Bloomington Startup Weekend

We are expecting the local paper(s) to provide us some coverage this week. That should push us up to our goal of 70 participants by getting us the last two dozen. Bloomington, a city of 69,000 people, is already comfortably within the norms set by past weekends.

1. 134—San Francisco (Nov 16-18)
2. 120—Hamburg, Germany (Sept 21-23)
3. 82—Atlanta (Nov 9-11)
4. 74—Wash., D.C. (Oct 26-28)
5. 72—Los Angeles (Dec 14-16), Boulder (July 6-8)
6. 68—Boston (Oct 19-21)
7. 53—New York City (Sept 21-23)
8. 51—Houston (Sept 28-30)
9. 49—Chapel Hill (Nov 2-4), BLOOMINGTON (Feb 8-10)
10. 47—Toronto (Sept 14-16)
11. 43—London (Nov 30-Dec 2)
12. 36—West Lafayette (Oct 12-14)

I’m not sure where Seattle finished, but since they sold out quickly I assume they are in the 70s.

Helping matters is a grass-roots online campaign that includes a widget and a growing number of posts from local bloggers.

January 28, 2008:
Bloomington Startup Weekend
(Jason de Runa)
Entrepreneurs to Start a New Business in 54 Hours
(Indy Biz, Lorraine Ball)
Bloomington Entrepreneures Plan to Create New Company in 54 Hours!
(Indianapolis dBusiness News)
Of Interviews and Start-ups
(Pete Holiday)
Bloomington Startup Weekend
(City of Bloomington - events calendar)
Bloomington Startup Weekend
(Briggzay Blog, Christian Briggs)

January 24, 2008:
Listen up, startups!
(Pin-the-Tail, Sophia Travis)

January 23, 2008:
Startup Weekend
(The Web Shop, Clay Mabbitt)

January 20, 2008:
Bloomington Startup Weekend - Feb 8-10
(User Experience Network)

January 17, 2008:
Bloomington Startup Weekend Starts February 8th
(StrangeWork 2.0, Brad Williams)
Startup Weekend comes to Bloomington
(LiveJournal, phoenixblaze)

January 16, 2008:
Bloomington Announced
(Startup Weekend, Andrew Hyde)
Bloomington Startup is Official
(The Glass People, John Hill)
Bloomington Startup Weekend
(First: Principles, Ben Fulton)

January 13, 2008:
Bloomington Startup Weekend looking for a few good “Smoosiers”
(Smaller Indiana, Pat Coyle)

January 9, 2008:
Starting Up Bloomington Startup
(BlogSchmog, Kevin Makice)