I suppose I posted about the success of Toronto Startup Weekend a little too soon on the Atlanta Startup Weekend blog.  Seems like a disagreement has broken out among the founders.

Andrew Hyde, the founder of the Startup Weekend concept, was the first to bring this up.  Seems like Andrew got a bit of a surprise about his role, the equity structure, and how the concept was to be developed.  Steve Poland, an independent third party in my mind, pretty much backed Andrew up with his two cents.

Brill shot back.  And now Toronto is doing a survey (can’t wait to see the results) on what the participants think.

In my day job at ATDC this is the type of thing that comes up from time to time.  Founders debating the equity structure of the company and strategic direction.  Two very important issues for any early stage company.  Issues that need a lot of open communication.  It does not seem that such communication was happening between Andrew and Toronto.  That will not be the case in Atlanta.

Cross posted in part @ Atlanta Startup Weekend.