I spent this past weekend with about 120 other Seattle startup enthusiasts at Startup Weekend, a 54-hour marathon to build a web product company from concept to launch in a single weekend. Startup Weekend was founded by a group of entrepreneurs in Boulder, CO, just last summer and already the concept has been executed in a total of 14 cities in the US, Canada and Europe. The organization, and the Weekends, are run by Andrew Hyde.

The Seattle Startup Weekend team built SkillBit.com, a tool that helps groups better understand and leverage the skills, knowledge and experience of its members. The team was divided into core groups representing software development, business development, sales and marketing, program management, user experience and graphic design. For my part, I was home-roomed with the user experience team but had privilege of working as a liaison and contributor to virtually all of the teams.

Startup Weekend was a great opportunity to connect with the local startup community as well as several successful entrepreneurs who flew into town just for the event. I am proud of all of the folks who rolled up their sleeves, built a great company and had a fabulous time while doing it. Seattle has a vibrant and talented startup community -- a great place for iMedExchange to call home.