Startups on a Plane. Who's with me?
Should be good! Hackers on a Plane seems to work well, for four years so far. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/hackers-on-a-plane-... (Seems main site, hackersonaplane.info , is down currently)
Trapped on a bus with other geeks building a startup
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#22Really impressed with how they work on people. I did a facebook auth and retweet, a couple of minutes later I had two new private followers and a personalized email with "Hey Daniel, I vouched for you to apply for the StartupBus this year. Go here to find out more and definitely apply so my vouching for you isn't wasted." I know it's all automated but the feeling of being kind of important still stays.
Actually, none of it's automated it all comes from a real person :)
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#23Does the bus have Internet while it's traveling at 60 mph in the middle of nowhere? If not how would you expect to get anything done w/o extensive planning ahead of time?
Just one of the challenges that forces people to get creative. Yes, planning ahead does help, but sometimes you just have to power through and work with what you have...or pull your hair out and finally get that 5 minutes of sleep you haven't had for a while.
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#24"You're either on the bus, or off the bus." This is a really fascinating example of a cultural phenomenon that seems to be brewing. It seems like the same kind of smart and imaginative young people who in 1965 would have been starting rock bands are now trying to create startups. Maybe in a few years from now the time will be right for Codestock Nation.
I just bought codestocknation.com. What are we doing with it?
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#25I'll be on the NYC bus.
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#26I hope in a few years to be able to launch startupboat.
Snark aside, I used to work with a guy who lived on a boat in SF (for him it was cheaper than renting), and once a week or so, a bunch of us would actually work from the boat.
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#27I hope in a few years to be able to launch startupboat. Snark aside, I used to work with a guy who lived on a boat in SF (for him it was cheaper than renting), and once a week or so, a bunch of us would actually work from the boat.
We have one in Cleveland, sort of :)
LeanDog has a pretty kick ass office on an old boat anchored in Lake Erie, which used to be a restaurant. They host all sorts of meetups & such (including Cleveland Startup Weekend), they're incredibly active & helpful in the community here.
And no, I don't work there (unfortunately)
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#28After reading a few comments I feel like there might be need for some clarification. The following is taken from my Quora post in the thread that I already linked to: ---- snip ---- The StartupBus is a powerful filter for people. Participants are under pressure to communicate and work with a limited toolset and random strangers; most importantly they can't back out and leave. On top of that they must deal with mundan…
Considering that it's only for 48 hours, I wouldn't think any of these factors (snoring, bathrooms, no backout option) would be relevant.
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#29Crazy cool experience building relationships providing long-term benefit.
@keKatie will be departing from West Coast. Woot!
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#30@keKatie will be departing from California. Woot!