Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on new ideas which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily scientist, engineers, software developers, designers, marketers, and business people - to build and develop a commercial case around them.

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Congrats to our great teams!

1st Place: $2,500 Status Queue – check them out at: @statusqueue
2nd Place: $1,000 Vinozo- check them out at: @vinozo

Watch the Live Startup Weekend Syracuse Pitches

If you’re interested in watching the live pitches of the kick-ass teams toiling the weekend away check-in here.

Pitches kick-off at 6:00pm EDT. Teams will have 4 minutes to pitch, followed by 2-minutes for Q & A by judges. Follow the hashtag: #swCuse for the live twitter feed.

- Cheers
The ‘Cuse SW Team

#swCuse Teams – Pitching Order

Teams hustling the weekend away

iMusic – touch-screen digital music stand with auto-page turning

Chase My Racer – Mobile app for race spectators. Find where your racer is on the course!

TrustmyRental.com – Reinventing the way students house hunt. Join our network and build your Trust Factor now!

Vinozo.com – Social Tracking of Wine

You Dream It – Connecting those with ideas to people who can build them

HoT ToTs – sensor patch for monitoring and wirelessly alerting caretakers to an infants fever

You Should Date Me – Leveraging data through social connections to eliminate creepiness in online dating

Spinal Tap – Giving Doctors a better way to save lives

Artwork Evolution – Building creative apps for iPhone and iPad as a white label custom development firm

PictoNet – Family Social Media Business that uses a photo scanning business model as a “hook” to acquire its user base

Special Menu – Dining specials based on geolocation

Top Shelf – A convenient way to consolidate and view your favorite websites in one click

PHIT – Aggregate personal health data to provide meaningful information to individuals and organizations

DogLogging – Mobile app for tracking a Dog’s health and activity

Hyper Jobz - Microjob marketplace for student work

StatusQ – a mobile app enabling users to monitor wait times at local restaurants

GoPartyStarter.com - Kickstarter for parties

Friday Night Syracuse StartupWeekend Kickoff

Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. at The Tech Garden (235 Harrison St, Syracuse, NY). Registration desk will be right as you walk in the front door.

Street Parking is free and a lot two blocks away on 572 Salina St is also free after 5:15 p.m.

Food will be out at 5:00 p.m. and the program is set to kick-off at 6:00 p.m.

Speakers

Alyson Shontell, started two clothing lines, Syracutie and Americutie, and reports on startups as an editor for Business Insider.

Mike Duda, Co-Founder/Managing Partner of Consigliere Brand Capital a marketing-driven investment company based in New York CIty.

Albert Wenger, Partner at Union Square Ventures, entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded five companies,

Pitch’s start at 7:00 p.m.

BRING AN ID or soda and water is all you get

4 Days Out: Location and Parking Information

4 days out from the start of the Syracuse Startup Weekend?

The location is The Tech Garden, 235 Harrison St. There will be free street parking as well as a free lot at 572 South Salina St (after 5 p.m. on Friday). We will have signage and volunteers to direct you, and we look forward to seeing you Friday!

Look forward to seeing you on Friday!

- The #SWCUSE Team

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