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These guys are funny. The Startup Bus is a crazy idea where you get a bunch of entrepreneurs onto a bus, drive across the country, and when you get out you have a startup. It's literally that simple (or difficult). They take the best applications for hackers, designers, and business jerks, and end up with quality teams who hit the beef jerky and Mountain Dew on their way to wherever. It's a variation on Startup Weekend or Startup Monthly, except for one very unique twist. It all freaking happens on a bus.
South By Southwest is a big event for them each year and in preparation they made this video which is just quality startup parody. I will update the post in the morning with more details once I get them from the team.
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.
