Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality.

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Congratulations to our Winners!

Congrats to our winners!

First place: AudienceAmp! This team will compete in the Global Startup Battle during the week of Thanksgiving. Be sure to check out the battle and vote! AudienceAmp has also won our Premier prize: Entrance to TechParkU!

What is AudienceAmp? A mobile platform for realtime audience participation with post event analytics and reporting. Follow @AudienceAmp. Visit AudienceAmp.com. Find them on Facebook here.

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Teams Pitch at 5 pm at The Lyceum

Presentations start at 5 pm!  Teams who will pitch tonight include:

 

AudienceAmp: A mobile platform for realtime audience participation with post event analytics and reporting. Follow @AudienceAmp. Visit AudienceAmp.com. Find them on Facebook here.

 

 

 

 

Valve Boss: A labor-saving, cost-effective solution to opening and closing municipal water shut off valves. Visit ValveBoss.com. Find them on Facebook here.

 

 

Fan54: Your personal fan concierge. Follow @RealFan54. Visit them on Fan54.com. Find them on Facebook here.

 

 

reStyling: A website that brings the style community into your closet. Visit them on LaunchValet.com/restyling.

 

 

NotiphyMe: A safe, secure, streamlined approach to alert vehicle owners of issues with their cars. Follow @NotiphyMe. Visit them at notiphy.me. Find them on Facebook here.

Idea Pitch Recap

Nine ideas pitched last night and the Startup Weekend community formed five teams, which are hard at work today. A recap of last night’s energy:

Book Tweeter: An automated service to help authors promote their book online.

Valve Boss: A water valve management device

Notiphy Me: An app to improve inter-vehicular civility

Restyling.com: A community-driven site designed to help breathe new life into fashionable clothes

Fanfare: Geo-localized group selling for sporting events

Cafe for Los Ninos: Gourmet coffee business that supports social good in third world countries

Faternity Tools: What fraternities need to run a smooth organization

Audience Amp: Real-time audience engagement

Hairvac: A vacuum cleaner designed to never clog.

 

Startup Weekend Cool Prizes

Here’s  a few of the prizes we have lined up for this weekend’s event:

 

 

 

 

  • The winning team from each city will participate in the Global Startup Battle (globalstartupbattle.com), and one will come out victorious as the Global Winner! 

  • TurnKey Health will be giving 50Gb of Offsite BackUp for 1 year- $900 value.

  • Venyu Technologies will be giving providing a server environment for the winners

  • A spot in TechParkU from Louisiana Technology Park

  • SpringBoard will also be offering co-working space in Baton Rouge

  • LaunchPad  will be giving away 3 months free co-working space or 2 months free permanent desk space in New Orleans.


Baton Rouge Startup Weekend is being hosted at The Lyceum in downtown Baton Rouge.

 

Get Directions Here: http://www.thelyceumballroom.com/findus.html

In the case that street parking is unavailable, there is a parking garage located at 201 3rd Street that closes at 3am on both Friday and Saturday and at 12am on Sunday!

See ya soon!

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