The weekend of October
19th through the 21st, was entirely amazing and
energizing. I would not trade it for a trip to Disney. It was my first
experience in participating in a StartUp battle. Four teams were selected out of 18 pitches
and were given 48 hours to think, build and pitch a product. What a challenge!
Kudos to Venture X, Co-Founders Brent and
David Diamond for making this event happen in SW Florida.
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| Team Chime - The Winning Team |
Congratulations to
Team Chime for winning the StartUp Battle. They created a smartphone-enabled doorbell that alerts you when someone’s at the door. I agree, they not only created the
product and website but their financial plan was strong and ready to be
financed.
Each team’s ability to build camaraderie and collaboration was
admirable. Kudos to all of you.
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| Venture X Start Up Battle Participants |
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| Team Rectangle: NFC enabled business cards, which automatically sync with Android phones. |
I was part of the Rectangle group that pitched
the idea of a NFC (near-field communications) enabled business card which automatically syncs with Android
phones.
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| Marc Anthony Rosa presenting the Rectangle product. |
It was Marc Rosa’s idea and he was great at leading us through the
business plan. After identifying each of our skills and talents, he put us to
work and kept us on task.
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| Rectangle App created by Tyler Thomas. |
Tyler Thomas amazed us with his ability to build an
Android app in two days! Panell wowed us with his artistic talent creating our
graphic designs and logo for the Android app and presentation.
Dereck McCan and
myself worked on research, collaborating with the team on the business plan,
script and support. We worked so well together it was like making music. It was
great fun!
THE OTHER TEAMS
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| Team BAUSS Management: a single portal for all communication homeowners associations |
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| Team ProNector: an app that connects people with like minds. |
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| Team Accessory Addict: created a subscription-based accessories service for women. |
