Detroit Startup Weekend finished up around 8:30 last night--about 50 hours after it began--with 5-minute pitches from 14 different teams (news flash: mine didn't win. ;-) It was pretty amazing to see what people could create in such a short time; roughly 80 people in one giant room, pouring out skill and creativity to create workable demos and presentations of products that literally did not exist in any form 2 days earlier. In fact, the actual development time was probably closer to 36 hours.
All in all, a very interesting experience, and one that I'm glad to have been part of... but it makes for a long, tiring weekend (for both me and my wife, who had to be a single mom for the duration) and I can't say I'm rarin' to do it again anytime very soon. Definitely an experience worth having, though, and anyone remotely interested should give it a go. Startup weekends are happening all around the world, so if you're curious check out Startupweekend.org.
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