StartupBus: Is your application applicable?

This looks cool as hell, and if my life circumstances were different, I'd be onboard (so to speak).

At the same time, I think that the focus on "48-hour startups" for these kinds of projects selects against a lot of potentially profitable ventures which would require some complexity, and which simply can't be designed and prototyped without at a couple months of work at minimum. Unless you have a compelling innovation already well-fleshed-out in mind, there is a tendency to ape what's already out there, which makes for fun technical exercises, but not always compelling startups.

I hope I'm wrong, though. I wish the participants a safe journey and happy hacking. :)

I was initially psyched on this (and I still like the idea) but it's not viable for me simply because of the very late timing. (The fact that you can't apply without a Facebook account is a little annoying, too.)

Strange concept, and not a lot of detail.

I can't tell if $200 is a great deal, or horrible deal.

That being said, looks like an interesting story.

Odd but this made me think of _The Long Walk_. First one to stop coding gets it!

How are you supposed to launch a startup when you're in a bus? I'd consider a major step of launching a startup to be verifying the problem you're solving actually exists and people will pay for your solution.

Without that step, isn't it a mobile hackathon?