As someone who once lived in Atlanta, I can say the startup scene is not as thriving as you might think. Startup weekend travels around the country doing an event at each major city so it's nothing too special that one was held in Atlanta.
Actually Atlanta is only one of two cities to hold more then one Startup Weekend event. Last year about 70 people participated. This year over 100 showed up and there were 70 people still standing on Sunday night.
I see lots of startups. Two of those that emerged from this weekend have the potential to be YC type quality startups.
