Cleveland Startup Weekend

Verve catering Sunday night

Thank you to Verve for catering the closing event on Sunday night.

Need GPS data or an accelerometer for your idea – New Sponsor Announced – Freescale

We are really excite to announce Freescale Semiconductor as a new Gold Sponsor.

For all of the gadget ideas out there, Freescale Semiconductor has donated 10 Windows Sensor Development Platform development kits that are really cool. These dev kits provide the ability to integrated directly with Windows 7 to act like a Wii Remote or provide GPS location information. It can be integrated into any Windows application so it make for a perfect add on to an already cool idea.

Click here for more information on the development kit

You have got to check out the video that demonstrates how the development board could we used in an idea, please click below

Windows 7 Sensor and Location API Part 1 ? Board Setup

We will also have a Freescale i.MX 21 development system available

Thank you for the support Freescale.

About Freescale:

Look inside automobiles, media players, mobile phones, washers, dryers and networking infrastructures. You’ll discover Freescale intelligence and connectivity at work in things that you see and touch every day, in every part of the world. Freescale is one of the top producers of semiconductor products in the world.

Radio Spot

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Thanks to 90.3 WCPN ideastream® we have an ad that will be airing over the next week. If you’d like to here it, it’s posted below. Help spread the word by telling your friends and coworkers about Startup Weekend! There are still spots available, so sign up soon!

Cleveland Startup Weekend Radio Spot

New Sponsors!

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

We have even more sponsors to announce! Thanks to all of them for their support!

Civic Innovation Lab

The Civic Innovation Lab fuels innovation by providing mentoring and funding of up to $30,000 for ideas that can improve the Greater Cleveland economy. Since 2003, the Lab has granted over $1.5MM to 52 great ideas. Included in this portfolio are initiatives to foster downtown vibrancy, attract and retain talent, support entrepreneurship and build emerging industries. The Lab puts the soul in the city’s economic development!

In addition to a financial contribution, Civic Innovation Lab is going to be keynoting on Friday night!

thunder::tech

thunder::tech is an integrated marketing agency based in Cleveland, Ohio that provides services in the areas of Web, graphic design, interactive media, video, public relations and advertising. Using an innovative mix of capabilities, thunder::tech builds and executes comprehensive marketing plans for clients using a variety of traditional and new media.

NEOSA & COSE

The Northeast Ohio Software Association and Council of Smaller Enterprises have joined together to offer free membership into COSE for the winning team! Thank you to them for providing such a valuable prize!

Win a netbook from Twilio!

Posted by Startup Weekend Crew

Twilio is teaming up with us for the weekend of November 13th through 22nd to encourage innovation with voice enabled applications, using our open API. If your team uses Twilio in any way over the course of the weekend, you’re eligible to win Netbooks for your team members.

How It Works

Startup Weekend teams range in size, so we will award the winning team with up to six Netbooks, along with other Twilio goodies. Startup Weekend teams in six cities will compete for the chance to win, and we’ll be blogging and tweeting about your projects throughout th weekend and beyond.

Get Motivated

Brainstorm Ideas for Your Project Pitch

Do you have a laundry list of projects you’ve been meaning to build, or are you drawing a blank? Either way, its time to begin generating ideas so you can decide what to pitch on Friday night.

Read About Past Twilio Projects at Startup Weekend

More Sponsors!

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

The support keeps on coming! Today we are pleased to announce three more sponsors. Thank you very much to all of our sponsors so far. Without you, this event could not happen!

Findaway World

Findaway World is the maker of Playaway, a preloaded digital audiobook. Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. Simply plug in the earphones and enjoy. No Cassettes or CDs. No Downloads. Just Play. With over 2 million units sold in 5 years, Playaway currently circulates in 20,000 libraries (public and school), is shipped to soldiers downrange in Iraq and Afghanistan, can be found at several airport retail locations, at Amazon.com and viawww.playaway.com. Findaway World was recently named to the Inc 500 fast growing companies in the US and winner of other local awards.

LeanDog Software

LeanDog is a studio that transforms the culture of technology development. Using proven Agile techniques for delivery, and offering Agile training and coaching services, we seek to help eliminate roadblocks to create more effective and efficient software development teams.

MakerGear

MakerGear.com was founded to advance digital fabrication (aka personal or desktop fabrication) and to, hopefully, help unleash some of the pent-up creativity and innovation that has long been sidelined due to lack of capital. As personal fabrication matures and becomes readily available, the ability to create new products will be less and less a function of access to capital and more and more about know-how. Get informed. Sharpen your blade. And, make (almost) anything.

Another Prize

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Goldstein, Caldwell, and Associates have graciously donated a special prize to the winning team at Startup Weekend. Whoever receives the most votes at the end of the weekend will receive FREE space and consulting services from GCA. This is of immeasurable value to any startup, and usually comes with some significant cost. Having met the team at GCA I can say that they are first class. No matter the outcome of the event, if you are interested in startups at all, be sure you talk to them.

If you have any business ideas you’ve been holding on to, waiting to meet the right people, or if you’ve just been wanting to help start a business, this is your chance to achieve your goals and get the help you need for the low price of $75 (only $60 if you register before October 30th). Even if you are happy at your current job and just want to do something different for a weekend, don’t miss this great opportunity!

Sponsors!

Posted by Anthony Broad-Crawford

Startup Weekend Cleveland is proud to announce two new sponsors! Thanks to both of these companies for their help in making this event great! If you or your company is interested in sponsoring see http://startupweekend.org/sponsors/ for more information and email cleveland@startupweekend.org with questions or an offer. Here’s some information on our latest sponsors:

MapCleveland

MapCleveland is a comprehensive and fully interactive service that will change the way people shop, play, explore and learn about Cleveland. MapCleveland is best described as a geographic directory, map and geo-tagged photo library, demographic tool, and event and news locator all in one. It uses the latest geospatial technology to create layered, community-created, Cleveland-focused maps that come alive with multimedia enhancements. Businesses, non-profits, individuals and communities can benefit by using MapCleveland to share comprehensive information with a broad audience.

Goldstein Caldwell & Associates

Goldstein, Caldwell & Associates (GCA) manages a growing portfolio of innovative start-up companies in Northeast Ohio. We focus on amazing ‘young’ entrepreneurs and ideas that have a high growth potential yet can achieve proof of concept quickly. We identify, validate and aggressively accelerate the most promising ventures from idea conception to a profitable business.

The GCA process helps portfolio companies succeed through seed funding, business development expertise, mentoring, networking and a youth focused culture. Our goal is to remove much of the uncertainty, risk, cost, and time that is typically associated with starting a company. This approach improves the success rate for seed stage ventures and mitigates risks for early investors.

GEW Early Registration Discounts!

Posted by Startup Weekend Crew

This is a special offer for the GEW events for early registrants! Register before 10/30 at 6pm and get 20% off using the code “swearlybird” Register now!