[kausikram]

I have been to quiet a few startup weekend type events, down here in India. In fact one of the main products i am working on is based out of a weekend hack that happened 6 months ago. To me the most biggest crib-point is the fact that, while most of these events put in considerable amount of effort pre-event, and ensure an amazing event, everyone of them lack when it comes to post event engagement. Without an after event support system in place, most of those hacks do not see the light of the day and the event in itself ends up becoming a terrible cross between a beauty pageant and a spellingbee contest.

[overworkedasian]

what would you like to see in a 'post engagement' system? do you want to be able to see a list of everyone that attended so you can follow them on facebook or twitter? have a place that teams and post updates on the projects that they worked on? curious as to your thoughts on how the 'post event' support system could be better.

[kausikram]

a bit of all that:

  * Chronicling the products that were created.

  * Having a forum where there is discussion on the MVPs created, to validate it against real market and see if it can be developed into a product.

  * A place where the MVP creators can try to find initial customers / beta testers.

Individual networking does not required any post event hand holding, but thats hardly enough to help the MVP to take shape into a full blown product.