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title: 'Burning the midnight oil on your startup? Join the club at Startup Weekend Portland'
date: '2011-10-06T11:58:03-07:00'
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  - Events
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# Burning the midnight oil on your startup? Join the club at Startup Weekend Portland

It’s no secret, that a ton of startups begin their lives as side projects. All with dreams of someday transitioning to a day job. A going concern. Some make it. But most of those ideas never make the leap out of hobby-dom.

Why? Because it’s one person with an idea. But—lucky for you—that’s not going to happen to your project. Because you’ve got [Startup Weekend Portland](http://portland.startupweekend.org/ "Startup Weekend Portland").

> Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

And it’s all happening here in Portland, October 14-16, hosted at [Urban Airship](http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=Urban+Airship+Inc,+334+Northwest+11th+Avenue,+Portland,+OR+97209-2902&hl=en&cid=18329032732500325860 "Urban Airship").

That means you’ve got one more weekend to get your idea figured out. And to plan your pitch. So you can wow the crowd, build a team, build a product, and make that startup into a reality. Well, and of course, step 4: profit.

Space is limited. So act soon. You can grab your spot by [registering for Startup Weekend Portland](http://portland.startupweekend.org/tickets/ "register for Startup Weekend Portland") today. And if you use the discount code “INTEL”? You’ll get the whole weekend for $50. That’s a wise investment right there.

Just interested in seeing the final pitches? Buy the Sunday night ticket for $25.

For more information, visit [Startup Weekend Portland](http://portland.startupweekend.org "Startup Weekend Portland"), follow @pdxsw on Twitter, or like [Startup Weekend Portland on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pdxsw "Startup Weekend Portland on Facebook").