Startup Weekend DC has come and gone – in 54 hours we envisioned, designed, developed, and deployed HolaNeightbor. We had a large development team full of talented programmers, and I had a great time working with them all. I’ve had some time to think about the experience – what went right, what went wrong, and what I’d do differently. So, without further adieu, here are my:

Suggestions for future Startup Weekend development teams

Day 3 of Startup Weekend was a bit of a blur, contributed to by a lack of sleep combined with a rushed deadline. Early in the day, things were looking positive for a midnight release with a significant batch of features. We were continuing to add and improve upon features, and designers were working on getting mockups of key pages together. Unfortunately, things did not continue to go smoothly throughout the day.

Day 2 of Startup Weekend started out with a surprise. The night before a consensus had been built by a small group, and two members were going to combine those ideas into a 5-7 page powerpoint. Apparently they had their own ideas, because what was agreed upon by the small group, and what was presented were far apart.

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