Other than a mostly male turnout, I didn't know what else to expect. Barcamps are unconferences with a lot of geek talk, so I surely had my apprehensions. Fortunately this one covered a range of non-techie discussions, from human resource management to legal information for startups, from open source education to an online TV guide.
Here's what I walked out thinking:
Engineers, geeks, programmers are brilliant creations of god - talented and driven. Whats more, the more experienced ones know intuitively what the market needs, what gap will be filled their new software product/services idea. And usually they are bang-on.
The problem?
They know their stuff. They KNOW they're sitting on a brilliant concept and can translate that into a workable prototype. Its what they do, what they're passionate about. But a business (a successful one anyway!) needs much more... expertise about the market dynamics (where is your target audience?), legalities (entity, incorporation, IP) communication-programs (how will you talk to your target audience?), recruitment(who will carry out these functions?), business intelligence (what is the revenue-model, how will you raise money, how will you best use it?)....
I'd like to be involved with bringing together this expertise to BarCamp like events, where geeks can find opportunities to evolve their engineering ideas into workable, monetizable businesses.
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