The Next Six Hour Startup is Sunday Aug 2nd at Colin’s Pub in Pioneer Square at 4PM.
The goal of this months project will be continue to enhance and modify http://lunchluck.com
Lunch Luck is a simple Django (python) web application, that queries the Yelp.com API to return a random location for you to have lunch.
The existing source code for the project is located at the link below along with a guide for the source code of the application, along with some new suggested features (we gladly welcome any additons).
Previous Six Hour Startup projects include Timelope.com, a Firefox plugin that allows you to share your browsing activity with others, and LunchLuck.com, which suggests a random place to eat.
Questions? Features you think the app should have. Post them below.
Lunch Luck Source Code
“In the span of 6 short hours, people can try on (and discard) product ideas, business partners, and specific roles within a team. Interactions like this are how almost all great startups are born– and Six Hour Startup
has bottled it up and delivers it in a fun package. There’s nothing else like it in Seattle.” Tony Wright, founder Rescuetime.com
Six Hour Startup is a bi-monthly event where we try to build a new product in the course of Six Hours. We also have an annual conference which focuses on the fundamentals of building a company. Check out our Frequently Asked Question page for more details. link
Our next event is going to be in March and its focus is going to be on finding co-founders for a new company.
Twilio is a revolutionary web application API that enables you to use your web development skills to build applications that make or receive phone calls. You can add voice features to your existing application, or build something new from the ground up. Twilio’s simple REST/XML API consists of five Verbs, that allow you to build nearly any phone application you can imagine:
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On October 19th Six Hour Startup is embarking on our first .NET project and we need your help. As you may or may not know, Six Hour Startup is the frequent event where we attempt to build a potentially commercial project in a fun hands-on environment. You don’t have to be an expert, just willing to have fun and try something new.
We have a number of ideas for the Oct 19th project, but want to hear yours as well.
Please submit your ideas to http://sixhourstartup.ideascale.com/. The projects should be fun, engaging and within the ability of a team to complete within six hours. Previous projects have been TimeLope, a
Facebook Application, a lunch site, etc. The ideas for the projects come from you, and its up to you to vote on a project that you think would be fun to do.
Feel free to join the Six Hour Startup mailing list to follow our projects and get involved.
http://groups.google.com/group/six-hour-startup
Microsoft has generously offered to host the next Six Hour Startup, so rather than it being held at Giraffe Labs it is going to be held on the Microsoft campus in Redmond Washington. The event will be held in their Platform Adoption Center (Which is building 20 on this map).
http://members.microsoft.com/careers/mslife/locations/images/campus_map.jpg
Microsoft’s Page for the building is located here, includes a different map and driving directions.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/events/bb286912.aspx
The event will be from 4:00PM - 10:00PM on October 19th.
We are building a Facebook Application using Ruby on Rails that is THE OPPOSITE of a popular Facebook application like the FunWall or “Top Friends”. Think “BoringWall” or “Worst Friends”.
on Sunday June 8th.
Come one, Come All, Six Hour Startup is free, Fun, educational and a great way to meet people!
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Thank you to all sixty people who participated in the event.
Our presenters all did a wonderful job, Andy Sack, Julie Wiediger from Axios Law Group
Dan McComb from Biznik.com Carolynn Duncan from Fundinguniverse, Keith Gormezano Dr Quickbooks, and Tony Wright from RescueTime
A special thinks to our event sponsors, Bitpusher a premier provider of managed information technology infrastructure for web applications and other on-line services, and to NPost a great resource for finding jobs and information about the startup community.
We are looking for new projects and ideas for the upcoming Six Hour Startups! Post your ideas at our Ideascale and we will vote on them!
Six Hour Startup: Bootstrapping Conference — Media Alert:Kick
Starting New Tech Companies in Seattle
The first Six Hour Startup: Bootstrapping Conference is May 31st at
the Columbia City Theater in Seattle Wa.
What is Six Hour Startup? Its an organization devoted to creating new
exciting startup companies in the Seattle area.
“In the span of 6 short hours, people can try on (and discard) product
ideas, business partners, and specific roles within a team. Interactions
like this are how almost all great startups are born– and Six Hour Startup
has bottled it up and delivers it in a fun package. There’s nothing else like
it in Seattle.” Tony Wright, founder http://rescuetime.com
The Six Hour Startup Conference is about getting people the knowledge
that they need to take their ideas and create a new company. There are
going to be sessions on writing business plans, finding funding,
marketing your company and a panel of experienced startup founders
offering advice.
Six Hour Startup is organized by Brian Dorsey, Justin Martinstien,
Marina Martin, Eric Veal, and Nathan Kaiser To request an interview or
for more information about Six Hour Startup, contact Robert Eickmann,
roberte3@gmail.com or (206) 251 8377.
Please add this information to your Community Calendar:
Six Hour Startup: Bootstrappers Conference, May. 31st, 10:00am
Columbia City Theater
Seattle, WA 98118
http://sixhourstartup.com/conference/
Six Hour Startup - Is a Seattle, Wa. based organization focused on the
creation of a vibrant culture of entrepreneurship in the Puget Sound
area. We hold monthly Six Hour Startup events, where we invite members
of the community to come and build a new product in a six hour time
frame. It is both a networking, and educational event that is totally
open to the public.
Six Hour Startup Conference Agenda
| Time |
Topic/Activity |
Presenter |
| 9:30 AM |
Registration and Sign Up |
|
| 10:00 AM |
Initial Team Formation |
Andy Sack |
| |
Division of Equity and Work |
|
| 11:00 AM |
LLC vs. S Corp |
Julie Wiediger from Axios Law Group |
| 11:30 AM |
Things You Should Do at a Networking Event |
Dan McComb from Biznik.com |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch: a catered lunch |
|
| 12:45 PM |
“You Don’t Get $1M in Revenue or Funding With a Half-Assed Business Plan” |
Carolynn Duncan from Fundinguniverse.com |
| 1:20 PM |
Ten Basic Things You Need to Know About Setting Up Your Books |
Keith Gormezano a
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor |
| 1:40 PM |
Founders Panel
Tony Wright, Co-Founder RescueTime
Jim Cooley, formerly of Zumobi, currently building a new startup in stealth mode. |
|
| 2:30 PM |
The Six Hour Startup: 50 Company Creation Event
We are going to build fifty companies, every conference participant is going to be a co-founder and will work though the paperwork, making all of the decisions so at the end of the event, you will have in hand a real company. |
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| 4:00 PM |
FundingUniverse Open Mic LivePitch
Pitch your business to potential partners, to hire/recruit staff, practice your investment pitch, or get feedback from the community/potential customers. |
|
| 5:20 PM |
Wrap/Conclusion of Conference |
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View the main conference page, and buy your ticket!.
View the press release.
