OVERALL: 60% based on team votes and 40% based on judge’s voting

1. Vidicul.us

2. ConvertibleHeels.com

3. NodeRabbit

OTHER CATEGORIES:

MOST FUN:

1. Vidicul.us

MOST COMPLETE:

1. Poundvs.com

SCRATCH YOUR OWN ITCH FROM SCRATCH

1. ReferralBon.us

1. Stuffpass.com – @stuffpass – “Bunk savings without the bunk”
2. Bandock.com – @bandocksus – “Helping local musicians find more gigs”
3. Hocopost.com – @hocopost - “Take Control of your online reputation”
4. Referralbon.us – @referralbonus – “Watch for Jobs, Refer a friend, you get paid”
5. Cogentmobile.com – @cogentmobile -
6. Factolo.com – @factolo – “Making things better”
7. Workwithme.org – @workwithmeorg – “Social Co-Working”
8. Poundvs.com – @poundvs – “Pound your friends”
9. Chirashigeo.com – @chirashigeo – “Create fun, useful, or cool experiences around places”
10. GrindeStone.com – @grindstone – “Cooperative Venture Capital. Help people build & own businesses together.”
11. NPITS.com – “No Pie In The Sky. For Entrepreneurs. By Entrepreneurs.”
12. NaughtyNutritionist.com
13. Convertible-Heels.com - @day2niteheels – “Convertible heels for work or play”
14. Vidicul.us – @VidiculusVideo – “Snark & Heckle”
15. NodeRabbit.com - @noderabbit – “Go-Live In Five”
16. MeetImpact.com – “New England Innovator’s Revolution”

Here is my quick re-cap of the session:

There are 3 dimensions to Innovation:

Invention – A solution to a problem that you have.

Intention – Because of your intentions and abilities, you help push Innovation.

Beliefs – The power of beliefs to actually accomplish what you set out to do.

Proposals: Most people talk about the invention. This is what it is. what it does, how we’ll make it, how we’ll market, etc. Talk more about beliefs: I intend to help people _______. I intend to make people feel _______.

Exercises we did:

1. Each leader had to finish a sentence that started with “I believe…”  Bill’s believes that people should follow their hearts.

2. Next everyone started a sentence with “My people are…” Bill’s people are entrepreneurs who want to build things from the heart.

3. Everyone had to give a 15 second “Elevator Pitch” (most were less!) *Can you give a pitch in 15 seconds?

- Don’t tell people “what it is” tell people “what does it mean” (Focus on what you believe and who your people are)

- Women are better at this.

- Fancy language doesn’t get you anywhere.

- Lose the jargon. Simple, to the point, sentences.

4. In the next exercise, Bill pretended to be the teacher of everyone’s first grade class.

- Result = people used real language. *Try explaining your business to a bunch of first graders so they can do it.

19 Kabir Riotvine – Foursquare integration

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/newengland/visit.aspx

Agenda

Friday – Doors open at 5:30pm, and we’ll kick things off by 6:15. We will have pizza and drinks.

Saturday – Kick off at 9am, and we can stay until 11pm. Coffee in the am. Sandwiches & Chips for Lunch, Lasagna & Spagetti for dinner.

Sunday – Kick off at 9am. Final presentations start at 5:15pm. We’ll be out of there by 8pm. Coffee, Lunch, and Dinner provided.

Remember

Pitch Format for Friday night is – 60 Seconds. We’ll hear about 35 ideas for new startup ventures.

Bring: Laptop, charger, notepad, pen, business cards.

First-Timers: Be sure to check out our FAQ here.

Prizes: For the top 2 teams: 2 hours of mentoring with TechStars‘ Shawn Broaderick and “Priority Consideration” for the next application. Free “Incorporation Packages” from Cooley Godward Kronish, and an assortment of amazing prizes for MassChallange including free entry and endorsements plus additional judging points.

Also: Be ready to share ideas, learn, meet new people, and have a great weekend!

“One of the key tents of entrepreneurship is that you start your business with insufficient resources and knowledge” – Steve Blank

A special thank you for helping make this event what it is goes to Gus Weber and Leah Brunson from Microsoft New England R&D Center, Michael Choen with VC Ready Law Group, Jason Evanish with Greenhornconnect, Aaron Gerry from iZaazu (a starutp from the last SWBoston), and the long list of everyone else who has helped out. Boston is truly an amazing community!

We’ve already lined up great Mentors for Boston, including;

• Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
• Craig Kanarick, Cofounder of Razorfish
• Dharmesh Shaw, Cofounder of Hubspot
• Dan Shapiro, CEO of Ontela
• Eric Melin, CEO of Philanthropist.org
• Stephen Hau, CEO of Sharable Ink and Patientkeeper
• Doug Brenhouse, Cofounder of Metacarta
• Ryan Alfred, Cofounder of Brightscope.com
• Roger Yee, Former CEO of ShadowLogic
• Matt Johnson, CEO of OmniStrat
• And more…

What is the Prize?

A Diamond Endorsement for the winner (Free entry, plus 5 points toward their judging score), Platinum Endorsements for all finalists ($100 discount, plus 1 point toward judging score), and Gold Endorsements for all entrants (1 point toward judging score).

What is MassChallenge?

