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Its not ignorance or bad intentions. Its not a startup factory, its a fun weekend to push yourself and learn some skills. Stories like these get voted up on HN but they are not the norm in my experience.

With Techstars now being involved, I can see them putting in more clear language about what the outcome of the weekend is as there will always be people who miss the point.

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"Its not a startup factory, its a fun weekend to push yourself and learn some skills."

Then... don't call it "startup weekend". Call it "hacking weekend" or something like that. "Startup weekend", as a name, carries certain connotations.

I completely understand, but reading and signing a simple contract takes 5 minutes. Preventing (yes, rare!) cases like this is worth the small overhead, IMO.

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