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Portland Startup Weekend: A 54-hour sprint to new connections, horizons and possibilities

May 5, 2013 /

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Last weekend, about 100 budding entrepreneurs and a generous cross-section of Portland’s startup and tech communities gathered for a 54-hour sprint.

The high-energy, double all-nighter known as Startup Weekend yielded friendships, connections and a few tense moments. And though participants may come into it hoping to parlay the weekend’s intensity into a wildly successful business, expectations are actually more earthbound, organizers and participants say, because even great ideas don’t automatically translate into profits.

Full Story: http://www.oregonlive.com/small-business/index.ssf/2013/05/portland_startup_weekend_a_54-.html#incart_river

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