Answer: StartupWeekend SF.
They are all projects and ideas presented to the VCs and to the audience at StartupWeekend SF 09 (Twitter Tag: #swsf09). The main takeaway from VC feedback was that when pitching try a 30-second hard-hitting, attention grabbing and compelling story. Take 80% of the time to describe the problem and 20% describing the solution. Don’t focus too much in the solution because that can hurt the buy-in from the VCs because at this stage of the game (super early idea stage) you truly have no idea what the final solution would be. If that fails, then be funny, witty or do a Larry Chiang presentation style. Or simply try to make the world a better place. That is always a good sell for VCs.
Here are some pictures of the first day at StartupWeekend. More to come during the day!
