Through an interaction with a potential client today, I was introduced to an intriguing event: Startup Weekend.  The basic premise is a group of highly motivated developers, marketers, entrepreneurs, and business-minded people gather for a weekend to pump out ideas for companies and projects - and they actually develop them from start to finish.  Wow. 

This immediately made me think about the 48 Hour Film Project which was recently in Indianapolis.  I've had a couple of friends who've participated in the past years, and I always thought, "what a cool concept!"  You have a set period of time to start from scratch, and end up with a finished film project.  Well, now there's something similar for those with entrepreneurial minds (by the way, I just spelled entrepreneurial without the red-underlined AutoCorrect feature popping up - I was very proud of that)

So, this is event is coming to Indianapolis September 12-14, and I'm planning to participate.  It's been an incredible experience transitioning from a global corporation with thousands of employees to working for a small startup software company of 25 people.  And I love it.  The startup atmosphere is contagious, and our blogging software company in Indianapolis is no exception.  Being on the front lines of an ever-evolving and rapidly growing company is like nothing I've experienced before.

I encourage you to check out the event if you have an interest in this type of thing.  If it sounds boring, check out GiggleSeed, one of the companies born from Startup Weekend Columbus.