June 18th – The Brainstorm
Fifteen people were present the night Twegather was born.  Chris Schmitt our session lead tasked the group with coming up with a twitter based event management system. Four teams of four or five people spread out amongst the various rooms of TheCodeFactory to brainstorm ideas. After 30 minutes the group reconvened and we presented our ideas to everyone. Twegather was born … an event management system that harnesses the strengths and capabilities of twitter in a unique and original way.

Summer 2009 – Project nights
Summer is always a more challenging time to get stuff done, at least in the sleepy little town of Ottawa. In spite of that we had a number project night to keep the momentum at roughly two week intervals. A core project team emerged and we would meet to discuss the various; technical, business and monetization aspects of Twegather. We have made some significant progress and now an alpha version is looming large.

First Major Milestone – Alpha Demo
Our next full meeting of Team Camp is scheduled for the first Thursday of the month September 3rd. The intent is to provide a working demo of our alpha version for Twegather. There will be an open discussion among team campers at our next meeting as we seek input on the path forward.

Where from here?
The expectation is that our next major milestones will be limited user trials, the beta version of Twegather and incorporation.  As we move forward the challenges of company formation loom larger. We have made our first crack at a term sheet, discussed briefly corporate structure, compensation, started to work on a minimum viable business plan, discussed roles/responsibilities and started to think about the inevitable need to incorporate.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. The Twegather project has made significant progress and that we are well beyond that first step and in fact have reached our first milestone. As we approach the dog days of summer and Team Camp starts to meet regularly it will be great to see our first organic project come to fruition. As Twegather blazes the trail on our first project journey it will provide a path for subsequent Team Camp projects to follow.
Looking forward to the next chapter in the Team Camp Journey; from Alpha to Beta.

Cheers,
Team Camper Ian

PS – Thinking about attending the next TeamCamp meeting on Sept. 3rd?  Select one of the following (using Twegather of course!): Reply Yes › Reply Maybe › Reply No › (and don’t forget the cookie jar!)