Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours (24 page)

Brainstorming.
See also
Scrum boards

Branding

Business cards

Business ideas

braindump
brainstorming.
See also
Scrum boards
communicating
existence of versus execution
“failing fast” concept
feedback.
See also
Customer feedback; Feedback
idea validation.
See also
Minimum viable product (proof of concept)
passion.
See
Passion
pitching.
See
Sixty second pitch; Sunday presentations
project management.
See
Project management
sharing
and startup revolution.
See also
Startup revolution

Business models

agile development
customer development business model
and lean methods
startups
and success
traditional business school model

Business plans

competitions
and funding
traditional business plan versus business model

Business school

curriculum
disadvantages of
experiential education compared
as means of connecting with others
myths of entrepreneurship, perpetuating
traditional business model

Buy-in, obtaining

Capital.
See also
Funding

funded leap
revenue sources
risk capital
team, importance of in finding capital

Case studies

Coffee 2.0

Cofounders.
See also
Action-based networking

connecting with at Startup Weekend

diversity of backgrounds
relationship building.
See also
Relationship building

Coloft

Comfort zones

Communication

blogs.
See also
Blogs
face-to-face
of ideas and vision
importance of

Community

building
and diversity of backgrounds
and momentum
and Startup Foundation
Startup Weekend as

Confidence

Coworking spaces

Creativity

brainstorming.
See also
Brainstorming
experiential education
Half Baked exercise
and startup culture
Startup Weekend atmosphere
and team work

Crimmins, Bob

Culture, entrepreneurial

Customer development business model

Customer feedback.
See also
Customer development business model

early adopters
idea validation
importance of
interviews
in lean and agile methodologies
and product revisions
and risk mitigation
social media
and success
and team task allocation

Cynicism

Davos Forum

DeSantis, Donald

Diversity of backgrounds

Dot.com
bubble

Early adopters

Economic conditions, effect of

Education

background of Startup Weekend attendees
experiential.
See
Experiential education
formal training, lack of
mentoring incubation
and startup culture

Empowerment

attendees
employees
facilitators and employees of Startup Weekend
principles of Startup Weekend
and task allocation

Entrepreneurial culture

Entrepreneurial revolution

Entrepreneurs

attitudes toward
defining
economic conditions, effect of
and entrepreneurial culture
entrepreneurial path
formal training, lack of
and functions of Startup Weekend
getting out of your bubble
leap into entrepreneurship
networking.
See
Networking
role of
sharing ideas.
See also
Trust
success patterns
technology tools, availability of

Experiential education

braindump
components of
context
deadlines
described
feedback
flexibility and changes in plans
and goals of Startup Weekend
idea validation
learning by doing
minimum viable product.
See also
Minimum viable product (proof of concept)
Nuvention program
risk mitigation
Sunday presentations
task allocation
team work
time constraints and need for fast pace
value of

External growth leap

Facilitators

Fail Conferences

Failing fast concept

Failure as part of process

Failure rate of startups

FashionSpace

Feedback

customers.
See
Customer feedback
in experiential education
Startup Weekend participants

First Round Capital

Fishback, Bo

Flat world

Foodspotting

Formal presentations

Fortune 500 leap

Founder Dating

Four Steps to the Epiphany
(Blank)

Friday Pitchfire.
See also
Sixty second pitch

Funded leap

Funding.
See also
Capital

and business plans
funded leap
scaling leap

Gavronsky, Nicholas

Giant Thinkwell

Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global impact of Startup Weekend

Goals of Startup Weekend

Google Apps

Grand Ecoles d'Ingénieurs

Great Recession

Grote, Richard

Groupon

Half baked startup ideas, group exercise

Harvard University

Heavy Guerrilla

Hiring

History of Startup Weekend

Hoy Hoy

Hyde, Andrew

Idea validation

customer feedback.
See also
Customer feedback
experiential education

Ignite

Initial public offerings (IPOs)

Innovation

evolution of
large companies
and management techniques of large companies
and Startup Foundation
startups
and trust

International startups.
See also
Global Entrepreneurship Week

Internet bubble

Interviews of customers.
See also
Customer feedback

iPhone apps

Job descriptions

Kashani, Cameron

Kauffman Foundation

Kean, Sean

Keepstream

Kesterson, Kyle

Koblasa, Tyler

Koester, Eric

Labarre, Thibaut

Lagier, Eric

Large companies

acquisition of startups
employees of as Startup Weekend attendees
employees of versus entrepreneurs
startup environment, adoption of

LaunchRock

Leadership

Lean methods

Legatum Prosperity Index

Lightsmith, Jeremy

Loop concept for startup development

Lovell, Rebecca

Maddox, Jesse

Manshopper

Marasco, Michael

Market research.
See also
Customer feedback; Idea validation

Martin, Nick

MBA programs

McClure, Dave

Memolane

Mentoring incubation

Ming.ly

Minimum viable product (proof of concept)

customer feedback
and experiential education
as goal of Startup Weekend
judging
loop development
revisions of

Mobile apps

Momentum

Monosagashi.org

Morrill, Danielle

Motivation

Nager, Marc

Nelsen, Clint

Networking

action-based
business school
events
and goals of Startup Weekend
importance of
local business and social events
professional events
social skills

Nondisclosure agreements (NDAs)

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