If you have not attended a StartUp Weekend I would highly advise it. It really doesn’t matter what line of work you are in, there will likely be a team that could use your help. The Event is November 18-20, 2011 and you can sign up here: http://houston.startupweekend.org/

What is it? A group of entrepreneurial minded people come together, pitch business ideas, team up and try to launch a company in a single weekend.

Last year I tried launching an app at Houston Startup Weekend and while it wasn’t completely with in the spirit of the competition I received invaluable feedback. It is still up at http://www.mindwallet.com if you want to check it out.

This year I’m bringing a raw idea to the table and hoping to recruit a team, build a mobile app, design some marketing material and launch the company in some capacity in one weekend. It is going to be a blast. It is gong to be snaphang.com unless someone helps me come up with another name. Follow the progress @snaphang.

I’m going to need:
Designers
Marketers
Copywriters
Programmers(PhoneGap, MongoDb, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, node.js)
Lawyers
Beta Testers
Art Lovers
Artists

If you aren’t attending and would like to be a guinea pig and maybe beta test our app, fill this out: http://t.co/1nTOSIN1

Beyond participating, I’ve decided to be a sponsor as well. I’m doing this because I truly believe that Houston has the talent and capacity to be a startup hub. We need more events like this and I’m really excited to be helping to support it. Helping start ups reach the minimum viable product is one of the expressed goals of RIVVIR Consulting and this is a great event to demonstrate out ability to do so.

The organization team should get a big pat on the back as well. Thanks to Sara Worthy, Brian Cohen, Javid Jamae, Jerald Reichstein, Katie Sunstrom, and Colleen Brady for making it happen.