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
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?"
>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?
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.