Chapel Hill Startup Weekend

The champagne has popped, the cards have been swapped, the final handshakes have been made.
But no public launch of the site.  It will remain in private beta, until the core team polishes up the site to a launch.  Tomorrow night, a launch site will be at WorkPerch.com.
I am sure a flurry of posts will be [...]

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The 25 people pictured in this photo (if you’re hidden, don’t worry…we have headshots coming soon!) have been an integral part of making this weekend wildly successful. Whether or not we launch, get to market or sell for a few million, the picture captures the spirit of the energy here this weekend. I’m [...]

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It’s nearly one and the teams are head’s down. A few updates from the morning.
We have–
1) headshots of everyone on the team
2) some feedback coming in based on interviews of participants
3) a new, permanent blog
4) new posts coming in all the time
5) lots of team work and collaboration going [...]

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Check out our fledgling blog!
Follow us on Twitter.
More updates coming in the morning!
Hm. I am no Micah. I am no Jeff.
Great work everyone! We are rocking out and doing NC/Chapel Hill/Carrboro/RTP proud.

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In addition to group goals, it’s vital that we set personal goals periodically throughout the weekend. My personal goals for today have included:
1) Facilitate wellness of participants (by bringing in healthy food, leading yoga, checking in with folks)
2) Help out with design (by listening in and offering feedback when asked)
3) Help make sure the [...]

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At our 3pm meeting we were hit with the hard fact that in terms of hours, we’re nearly halfway through the weekend. This is the point of the weekend where we feel the crunch. Teams have responded by breaking off into smaller groups and the Dev team is now working in pairs. [...]

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