge

Posted by Startup Weekend Crew

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

Cleveland Startup Weekend on WKYC

Posted by swcleveland

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

SWCLE IS SOLD OUT!!!

Posted by swcleveland

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.

Updated parking information

Posted by swcleveland

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.

Tweetup tonight at Edison’s pub in Tremont

Posted by swcleveland

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

Everyone is welcome including people not attending the event.

We sold out..but then we purchased more chairs – 2 tickets remain

Posted by swcleveland

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.

Parking Information

Posted by swcleveland

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.

Verve catering Sunday night

Posted by swcleveland

Thank you to Verve for catering the closing event on Sunday night.

Here is the PDF of the menu..

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