Startup Weekend LA 2 & ShareMySpot

48 hours. Build a startup. Launch it. No big deal.

That was exactly what I did last weekend from 6pm Friday to Sunday at 3:30pm. I was one of around 60 people who participated in Startup Weekend LA 2 this year. It was an incredible experience that was full of non-stop work, meeting amazing people and learning a LOT.

Working 19 hour days is never easy. It is draining. Exhausting. Would I do it again? ABSOLUTELY. In fact, in a post-event dinner some of us wanted to do it in a more relaxed format once a month. I’ll tell you what though, it’s amazing to think that what we did in a weekend was more than most companies could accomplish in two weeks. Maybe a month. Maybe 3. Meetings. Psh. When you are trying to create a concept and execute it in 48 hours meetings are worthless. Deadlines are worthless. Timelines are worthless. It’s a scrum. That’s it.

Share My Spot

The concept our group came up with was: Parking lot subletting or a Craigslist for parking spaces. We have a lot of ideas of where to go, but in one weekend, there is only so much you can accomplish. You can check out what we have so far at: http://www.sharemyspot.com. Who knows where we will go from here. After a weekend of constant work you need a breather. I do know that I met some amazingly talented people that I hope to keep up with and that it was the final realization that this is the life I want to live after college.

As I sat at a team dinner after the event, I was too tired to say anything. My food tasted to good to say anything either. But I was sitting at a table with four other brilliant people. Our economy is struggling. The DOW is under 7000. Unemployment is growing at an absurd rate. The people I was eating with. The people at the weekend. These are the type of people who save our economy.

Shout out to my team:

Developer Gurus: Eric Hammond, Joe Edmond, Ray Goldberger
Aestheticians: Skot Carruth, Joshua Jabbour
Business Dev: Christine Teng, Chris David
Project Manager: Edmond Wu

Shout out to the rest of the Startup Weekend projects: Fill in the Geek, Sponsor Hub, Cheap Chews, Block Snap, Tech Pantry / YummyWare, Craigee

For more information on the Startup Weekend check out: http://la2.startupweekend.com/

What’s next? Where do we go from here?