Hello SD Ruby! We're hosting our fourth Startup Weekend in San Diego June 15th - 17th. It's an intense event in which developers, designers, and business specialists form teams and take great ideas for new startups from concept to launch in only 54 hours. Here's a video to see how it works: http://youtu.be/TNgLNxxt5YE
To ensure we have a well-balanced event, we have limited tickets this time to just 80 (30% business, 20% designer, 50% developer). We've also expanded the number of mentors and coaches you'll get to talk to and learn from. We're happy to have Howard Lindzon (CEO, StockTwits) kick-off the weekend on Friday night. In addition to free domain names, launch pages, Amazon credits, and other goodies provided by our great sponsors, this year we welcome Qualcomm Labs as a Platinum Sponsor. Their ContextBETA SDK, for which you can pre-register at http://context.qualcommlabs.com, allows both iOS & Android developers the ability to make their application contextually aware through low-power geo-fencing, interest sensing, and image recognition. There will be $500 prize to the top team to take advantage their ContextBETA SDK. Any pre-event questions can be directed to @rolandal. SD Ruby members can use the discount code "SDRuby" for $24 off. Or use this link: http://swsd4-SDRuby.eventbrite.com/?discount=SDRuby Registration, event schedule, and details on coaches/speakers can all be found at http://sandiego.startupweekend.org. We hope to see you there! Let me know if you have any questions. /Jen on behalf of the Startup Weekend San Diego team -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
