Startup Weekend: November 16-18

by: Nicholas Barone

Next weekend, Medaille College will host Buffalo’s first Startup Weekend. You’re probably asking, “What is Startup Weekend?” You may be wondering, “Who is this person on the Ad Club blog?” And lastly, “I work in advertising, why would I want to go?”

Boy you guys ask a lot of questions. I’ll answer those. Out of order, but they’ll all get answered.

I’m Nicholas Barone and I’m a freelance interactive designer and organizer for Startup Weekend Buffalo.

Startup Weekend is a non-profit organization that brings people together to form teams that will concept, design, and build products that could become a company. Our goal is to get members of Buffalo’s design (this is us), technology, and business communities together to meet and work toward creating new businesses in Buffalo. We want this event to be fun, and what’s more fun than working with complete strangers on an impossibly tight deadline to produce a killer project? You all remember college.

You should join us for many reasons, most of which are beneficial to you and not self-serving to Startup Weekend. Collaborate with interesting people, take risks on a project you can’t get fired for, and walk away feeling energized about what you do each day. It’s going to be a damn good time.

Click here to register. Don’t be sorry you missed it.