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title: 'How do you get From Side Project to Startup?'
date: '2008-08-27T10:07:45-07:00'
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categories:
  - Events
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Startup
tags:
  - CubeSpace
  - passion
  - 'side project'
  - Startup
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# How do you get From Side Project to Startup?

So just how do you take a passion project and make it your full-time startup gig? It’s a common question. And a question any number of us have struggled to answer at some point.

And on September 12 and 13 at [CubeSpace](http://cubespacepdx.com "CubeSpace"), a bunch of us are going to get together to try and figure it out with [From Side Project to Startup](http://www.sideprojecttostartup.com "From Side Project to Startup").

The event will be a continuation of the discussion we started earlier this year at [BarCamp Portland](http://barcamp.org/BarCampPortland "BarCamp Portland").

> The seeds for ‘From Side Project to Startup’ were sown at a session of early May’s [Bar Camp ](http://barcamp.org/BarCampPortland)Portland. The [conference ](http://www.slideshare.net/selenamarie/my-other-thing/) generated a good amount of buzz, and brought up [ more questions ](http://barcampportland.chesnok.com/drupal/node/134) than the time could answer.

And besides, I’d love to have you there as part of the discussion. [So join us, won’t you?](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/898641 "Side project to startup")

> You’ll notice the [schedule ](http://www.sideprojecttostartup.com/format) includes a lot of ‘schmooze,’ snack, break and party time. With this as well as the unconference time to meet and discuss with people, it’s a goal of ‘From Side Project to Startup’ that a network of interested startups will form to provide each other with peer support and accountability. You can do it, keep going!

For more information, visit [From Side Project to Startup](http://sideprojecttostartup.com "Side Project to Startup"). Or, if you’re already as excited about this as I am, go ahead and [RSVP on Upcoming](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/898641 "RSVP for From Side Project to Startup").