[mkremer90]

Last Startup Weekend I went to had 7 devs out of 110 people. Definitely an issue.

EDIT: All but one of the 11 teams were tech/programming required startups guys. I'm not talking about "Startup Weekend" as a whole, I'm talking about my experience at the event I went to.

[jasonlotito]

Startup Weekends are not hackathons though.

Edit: Reading through these comments, it surprises me to see that so many people think of Startup Weekend first when they see hackathon. Startup Weekend takes on the format of a traditional hackathon, and shares many elements, but it's not a hackathon. Another commenter hit the nail on the head when they called it a business-a-thon. It just so happens that the culture surrounding it tends to use a lot of tech.

But please, don't equate Startup Weekends with hackathons. They aren't. And that's fine. They are what they are. Confusing them with hackathons however will lead to disappointment.

[dethstar]

Does Start Up weekend specifies that the start up has to do with tech? Unless you're saying that 103 people were the "idea person" I don't see what's wrong with that

[mkremer90]

I can't speak for all Startup Weekend events, but at the one I went too, every single project was a tech startup. On the team I was on, the vibe from the "idea person" was definitely "How can I get a developer to help me for free?"

[dethstar]

from the blog post:

>Restrict to those who are there to code, design, or build something, not to write a business plan - this gives participants the freedom to work on projects that don't need to have profit potential.

That makes sense, but you know, don't restrict it to tech start ups. And from what I read at the SW website, it DOESN'T have to be tech. How were the projects from that SW you mention?

[mitchh]

I went to one in 2012, and a majority of the projects, as well as 2 of the 3 winners were tech.

[joshstrange]

I've done SW before (see comment above) and not all the ideas were tech-related but most were. There was one group working on vertical farms/fisheries(?) I forget the word they used but it was some sort of AquaPond or something like that. Also IMHO SW does not care about actually producing a working example it only cares about the business idea which was disappointing.

[mgkimsal]

Last one I went to - 2012 - was a whole mess of tech folks. One of the larger teams had... 17(?) people on it, 10-11 of which were 'technical' of some stripe. I walked by and heard 3 folks arguing "less vs sass".

Our team had just 4 people on it, and I was the sole tech person. We came in second place (well, tied for second).