The Birth of Disruptathon
Today marks the official launch of Disruptathon. Like a newborn, it comes into this World with the hope of a long and happy life. Welcome.
Disruptathon is an event who’s time has come. While many innovation events charge up to $6000 per person so attendees can rub shoulders with stars and listen to interesting ideas, most innovators are at home working on a dream while eating a diet of rice and beans. And in many cases, the results are astounding. Disruptive innovation is happening everyday in every town in America and beyond. New breakthrough software applications are being quietly coded and grabbing sizable market share as open source downloads, mobile application developers are quitting their jobs to support a handful of new mobile applications they’ve written in their spare time, new consumer products are invented, designed, packaged and sold globally by single moms and books are penned and published without agents or publishing deals while their authors are being celebrated by the reading community. These are the great innovators of our time and a welcome addition to our economic recovery.
At the soul of Disruptathon is a desire to seek out, celebrate and support these new innovators. To achieve this, we will be focusing on several vertical market segments starting with the mobile applications market. On October 30th we kick off the mobile apps Disruptathon in Washington, DC. The plan is to then hit many other major cities to meet top mobile apps developers. Planned stops include NYC, Seattle, San Francisco, Austin (SXSW), Atlanta and Chicago.
We expect to learn a lot over the coming months and getting better as we go will be part of the fun. One thing for certain is that we are going to meet some of the most interesting people on the planet. To learn more and register for an upcoming Mobile Apps event visit the Disruptathon website.
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Thanks, Ron! I hope to get to SD sometime this winter, it’s supposed to be a cold one here in DC. Best, Pete
Pete,
Good for you!
I wish you the best in this endeavor.
Please let me know if you will be in SD as part of your journey.
Ron