Drum Roll Please…
A big congratulation to our winning teams!
Top 2 teams:
1. Rap Roulette: Video Chat Roulette for Rap Battles
Prizes:
- 2 sponsored tickets from the University of Michigan’s Center for Entrepreneurship to San Francisco to pitch their startup! Trip includes visits to Google, Facebook, Twitter, Own Point of Sale, and Twilio.
- $200 Amazon Web Services Credit
- $75 Google AdWords credit
- Tour of Bizdom U + private pitch workshop. Teams will work together with the Bizdom U Leadership team for a pitch and feedback session.
2. Task Missile: Real time web-development feedback system
- Tour of Bizdom U + private pitch workshop. Teams will work together with the Bizdom U Leadership team for a pitch and feedback session
- $75 Google AdWords credit
Most Promising Pitch (sponsored by RPM Ventures): Task Missile
Prize:
- Private pitch workshop with RPM Ventures. Opportunity to work together with RPM team to both practice their pitch and receive feedback from a seed investor.
Best Use of SMS (sponsored by Nexmo): EvenTalk: Real time text-message based event feedback system.
Prize:
- Amazon Kindle Fire
Best Demo: Backtrack: Searchable database of previously visited web pages.
Audience’s Choice (powered by Nexmo): Rap Roulette
End of Day 2
As we reach the end of Day 2 here at SWAnnArbor, I can’t believe all that has happened here in the last 30 hours.
After kicking off with a buzzing mix & mingle, we got off to a killer start with 71 pitches! The atmosphere was filled with excitement to brainstorm, share, and dive into new waters.
Here are the pitches from Friday:
Shannon: Author Me This- Allows you to capture your children’s stories.
Adam: Task Missile- Real time customer or client feedback system, Firebook,
Scott: Bachelor Chow: Subscribe and receive same bi-weekly groceries
Stuart: Corporate Dating Service: Help companies recruit employees + match pool of locals
Ricardo: The Stock Market for Web Startups: people invest in future revenues for web startups
Shreyas: YouNews: Web Article Tool which generates blurb or summary based on highlights
Ryan: IMich: Better free collaborative online learning community- for anyone!
Kinnard: Chirper: Text message goes from directly from me to you, and free
Lawrence: Syllabus: Add syllabus directly to Google calendar
Matt Text it: Timed text messages + emails
Vijay: Universal Address Book: easy to add, extract, + update: unique pin + profile-based
Jeff: Happy Turtle: Interface that streamlines the ability to send targeted recruiting ads
Mark: Linknotes: Write message on sticky note and scan it and auto update on the web
Dave: Doork: Door Module each one has info that gives you a memoryboost and saves you time
Ben: Earworm: Song stuck your head? No longer. Bam.
Mike: Cluster: Collaborative recommendations from your inner circle.
Alex + Sanjeet: Kaijan: Bars bid on you- “5 guys looking for a bar, which bar wants them?”
Nathan: Backtrack: Browser extension: track all the pages puts it on searchable online database
Jaime Did Some: App that bothers/reminds you do to your goals
Billie: I Hope You Know: Web service that makes it easy to make memorable gifts
Armin: Allows applicant to highlight accomplishments + objective assessment of competency
Nick: Supertext: Number that you text and directly answers your personal questions
Tierra: Intro.me: Networking platform that facilitates meetings between minority women.
Joe + Stephen: Collaborative Calendar: Everything (others can post and goes right on calendar)
Becca: Website where you can post things you want to borrow or loan out + name price
Zach: MyCards: Register all cards (giftcards, loyalty, credit) on website
Adam: Lets people at Startup Weekend trade skills
JJ + David: Peach: Pay without credit card + get recommendations based on past transactions
Udae: List all details for contractor and gives out money to contractor after each task is done
Jon: Me Gusta: Make awesome games for iPhone + iPad
Nazih: We Compete: Allows corporate teams to compete + lock results, track via smartphones
Manish: Gateway: Money only goes to worker when the work is done to satisfaction ,
Brian: Local.tv: Website that is optimized for TV viewer
Rui: Gobartering.com- Allows to barter
Dharmik: One stop resource for students (forums, resources, textbook market, social media,etc)
Ned: I’m Fucked, Save Me!: Geo-locating advice- to help you find the right people
Ghazi: Trailer Park: Watch trailers to pick movies, not reading boring synopsis, can tag trailers
Mitch: Open Content Company with quality content
Alex: Dashboard that tells you when stuff is freakin’ out in your life!
Adam: Cleo: Phone-based software:works with external hardware to remember + video record details of your life
Yohei: Captures all DJ merchandise on one website for all fans
Tharyn: Layer on top of blogpost that highlights parts of article + shares on other networks
K.J.: Sopa Soap: send directly to congressman!
