I want to know.

This weekend I’ll be participating in another Startup Weekend event in which a crack team of startup junkies and myself will create a new product or service in one weekend.

There’s a ton of ideas we could do, but I’m looking for ideas that will take the pain out of X or Y.

If you problem is knowing how to eat healthy, I wanna know. If you’re looking for a way to organize your life, I wanna know. [insert your own better examples]

Sure I’m going to personally gravitate toward the sexy high tech solutions, but above all I want to make something this weekend that myself and others will still be using in 6 months. I want to make something of value that real people can benefit from.

So if you’ve got a pain point, let me know and you may just get the product or service of your dreams in one weekend.

As someone who doesn’t blog constantly and who typically keep ideas as close to his chest as possible, I’m going to try something fairly bold.

Transparency. (Cue the dramatic music) 

Back when I was a working journalist, Steve Smith, Editor-in-Chief of The Spokesman-Review at the time, pushed transparency hard. The newsroom even had a live webcam for anyone to spy in on our meetings.

Likewise at BigDoor transparency is key once again. Every document created is accessible by anyone in the company. Numbers, facts and figures flow throughout the office for anyone to take advantage. 

It’s a breath of fresh honest air.

But the simple truth is I adore transparency, but never practice it myself.

Then a few weeks ago Brad Feld, one of BigDoor’s investors, came by the office. He dished out wisdom like he was chewing bubble gum.

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