Lean Startup Machine vs. Startup Weekend

[Bob]

There is some talk about startup weekend. There is apparently a new
national competitor to the event that has been gaining some momentum
here on the East Coast:

Lean Startup Machine is a weekend-long startup competition that
conforms to Lean Startup principles, a method of using customer
feedback to rapidly iterate your product to reach product/market fit.
On Friday evening, the event commences with networking and pitches.
Participants then select ideas and form teams to work on their project
over the weekend. On Sunday, teams pitch their business and Minimum
Viable Product to a panel of well-known entrepreneurs for cash and
mentoring. The winning pot of cash is the event's profit, projected to
be ~$1,000.

http://chicago.theleanstartupmachine.com/

It looks like they had one in Chicago, and are about to have one in
New York.

Sounds like fun.