This weekend saw the very fist Startup Weekend Maastricht – and what an EPIC weekend it was! This time around I was invited as a coach to help the participants flex their entrepreneurial muscle and help out my wonderful friends on the organizing team with supporting the regional ecosystem

The hands are doing the talking: The thin vs the broad side of the wedge

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Sjoerd Jansen, a participant on the winning team, wrote a post-event blog post. Here are some quotes:

One of the best weekends of my life.

So to recap this weekend; I’ve learned great things from great people like John Ramey and Vidar Andersen, I’ve met great people, but most importantly I walked away with a trained startup muscle. I learned that while everyone might want to own a startup, only a few will succeed.

I held a Lean Startup Crash Course for the participants new to the methodologies