Arthur: Create a concept tree of Wikipedia and simplify it to make it understandable
Jon: Buy One, Feed One: Find restaurants that have open tables- for each table filled, a child is fed
Rachita: Never Alone: Meet up with that “one” person you need help you accomplish goals
Kevin: Craysis: Filtering reception and targeting signals sent out
Shannon: The ability to control who texts you (no stranger, companies- only people you want)
Joe: Wolfkin: Sticker that becomes a reward, to encourage
Tharyn: GoodAds: Ads are sponsored by good people
Nathan: App that allows you to sell yourself to an event- gets you domain + designers
Dave: Asks questions based on your courses that will not shut off until you answer
Zach: Write in idea + find techies who can help bring it to life
Erik: Rap Roulette: Chat Roulette of free style rapping (virtually simulated rap battle)
Erik: Better way of GPA
Meme Images and give them a copyright
Mike: Reverse Auction site: give out requirements for job
Stuart: Check-please, help, order button at restaurants on table + waitstaff interface
Dimitry: Party Points: Compete with friends at a party and get points
Steve: Eat Me: Lets you find out if what you eat is safe or not (based on allergies, etc)
Danyaal: Gifgallery.com
K.J. + Jon: Asiantablesavers.com
Jeff: CyberGrandma’s Cookbook: Input recipe, tells you ingredients needed. Database of pantry + scanner-based updates
Neil: App that calls a cab for you
Jim: Consumeractivitist.org- database of analytics allowing support of advertisers for good advertising not violence
Greg: Rude Awakening: Insults you until you wake up + can submit insults
Cameron: Collaborative Drawing Game
Alex: Cohort: Achieve your goals with the help of your support network
Vijay: Put in ingredients you have and website/app gives you a recipe
Jon: Google TV ads- combine Good Ads + Consumeractivist.org
Nancy: The Ingredients that made me: What is your recipe all about?
After Mixing and Mingling, the votes came in and the top 12 killer teams were announced:
1. Rap Roulette: Chat Roulette of free style rapping (virtually simulated rap battle)
2. Collaborative Calendar: Calendar which complies everything- can include what others post.
3. Me Gusta: Make awesome games for iPhone + iPad
4. Buy One, Get One: Find resturants that have open tables- for each table filled, a child is fed
5. YouNews: Web article tool which generates blurb or summary based on highlights
6. Sopa Soap: Send Sopa soap to congressmen
7. Bachelor Chow: Users subscribe and receive the same bi-weekly grocery package
8. Doork: Door Module each one has info that gives you a memory boost and saves you time
9. Text it: Time text messages and emails
10. Kaijian: Bars bid on you- “5 guys looking for a bar, which bar wants them?”
11. Task Missile: Real time customer or client feedback system, firebook
12. IMich: Better free collaborative online learning community for everyone.
Teams have been working hardcore all day, with some awesome prototypes on the way!
A huge shout out to our mentors: Dov Rosenburg, Sally Carson, Steve Schwartz, Jon Baugh, Jason Raznick, Zach Steindler, Ankur Oberoi, Kyle Mulka, Nathan Bashaw, Jim Xiao, Tony Jamous, Tim Lytle, as well as our guest speakers: Verdi Ergün and Erol Ahmed for sharing your experience and advice!
Can’t wait to see the presentations tomorrow!
Interested in coming to see what the teams are all about? Join us tomorrow evening beginning 5:30pm, right here in East Hall for the our final team presentations and awards!
A Message from Ann Arbor SPARK
Ann Arbor SPARK is thrilled to be involved with the Ann Arbor Startup Weekend event this year! The Director of our Entrepreneurial Services, Bill Mayer will be a judge during the event. As an organization whose mission is to advance innovation-based economic development in the greater Ann Arbor region we strongly believe in supporting init
As a part of our sponsorship to the event we are donating three free months of virtual tenancy at our SPARK Central Incubator in downtown Ann Arbor to one Startup Weekend company. Ann Arbor SPARK has three incubator locations. Our SPARK Central Incubator in downtown Ann Arbor, our SPARK East Incubator in Ypsilanti and our Michigan Life Science and Innovation wet lab Incubator in Plymouth.
We welcome Startup Weekend participates to become more involved with us and attend our monthly free educational events aimed at entrepreneurs. The content of our events comes in all forms; marketing, legal, life-science and environmental topics aimed at giving out relevant information for those starting a business. Another benefit of our events is the networking opportunities for those who attend to meet others involved in our robust Ann Arbor entrepreneurial community.
Itinerary
Here is the general itinerary for the weekend:
January 20-22, 2012 ‘
Psychology Atrium, East Hall
University of Michigan
530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Friday 5:30pm – Sunday 9pm
Friday:
5:30 pm: Registration starts (pizza served)
6:30 pm: Welcome and kickoff
7:00 pm: Pitches Begin-(60 seconds per person)
8:00 pm: Attendees mix, mingle, and vote for the top ideas
8:45pm: Top ideas are announced. Teams form and begin to work
12:00am: Teams either call it a night or leave the venue for elsewhere to work throughout the night
Saturday:
9:00am: Doors open. Breakfast + coffee.
12:15pm: Verdi Ergün and Erol Ahmed: “Rethink.”
1:30pm: Lunch + Teams continue working. Mentors begin working with teams.
6:30pm: Dinner + Teams continue working.
10:30pm: Informal Social/Mixer (participants can continue to work if they want)
12:00am: Teams either call it a night or leave the venue for elsewhere to work throughout the night
Sunday:
9:00am: Doors open. Breakfast + coffee.
9:30am: Teams continue working and begin prepping for presentations + Mentors begin working with teams.
12:00pm: Lunch + Continue working
12:00-5:00pm: Teams begin dry run through of presentations: pitch timing, equipment check, etc. 4:30pm: Dinner, final touch-ups on presentations
5:15pm: Judges and additional presentation audience arrive
5:30pm: Richard Sheridan: “Entrepreneurship: Purpose, Passion and Joy.”
6:00pm: Introduce judging panel and kickoff presentations
8:00pm: Judging + awards
9:00pm: The end! Socialize, exchange numbers, celebrate!
Get Pumped!
- The Startup Weekend Ann Arbor Crew
