Startup Weekend

SW Columbus Recap

Startup Weekend Columbus (our largest yet) was an excellent weekend with some really exciting developments moving forward post-SW activities.  In addition, they were the first weekend in our second year of operation and were nice enough to get us a cake! Check out their projects below and be sure to stay tuned to their local blog as there will be more news and continued buzz and excitement regarding these great projects.

GiggleSeed is a new approach to running a virtual application development business for the Apple iphone and ipod touch. Their first project at Startup Weekend Columbus developed itoot™. With just the touch of your finger, itoot will deliver Multi-fart pack - Short ones, long ones, loud ones and even a few wet ones. All for 99 cents.

CorkShare allows users to create CorkBoards for sharing web media and personal content with friends, group members, or organizations. Users of CorkShare can add objects, called Corks, to their own personal CorkBoard.  Both Corks and CorkBoards are conversational, in that other users can comment on postings as well as add postings of their own.

uPropel.com is a new website connecting students in need of tuition assistance with charitable philanthropists in the online community. To use uPropel.com, students pay a small fee to create a profile online and upload a brief video. Videos might tell a story, demonstrate a unique talent, or go on a humorous rant: basically anything that might garner the interest of a donor.

Clearwish is an interactive service that allows a user to create, grow and share their wish lists with family and friends. Users can capture their items from any site or location and add them to their wish list. Users can then share their lists with family and friends.

EventStart is an application that will make event hosting and set up a seamless and relatively simple activity.  By combining registrations, wikis, twitter, and a variety of other useful applications, EventStart will simplify event planning and empower its users.

Spotwurk is a new service that connects brands, market researchers and advertisers to consumers by engaging them on a whole new level of ubiquitous computing. They make consumers part of the design process by tapping into the pulse of now.  As an added benefit, brands get back on the radar, they engage, research, discover trends and begin to understand their dynamic consumer.

FindShelternow.com is an application focused on the management and distribution of same-day, last-minute hotel rooms. The availability and location of hotels for evacuees is a critical function of the overall evacuation process and this service will enable users to find the nearest hotels and their availabilities for those last minute needs.

Skibble is a creative and powerful white boarding application that allows users to share a Skibble and whiteboard on the web without all the hassle and problems sometimes associated with real time sharing.  Users can share a link and save their Skibbles as images at any time.

FreightChatter is a company that will revolutionize the way independent trucking professionals and shippers connect and interact. It is a web-based network where drivers and dispatchers instantly connect to fill empty trucks and reduce deadhead miles.

Cloud 9 is a conversation-based matching service for the single or solo traveler. Similar in functionality and feel to a dating site, Cloud 9 will enhance the overall personal flying experience through targeted introductions of fellow passengers who are either socially or professionally motivated to engage in this service offering.  Cloud 9 will facilitate the introduction of people flying on the same plane, so that they may sit next to one another and engage in a mutually interesting topic of conversation.

Litigation Desktop is an application that is currently in development aimed at the huge legal exhibits and documentation market that currently exists.  Their application will be a desktop app that enables trial attorneys to better manage their exhibits and huge sources of data in a case.

I also wanted to send out a big thank you to Chris Anderson, Alvin Borromeo and all the other organizers for doing such a great job with this event!

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