Atlanta Startup Weekend 2

Saturday night is coming to a close and the groups are making great progress. Some are further ahead than others, but everyone seems to be having fun and hard at work trying to turn their ideas into products. Here are the ideas that currently have a website.

Twitpay.me let’s you send payments via Twitter.

Closebuy.me a location-based [...]

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Tonight we are walking across Fifth Street and going to Tin Drum for dinner.  We may go anytime between 6 - 9 pm.
I have Gift Certificates for everyone to use.  The stated amount is $7.50 but the deal is you get one entree and a fountain drink.  If you want another type of beverage you [...]

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Not sure exactly how many projects made it through the final cut last night. I think eight, will get an update later. All I do know is that at least two, and maybe three are no longer functioning. Including mine.
Seems like one or two of the team members were not really committed [...]

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3rd round of voting - looks like we’re getting close to people choosing the “company” they’re going to work for over the weekend

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We’re getting close to wrapping up round 2 of voting. People are starting to get a bit anxious. The snarkiness level is rising on Twitter.

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Who knew Shiner Bock would be so popular? And yes, plenty of Pabst Blue Ribbon for everybody!

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The following ideas made it past the first cut:
Giving Time - individuals helping each other an hour at a time
Payments via Twitter - give people money over twitter
StopWhere - an integrated web/iphone app that enables travelers to plan their stops when taking longer range trips
Mark’s Horrible Idea - something that “talks good” about your company [...]

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If you like sipping from a firehose, check out Twitter for the unofficial backchannel of Atlanta StartupWeekend 2. Go to my profile and look at whom I follow for a good starting point. It’s also a good place to keep informed of what’s going on in the tech / entrepreneur scene in Atlanta.

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Let’s have a big round of applause for our sponsors - sorry I couldn’t get ‘em all.
BTW, Purewire is hiring.

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Apparently we have live stream from Loren Norman - http://lorennorman.com/live/

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