Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by dzlobin » Mon, Aug 15, 2011, 10:38 PM UTC

Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced
startupbootcamp.mit.edu

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

#2

Post by grinich » Mon, Aug 15, 2011, 11:18 PM UTC

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome.

(something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229)

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by jackpirate » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 12:12 AM UTC

An event in Boston at MIT says on the bottom... "lovingly made in San Francisco." Totally awesome.

Anyways, wish I could be there! If only it actually were in California.

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by mrchess » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 12:57 AM UTC

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

fonts aren't working in chrome 13.0.782.112. you only see partial names and some are missing names completely. screen: http://i.imgur.com/mbrfe.jpg

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by sudonim » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 1:39 AM UTC

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

Looks like a great event. But I have a question. Why make a point that the site was made in San Francisco?

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by antiterra » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 1:57 AM UTC

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

A bit disappointing that the one female speaker has a confused and tangled product (with a UI to match.) Culver is definitely quite clever, but were there really no other females available with a track record of success on par with the other speakers?

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by grinich » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 2:06 AM UTC

mrchess wrote: post #4

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

fonts aren't working in chrome 13.0.782.112. you only see partial names and some are missing names completely. screen: http://i.imgur.com/mbrfe.jpg

I've had a few reports of this but have no idea how to fix it. It seems to be loading the font resource correctly, but not rendering the entire line of text. If anyone has ideas or a fix, please let me know. (I also don't have a Windows machine to test it.)

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by grinich » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 2:07 AM UTC

sudonim wrote: post #5

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

Looks like a great event. But I have a question. Why make a point that the site was made in San Francisco?

all the best pixels are grown in SF!

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by iqster » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 2:14 AM UTC

antiterra wrote: post #6

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

A bit disappointing that the one female speaker has a confused and tangled product (with a UI to match.) Culver is definitely quite clever, but were there really no other females available with a track record of success on par with the other speakers?

I've used Convore at a few hackathons and conferences, and was very impressed. As a user, I loved the product. I'm looking forward to her talk!

Re: Startup Bootcamp 2011 Announced

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Post by grinich » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 2:36 AM UTC

antiterra wrote: post #6

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi everyone. I'm the main person behind this event so feel free to ping me with questions or comments. It's going to be awesome. (something must have killed the earlier announcement? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888229 )

A bit disappointing that the one female speaker has a confused and tangled product (with a UI to match.) Culver is definitely quite clever, but were there really no other females available with a track record of success on par with the other speakers?

I'm also constantly frustrated to find that virtually all founders are male, and every year I get a lot of flack for not having more women speaking. But it's a much larger problem than just this event; there are almost no women in VC or doing angel investments, for example.

For this event, my goal is to invite the absolute best speakers possible, whether they're men or women. Convore may have rough edges (just like any startup's product), but I'm super excited to hear Leah speak. To say "clever" is a huge understatement, and undermines her skill and tenacity. Most people haven't founded, built, and sold a company in that timeframe. And now she's on round 2.