EVA V GONZALEZ

The weekend of October 19^th through the 21^st, 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.

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.

Venture X Start Up Battle Participants

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.

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.


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