MassChallenge is running a global startup competition and accelerator to catalyze the launch and success of high-growth, high-impact new businesses. The first contest launched on April 14, 2010 with a total prize pool of $1 Million. The submission deadline is June 11, and winners will be announced in early October 2010. The competition is open to anyone in the world, with any idea, in any industry. Physical activities will be based in Massachusetts where innovation resources are most concentrated. Every entrant will receive training, feedback, PR and networking support via expert volunteers from partner organizations. Around 100 of the highest-potential entrants will receive intensive mentorship and other free resources, including office space and targeted introductions to customers and funding sources. The very best startups will be identified by expert judges to receive cash awards toward launching their businesses along with enhanced PR and privileged access to top investors seeking to place seed capital to work in high-growth firms. MassChallenge is a 501(c)(3) (non-profit) leveraging both public and private funding. Learn more and enter online: www.masschallenge.org

Angel Boot Camp + Demo Night
June 1, 2010
Cambridge, MA

http://seedboston.com/angelbootcamp/

Learn Angel Investing from the Experts
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Have you thought about angel investing but weren’t sure whether it was
right for you or how to get started? Are you an entrepreneur who wants
to learn more about working with angels and how angel investment
differs from venture capital? Here’s a chance to learn from the
experts. We’ll have more than a dozen of the best angels and seed
investors on hand — some local, some from around the country — to
share their experiences. Why do angel investing? How do you find and
evaluate potential investments? What’s the right amount of money to
invest? How do you set terms? How do you work with other angels,
entrepreneurs and VCs? What are the legal issues?

We’ll address these questions and more. Join us for an afternoon of
learning and networking.

Demo Night
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Do you have a startup that you’d like to pitch to the angels, VCs and
entrepreneurs at Angel Boot Camp? Request an invite (see below). We’ll
invite a select group to demo. Note that we’ll also have a pitch
session on the evening of the 26th to help make the final selections.
It’s not mandatory, but it might help your chances. So save the date
if you can.

Request an Invite
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Request an invite at http://seedboston.com/angelbootcamp/ if you’d
like to attend Angel Boot Camp or pitch your startup at Demo Night.
For more info, follow @angelbootcamp or @jonpierce on Twitter or email
us at angelbootcamp@seedboston.com. Also feel free to reach out by
email if you’d like to sponsor the event. Space will be limited and
invitations will be extended as quickly as possible. Patience is
appreciated.

Speakers
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Alexis Ohanian, Founder, Reddit
Andy Payne, Angel Investor, Open Market
Angus Davis, Founder, Swipely
Bill Warner, Angel Investor, Avid and Wildfire
David Cancel, Founder, Performable
David Cohen, Founder, TechStars
Dharmesh Shah, Founder, HubSpot
Don Dodge, Developer Advocate, Google
Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective
John Landry, Angel Investor, Lead Dog Ventures
Lee Hower, Angel Investor, PayPal and LinkedIn
Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures
Phin Barnes, Principal, First Round Capital
Rich Miner, Partner, Google Ventures

More to come…

Who Should Attend?
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The primary goal of Angel Boot Camp is to educate, inspire and grow
the angel investor community. As such, active and aspiring angels are
the primary audience. But we also welcome entrepreneurs, VCs and other
people interested in learning more about angel investing, provided
they agree not to pitch at the event.

Great article by Jason Evanish with GreenhornConnect.com – This is a PARTIAL version. Check out the full version here.

As Mike Kowalchik pointed out yesterday on the Greenhorn blog, the structure of standard entrepreneurial networking events where you’re quickly pitching your idea may not be the best way to find a co-founder; when you’re trying to find a business partner, there are many elements that have to come together for it work and many question you need to try to answer.  The amazing part about Startup Weekend is that many of those pieces can come together in just one weekend thanks to the event’s unique structure.

Why Startup Weekend is the Best Kind of Founder’s Dating

Preface: Startup Weekend is a 54 hour startup event that provides networking, resources and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. They connect you with local developers, innovators and entrepreneurs to build community and start real companies.  People pitch ideas and form teams on Friday night and then try to build prototypes/demos and organize basic business planning in one weekend, culminating in a judging on Sunday night. Winning teams receive prizes including cash, in kind services and mentoring. You can learn more about the event here.

1) This is the right group of people

The first step in finding a great cofounder at an event is having the room filled with the right types of people.  Fortunately, anyone who signs up for an event built around trying to start a company in 54 hours is clearly a bit of an “entreprenerd” (credit @JoshSamBob). Anyone who isn’t serious about startups will quickly stand out like a Star Trek geek at a Star Wars convention.  Find the Han Solo to your Chewbacca.

2) You see how people work……..

Ok… a teaser – go get the rest of the post here now!

More and more you can hear speaking about lean startup. Being lean might look as common sense (and it is) how do you think Microsoft Apple or Oracle were created? Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle) recently talked about the fact that the computer industry is the only industry more fashion driven than women fashion (speak here) So why business is important? why should you care if you are a developer? and why lean start-up is something new?

Well my point of view is that nothing has changed, but the fact you can now have for a $100 a working and powerful computer some cheap internet plan etc.. Makes any startup already lean. The only reason some of them cost a lot is because they are VC driven. So don’t bother your startup is going to be lean anyway! Now the real question is how can you learn and succeed. Well this is where conferences like startup lesson learned are useful. The more startups there is, the more data you’ll have have to understand how things works. But understanding is not experiencing, facing some customers request having to care about IP and discovering the beauty of accounting is something that you need to learn by yourself. There are rules there is a grammar there is a vocabulary (like in any language) but listening can’t help you if you don’t try!

This is what startup weekend is about. Learning in a real world

No Talk, All Action

hope to see u there