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My Pitch for Startup Weekend


850 technologists gather at Skirball on the first Tuesday of the month. Bob is running late (stuck at a meeting) and is planning on meeting up with colleagues already seated. Bob walks aimlessly up and down the aisles looking for his colleagues who eventually see him first and wave and shout to get his attention.

What if Bob could have pulled up an app on his iphone, and see exactly where his colleagues were sitting so he can easily slip into his saved seat without anyone noticing he was late?

At the same conference Tina is excited about her new e-commerce site which has been growing at a steady clip for the last 4 months. She is a recent grad and isn’t very well connected in the tech or investment community. She is however, connected to her iPhone where she pulls up an app and is directed to the exact locations of potential partners, investors, and employees based on their check-in and integration with social media profiles. When Nate Westheimer announces the ‘turn to your neighbor’ portion of the night, Tina is prepared to connect and pitch.

I’m Sitting Here is a web and mobile application that takes Geo-mobile (ie- FourSquare, GoWalla, Places) one level deeper and enables users the ability to check-in to their exact seat at conferences, entertainment events, restaurants, and offices. Integrations into Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn make I’m Sitting Here the ultimate social and business networking tool for those on the go.

Web and mobile (iPhone/droid) front and back-end developers are critical to take this concept from idea to the app store. We can’t do this without you. Other Startup Weekend participants are welcome to join the team. I’m looking forward to working on a great project over the next 3 days.

Startup Weekend is Almost Here!


I don’t know if its the… rush of pitching to a room full of strangers, the brain flurry of trying to process the best of the best pitches, forming teams a la kickball in grade school, seeing the first mockup take shape thanks to some PHP, watching people’s mood go through a Mr. Hyde-Dr. Jeckyll-Mr. Hyde transformation (and they inevitably do), pivoting, more pivoting, presenting on Sunday, or leaving the event with the feeling of accomplishment and desire to sleep for the next 14 hours – Startup Weekend NYC is here and its going to be awesome!

For those who have never been, I’ll post a copy of the schedule below. If this is your first time hearing about it, keep following their schedule as this event is SOLD OUT!

Friday, September 10th

* 5:30 pm – Doors open
* 6 – Event officially begins. Networking time. (delicious pizza and beverages served)
* 7 – Official kick-off and welcome
* 7:10 – Speakers: Jeremy Mims (Frogmetrics), Mark Davis (DFJ Gotham Ventures), Dwight Merriman (10gen) and Jessica Randazza
* 8 – Pitches start (Pitches are 60-seconds each. Pitch your best idea first, because we may not have a chance for second or third pitches)
* 9-ish – Pitches conclude. More time for networking. Some teams begin to self-form
* 10 – Voting. Teams solidify
* 11 – Break off to a bar or coffee shop to continue the discussion or begin work

Saturday, September 11th

* 9 am – Breakfast is served. This day is all about building, developing, designing, writing, creating, etc.
* 10 – By now, teams should have prototype(s) on paper, decided on a working title, and created technical plans. Start getting servers live, buying domains, creating user flows, etc.
* 12 – Lunch & Demos from Birchbox and Market Publique
* 1:30 – More coding, business plan development
* 6:30 – Dinner
* …Work through the night

Sunday, September 12th

* 9 am – Breakfast
* 10 – Teams should have a live splash page up with an email capture and a simple blog
* 12 – Lunch
* 5pm: Final presentations begin
* 8-ish – Panel votes. Awards. Wrap-up and move out

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