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Starting a StartupWeekend in 9 Days of Chaos

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(IMPORTANT: Before you read this post, please click this and help spread the word about StartupWeekend San Jose April 15th-17th.)

For the past 7 days I've been working round the clock to organize and promote a StartupWeekend in San Jose. It start in two days. A ridiculous and ill advised timeline.

To be honest, I didn't think we were going to do it. I started getting in touch with the good folks at StartupWeekend late in the game with only a month and change to go and only managed to get someone on the phone with two weeks to go.

The suggested timeline for organizing a StartupWeekend is 3 months...but like they say...

If You're Going to Do Something, Go All the Way...

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