The Winners of the First Startup Weekend Storrs!
Congratulations to PlatForum, Sobrio, and MailStack who tied for 1st Place at the inaugural Startup Weekend Storrs event! Honorable mention when to KidETA for most promising service to the community, and Life Raver for best name.
There were many terrific startup ideas presented, and many potential businesses in the pipeline. We look forward to seeing the success of groups move beyond this weekend.
Top Winners:
PlatForum – A mobile app to consolidate the forum experience
Sobrio – A mobile match service linking drinkers and sober drivers
MailStack – A new way to view and organize your existing email
Honorable Mention:
KidETA – A school bus location service using mobile crowdsourcing (for most promising service to the community)
Life Raver – A website to help visitors to a city find the fun things that locals do (for best name)
Best Presentation: GrowKix
Other Participants:
- Eldercare Compare
- Busses2
- CloudSort
- Sitterverse
- LiveIt!
- Joy In A Glass
The next Startup Weekend in Connecticut is in Stamford on March 30.
Thank you to all our sponsors who made this event possible!
Connecticut Light & Power Signs On As Premier Sponsor
We are happy to announce that Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) is a Premier sponsor of Startup Weekend Storrs. Their generous donation demonstrates their dedication to the growth and development of our Storrs startup community. Thanks CL&P, your donation is helping to make this event possible.
Company representative Laura Dinan explains their support this way: “CL&P is committed to helping Connecticut businesses of all sizes grow and prosper. We have a long history and future in powering small businesses and innovation. We’re proud to partner with Startup Weekend Storrs. Together we’ll keep Connecticut strong and vibrant.”
To learn more about CL&P, visit their website, http://www.cl-p.com/.
Locations & Directions: Where Will SW Storrs Be Held?
Startup Weekend Storrs is right around the corner, so if you want to be sure you know where to be, here’s a quick primer:
- Friday Night: SW Storrs registration will kick off at the Information Technologies Engineering Building. (see http://maps.uconn.edu/index.php for a campus map).
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Working sessions will be held at the Classroom Building, across from the Engineering Building (see map for location).
If you need a refresher on the agenda for Startup Weekend Storrs, click here.
See you this weekend!
Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina Accounting Signs On As Gold Sponsor
We are happy to announce that Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina Accounting is a Gold sponsor of Startup Weekend Storrs. Their generous donation demonstrates their dedication to the growth and development of our Storrs startup community. Thanks Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina Accounting , your donation is helping to make this event possible.
Coming from Big 4, national firm backgrounds, each of FML’s partners heard clients express the need for more service, timelier response, bigger ideas and more enthusiasm. So they began assembling a team of the most qualified and seasoned professionals in the area—people whose agile thinking is matched by a passion for the problem-solving and enterprise-building aspects of our profession. You can get in touch with FML through their website, here.
Service Internet Solutions & SoftLayer Sign on as Gold and Contributing Sponsors
We are happy to announce that Service Internet Solutions, LLC & SoftLayer are sponsors of Startup Weekend Storrs. Their generous donation demonstrates their dedication to the growth and development of our Connecticut startup community. Thanks SIS & SoftLayer, your donation is helping to make this event possible.
Service Internet Solutions helps mid-market manufacturers and service companies make more money by dramatically improving the e-commerce, customer service and communications functions of their Internet operations. To find out more about Service Internet Solutions, click here.
