Jacksonville Startup Weekend 2012 – A Grand success!!!
Thank you for participating in Jacksonville Startup Weekend – 2012 hosted by iStart Jax Business Accelerator, Indo-US Chamber of Commerce and JAX Chamber.
Jacksonville’s first Startup weekend was a great success with 50+ ideas pitched, 150 people working in 17 Teams tirelessly over 54 Hrs. Event featured 5 Speakers, 5 Judges, 17 Sponsors, 20+ Mentors, a total of 235 people, 250 Tweets and 300 people added to @StartupJax & 780 bottles of water 
Thanks to WJCT, Entrepreneurs Anchor, Daily Record, Advantage Biz Magazine, Florida Times Union and Jacksonville Business Journal for providing the media coverage to the event.
Grand finale was attended by Sponsors, Mentors, Judges, Speakers and Participants. 17 Teams presented their startup ideas.
And the top 5 winners are…
1st Place – The Pinstitute – Jennifer Chapman and Team
2nd Place – TADA Language – Isabelle Killian and Team
3rd Place – UPEO Analytics – Inayat Walli and Team
4th Place – GIZMO Entetrprises Inc (Pay2Pitch) – Perry Kaye and Team
5th Place – Armex Industries – Eduardo Marquez and Team
Top 5 Teams will have the opportunity to pitch at the Sramana Mitra’s 1 Million by 1 Million Incubator on Thursday 11.00 AM EST. 1 Million by 1 Million is a global initiative by Sramana Mitra to create 1 Million entrepreneurs generating a revenue of 1 Million by 2020, an audacious goal. iStart Jax Business Accelerator is an affiliate of this program.
You can register to see how our top 5 winners perform @http://strategyroundtable-jan26.eventbrite.com/
iStart Jax Business Accelerator will soon announce the next Startup Weekend schedule along with many more exciting events on Tech-startups. We will keep you posted on the progress of these 17 startup ideas as they make significant progress in their journey towards transforming their startup ideas to successful startups.
More on resoures for the startup ideas, coming soon!
Any questions, ideas and suggestions for improvement, please send them to info@iStartJax.com
Thanks you,
Jacksonville Startup Weekend – 2012 Team
Jacksonville Startup Weekend 2012 is sold out!
Thanks to the overwhelming response, Jacksonville Startup Weekend has been sold out a week ahead of the event. Many have been waitlisted. Incase if a spot becomes available, tickets will be released in the order which should be used within 24 Hrs of the release. Those who are signing up under waitilist will receive communication regarding the upcoming events.
Jacksonville Startup Weekend pre-event kick off – A big success!
The final pre-event kick off organized by Jacksonville startup weekend team was another opportunity for participants to learn more about startup weekend and network. Event started with a welcome and opening remarks by MJ Charmani, founder and Chairman of iStart Jax Inc, business accelerator and Executive Director of IndoUS Chamber of Commerce. MJ presented the 2011 Annual impacts of startup weekend companies. $30M was raised by Startup Weekend companies with 260 Events in 202 Cities, covering 67 Countries engaging 21,316 Attendees forming 2817 Teams. Top companies that raised the funds this year include – Zaarly, Foodspotting, Scanadu, Saygent, Launchrock and ReportGrid
Rich Evans, Sr. Director of Human Resource, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and Honorary Director of iStart Jax Inc delivered an encouraging note to use local resources and think global impacts. David Hayes, CEO of Tempus Software and Honorary Director of iStart Jax Inc rocked the attendees by inspiring them to find solutions that matter and make life simpler with the example of www.flobee.com. Pramod Jain, President of IndoUS Chamber of Commerce and Honorary director of iStart Jax Inc, motivated participants to start preparing by finding resources and explore possibilities of forming teams ahead of the Startup Weekend.
Lisa Daniel from JAX Chamber and Jerry from Small Business Development Center spoke about the support of their respective organizations to Jacksonville Startup Weekend.
Ujwala Rangole, Executive Director of iStart Jax Inc, provided the latest updates on the agenda. 17 organizations have signed up as sponsors for the event. Ujwala shared with audience the Speakers, Mentors and sponsors information. Mentors include the entrepreneurs, Startup Evangelists, Legal Consultants, Software Architects and Designers. This gave audience good insights into the event.
Yash Nath and Carlton Robinson, Executive Directors of iStart Jax Inc walked the audience through Frequently Asked Questions, event day format and provided tips for preparation.
Riti Singh, Executive Director of iStart Jax, said “It was a great networking towards the end of the event. Though we wrapped up at 6.00 PM, not many seem to leave. Most of them stayed back networking and getting to know each other”. Sanjay Kurahatti, a member of iStart Jax, said “I am thrilled to see so many coming out on a Saturday at 4.30 PM. This is such a great inspiration to volunteer and support the local entrepreneurial community”.
Jacksonville Startup Weekend is all set for a great start on January 20th at 6.30 PM. If you have not registered yet, don’t wait, early bird offer ends on January 10th. Register at www.Jacksonville.StartupWeekend.org
Jacksonville Startup Weekend winners to receive prizes worth $25,000
Jacksonville Startup Weekend – 2012 brought to you by iStart Jax Business Accelerator, IndoUS Chamber of Commerce and JAX Chamber is pleased to announce that winners will take home prizes worth $25,000. Prizes accumulated by the generous contributions of Jacksonville Startup weekend sponsors thus far, include
- Microsoft Kinect bundle to 1st place winner – Microsoft Corporation
- Verizon Wireless Phones for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners - Verizon Wireless
- Free office space - CoWorkJax and Beaver Street Enterprise
- Free services for legal and intellectual property(IP) consulting – Akerman Senterfitt
- Free print and digital media avertissements - Entrepreneurs Anchor Magazine
- Free strategic marketing services - Kimberly Deas, Business Growth Consultant
- Free Company incorporation - Company Corporation
- Free booths and attendance at “Masters of the Industry” event – Entrepreneurs Anchor Magazine
- Credit towards free CPA service – Tatiya Accounting
- Free attendance to Startup Series Workshop – Small Business Development Center
- Media opportunities on television, coverage on the leading local and national publications – SBRN and Sramana Mitra – 1 Million by 1 Million
- Obtain feedback on your ideas from Silicon Valley Entrpreneurs at no-cost – Sramana Mitra – 1 Million by 1 Million
- Free Venture Capital Consulting, Brand and UI design assistance and fund raising assistance – Coloma Ventures and Blue Horizon Venture Capital Consulting
Additional prizes may be available to winners, depending on additional sponsor sign up.Join us at the pre-event kick-off, January 7th, Saturday, 4.30 PM – 6.00 PM. Venue: South East Regional Library, 10599 Deerwood park Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Every participant gets a credit of $40 towards incorporating company and complimentary three Months use of PromoZilla, a do-it-yourself marketing tool along with
- Free access to Microsoft BizSpark, is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups, providing software, support and visibility
- $50 Amazon webservices + $200 Credit for the winning Team
- $50 Twilio Credit that provides a web‐service API for businesses to build scalable, reliable communication apps!
- $100 Credit to oDesk that allows you to hire remote contractors including Web Developers, Graphic Designers, SEO/SEM experts and more
- Free Access to OpenTok by TokBox that allows developers to build live group video chat into their Web experience using an extensive set of Javascript or AS3 libraries.How it can help: Use it to seamlessly add video chat to your site or mobile AIR app.
Don’t miss this opportunity and sign up now before the early bird offer ends on January 10th @ www.Jacksonville.StartupWeekend.org
