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Hey all. This is my first post to HN and also my first contribution to the Startup Weekend blog as an employee.

I think the subject matter would be interesting here and would love to hear if there is anything you think I missed. Startup Weekend gets to be in a cool place to lead among tech entrepreneurs and I'm always to happy to advocate for those in our field.

Thanks for reading :)

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Thanks for writing :)

I actually just forwarded it to one of my partners.

His reply: "Is that a hint? JK. Good read man."

I'm glad! I had to keep the list short for the blog, but I think this would be a great place to collect other ideas. What 10 points would you have written?

A main one for me is that 'Shortcuts don't pay off in the end'. It hurts when you, as a developer, pour your sole into your app only to have your partners take shortcuts and purchase 'likes', or otherwise 'stuff the ballot-box'. Take the time to help develop sincere social and ad strategies for your app, and your potential for a higher-quality yield increases.

I almost had that point in there, but cut it before publishing.

I also had a point about "your code generation tool isn't good enough."

I'll be at the Startup Weekend event in NYC tonight/this weekend. First time with this hackathon, excited to see how it goes.

How exciting! Are you going to pitch an idea?

We'll see. I've got a few ideas, but more than open to joining better ones.

I would encourage you to pitch, It was a bit nervy for me, but pushing through those fears are what makes a good startup (not saying that you have those fears just that i did). Plus I had a great time. and who knows? maybe your idea will be one that wins!

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