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I was reflecting on the elements that contributed to a successful Startup Weekend process and pitch, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the strong, patient, and consistent mentorship of Russell Herman. The day before pitching YardSprout to the Startup Weekend audience in Bay 7 at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC, I spent … Continue reading
Check out some of the resulting press coverage from YardSprout’s win at Triangle Startup Weekend: The sponsor was the Center for Entrepreneurial Development in Durham, NC: http://www.cednc.org Our mini-profile on Startupweekend.org WRAL: “YardSprout grows winning plan at Startup Weekend” Triangle Business Journal: “Startup Weekend a success” The RTP Blog: “Triangle Startup Weekend: What did you … Continue reading
YardSprout founder and “Chief Sprouting Officer” Andrew Pearson pitched the YardSprout concept in 60 seconds on Friday. We competed with over 50 over entrepreneurs pitching ideas. Twenty were selected to advance to the next phase. An 8 person team of developers, designers, and entrepreneurs formed that night and came up with an action plan for … Continue reading
From Friday June 3rd to Sunday June 5th, 2012, YardSprout participated in Triangle Startup Weekend, a 54 hour competition to build a team, a prototype website, and a business pitch from scratch. Check the prototype website we built to illustrate our business model at: YardSprout.Heroku.com Startup Weekend was an amazing opportunity to plant the seeds … Continue reading
On June 3rd, Andrew Pearson pitched the YardSprout concept at Triangle Startup Weekend (Part of a series of global events at http://www.startupweekend.org), one of 50+ pitches by local entrepreneurs. About 200 people in the audience, including web developers, designers, students and business professionals voted for the top 20 ideas to form teams around. The winning … Continue reading
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