How to Take a Lawyer for a Drive like a Used Subaru
TITLE: How to Take a Lawyer for a Drive like a Used Subaru1229
SUBTITLE: Or 940905 Reasons Why You NEED to Be At the Next Startup Weekend
We’ll get to the test driving in a minute, but imagine somebody said you can have fifty creative, motivated and professional people help you with a project that you’ve always wanted to do, and all you have to do is show up?1108 Would that be something you would be interested in?1101
Of course you would. Who wouldn’t? Wake up. This is reality. And you can do this, if you’re up to the task, because it sure isn’t for everybody.
There are many reasons that people choose to attend Startup Weekend (“SW”), and I’ll cover them below. But first let’s paint a background picture for you. I co-organized the first Idaho Startup Weekend in November of ’09 with a few brilliant people. It was a huge success! Even for Boise, Idaho, where we have a pretty active civil populous1031.
Before bringing Startup Weekend to Idaho, I attended three other events in Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco. On my own dime. I had a blast at all three and decided to enlist several people and bring the event to Boise.
Onto the reasons:
- Meet people and see them in action. Startup Weekend is not like any meetup or event. You’ll meet a lot of brilliant, amazing and surprising individuals, but you’ll also see them in action. Maybe your SW project doesn’t pan out, and that’s ok, you can still end up with a success story1026.
- Get out of the rut & stimulate the senses. Everybody gets into certain habits in their life, both with work and at home. At SW, you’ll be a part of something that you’ll never experience at any other time of the year, I promise you that. You’ll see what people are doing, and you’ll take part in it yourself.
- Build something. The purpose of SW is to be part of a team that builds something of value in 54 hours or one weekend. The “value” doesn’t have be monetary, it could provide entertainment, help nonprofits or get you some cash0902, but you will build something.
- See next-next thing today. Most of the people that attend SW already have it dictated to them what they should be doing on a regular basis. So when they gather to build something, they work on project that they want to work on, which usually means the latest and greatest in every industry that is represented. Yup, you can be a part of that.
- Have a fun and productive weekend. You have two options. Option 1: you can have another weekend like your previous 254 weekends or Option 2: Do something different. Break out of the mold. Meet brilliant people. Break bread with a different crowd. Create something exciting. Do something you want to do. Be All You Can Be (thanks Army).
From the four Startup Weekends that I have attended, I have never heard anybody regret coming to the event, the only things that are said are “Why haven’t I heard about this before?” and “When’s the next one, I want to sign up again.”
Now, click here to sign up for the Idaho Startup Weekend, Version 2. (Use code “earlybird10” to save $10)
PS. If you figure out exactly what the superscript numbers really mean, I will buy you dinner at any restaurant in BOI. You have it “in writing”.PPS. Nobody gets rich doing this; all the funds that are raised from ticket sales are put back into the projects and the city that hosts the event. See, SW is a nonprofit event that’s green and local.
PPPS. Ok, not all lawyers are bad; especially the ones that come to SW events are awesome.
1101 Watch Entourage S03 E10
0905 There are only five reasons that I provide, the rest you’ll have to find at the event.
1108 There is an admission fee to cover the expenses and to keep out all those nice people that always sign up for everything, but show up for very little. You know who I’m talking about.
1229 I don’t have anything against Subaru’s, my brother actually had one before the accident, it just looks good in a title. And my lawyer DID NOT read or give a “head nod” to any words written here, so this is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Use at your own risk.
1031 see tweet #11736216895
0902 see http://bit.ly/bVfORw
1026 see http://alexking.org/blog/2008/01/09/a-startup-weekend-success-story