I had a nice little blog post I was working up about StartupCamp Austin this past weekend (I still want to work up some more there- it was a great camp) but it seems like I’m getting swamped by Startup activities these days.
Saturday was a great event with plenty of briefings, pitches, and super conversations going on. This is the second time I’ve done StartupCamp Austin and each one is always a delight – the mix of ideas and execution and vision. And I really did enjoy the fact that we explicitly called out that EVERYONE can do a startup – veterans and interns alike.
One of the great presentations that was done was around the Capital Factory – a project to not just to mentor startups, but to execute on a 10 week program to kickstart startups with a bit of seed funding as well. Check the site for the full details (note that I did see the BizSpark logo in the presentation!)
Coming up on Thursday we’ll be talking about startups and the sustainability market at the Green Technology Alliance event. I’ll be talking a bit more about the BizSpark program and areas I’ve seen that makes Austin a great crossroads between sustainability and entrepreneurship.
I’ll spend the next week getting swamped by both .Net Dojo, ArcReady and trying to make the amazing number of startup sessions at SxSW Interactive, but on Monday the 16th the big startup event happens with the Accelerator event .
Oh, and if you’re not around Austin but still wanting to stay plugged in – CNet has some coverage of Demo 09 today as well – http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10173971-93.html
Pause – gasp. I keep hearing on the news that everything’s slowing down, but I look around at our communities and the activity and energy really seems to be headed UP not down!
