Wrap-up
The Metrics
164 attendees, 60 ideas pitched, 26 teams formed, 14 sponsors, 7 speakers, 11 panelists, 6 prize-winners, 816 bottles of water and 1 team already published on Mashable.
The Press
In case you missed it, Adopt A Hacker (the team made up of Jonathan Wegener, Ben Fisher, Aaron Knight, Michael Tseng, Nick Khuu, Michael DeFranco, Heather John, and Ariel Zavala) got picked up by Mashable and ReadWriteWeb. Be sure to vote it up on Hacker News!
The Winners
- FooDo won free coworking space at New Work City, the #1 crowd vote and 2 free tickets to the Web 2.0 Expo
- Mainstreet won a free year of membership to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce courtesy of Ann Kayman, the #2 crowd vote + 2 free tickets to BizTechDay NYC
- SingSend won the “most spirited” award and free tickets to Twiistup
- Hangout won a free incorporation package from Cooley LLP
- DinnerOn won a free incorporation package from Cooley LLP
- Communl won a free incorporation courtesy of Ann Kayman
- Donor Universal won some one-on-one time with Ann Kayman
How to stay in touch
- Join the LinkedIn group
- Join the Braintrust
- Checkout the photo pool on Flickr (please upload yours too!)
- Follow the hashtag on twitter
Thank Yous
- Organizers: Yours truly, Mark Bertrand, Elizabeth Fuller, Danielle Lanyard, Sean Kean, Carmen Morais, and Maurice Williams. Also special thanks to Tony Bacigalupo, Peter Chislett, Ben Fisher, Alex Godin and Jonathan Wegener for jumping in to help with lots of stuff too.
- Sponsors: SorinRoyerCooper, New Work City, Harvest, NoizIvy, Media Temple, oDesk, Twilio, BizTechDay, Girls in Tech, Women 2.0, Kauffman Foundation,NYPHP, [Startup Digest], the hatchery, NYCSeed, Gary’s Guide and StartupOneStop
- Speakers: Jeremey Mims, Mark Davis, Dwight Merriman, John Britton, Jessica Randazza, Charlie O’Donell, Jonathan Berger of Market Publique, Katia Ververis andHayley Barna of Birchbox, and Gary Whitehill
- The Panel: David Lerner, Bo Yaghmaie, Bryan Birsic, John Frankel, Nate Westheimer, Owen Davis, Ann Kayman, Elizabeth Spiers, Dan Harman, Devon Lofretto, and Jeremey Mims
- Mentors: David Sorin, Gary Whitehill, Stephanie Sarka, Jason Reis, Devon Lofretto and a few others that stopped by over the weekend and jumped in.
Other stuff we think you should checkout in NYC
- David Newman‘s amazing iPad portraits
- Subscribe to the NYC [StartupDigest]
- The Startup Bus (coming to NYC next year!)
- Use Exit Strategy NYC
- BizTechDay
- Lean Startup Machine
- Web 2.0 Expo
The next one…
…will be an arts+tech mashup, and it will happen sometime in November. Details will be announced soon. If you can recommend a venue or wish to sponsor the event, please contact us shane [at] startupweekend [dot] org.