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Startup Showcase at Texas Wireless Summit 2012

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This Friday October 26, 2012 is the Texas Wireless Summit. And as part of the event we are having the annual Mobile Monday Austin Startup Showcase.

(Also, don’t forget that on Oct 22 we are having our regular Mobile Monday Austin event at Capital Factory — topic: Mobile & Cloud.)

This year we are having a strong presence of Startups — 13 total showcasing their mobile apps and solutions; awesome:

1* Baytan Labs — http://baytanlabs.com
2* CanWeNetwork — http://www.canwenetwork.com
3* Divert-X – http://divert-x.com
4* DrawMD / Visual Health — http://escalation-point.com
5* EMMOCO — http://emmoco.com
6* News Blast – http://sxtyscnds.com
7* Noom — http://www.noom.me
8* Ringful — http://ringful.com
9* Toopher — http://toopher.com
10* Vivogig — http://vivogig.com
11* VolunteerSpot — http://volunteerspot.com
12* Wheel InnovationZ — http://wheelinnovationz.com
13* Zello — http://zello.com

Looking back at previous App Showcases at TWS, it is great to see companies that at the time were just starting, and that today are doing quite well, for example 1) MapMyFitness, 2) Game Salad, 3) Tabbedout.

As part of the showcase, judges that include the founder of Tabbedout, the CFO of Phunware, and yours truly, will judge the companies based on
(1) Originality, (2) Impact, (3) Maturity and (4) Business Plan/Model. The judges for this year are:

* Maria Ocampo — Head of Publisher Services at Collider Media
* Rick Orr — Founder Tabbedout
* Alan Kane — CFO Phunware
* Brian Grigsby — General Partner, Corsa Ventures
* D Keith Casey Jr — Evangelist at Twilio
* C. Enrique Ortiz — Head of Products at Shango

For more information about the Texas Wireless Summit and registration, visit TWS web site http://TWSUMMIT.COM.

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MobileMonday/AppCircus Austin Showcase @ TWS 2010 – And the Winner Is…

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We had a wonderful showcase at the Texas Wireless Summit 2010, with 12 companies participating:

Great interactions and demos all across…

The companies were judged based on application originality, creativity and innovation as well as business model, validity and execution. A Runner up and 1st place were chosen:

(Runner up) — QRANK
(1st place) — Famigo Games

Congratulations to Famigo Games, winner of the 2010 MobileMonday/AppCircus Showcase and QRANK…

We had a well rounded set of cool companies that included mobile gaming, fitness, tab and POS management, social, secure health, education, brand management and call management. It was awesome to have them participate and see the mobile startups that are brewing up in Austin… Congrats to All!

Thanks to the MobileMonday Austin, AppCircus and the Austin Technology Incubator staff and our sponsor Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.

Related to this see Texas Wireless Summit Showcases Austin as Premier Wireless Innovation Hub (ATI blog).

Invitation to MobileMonday-AppCircus Showcase at the Texas Wireless Summit

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This is an invitation to all Mobile Startups in Austin to participate at the MobileMonday Austin Showcase at the upcoming Texas Wireless Summit; read below. If you would like to participate please email me at eortiz [at] mobilemondayaustin [dot] com.

On Nov 16th, the ATI and MobileMondayAustin (MobileMonday Austin.com) are hosting a Showcase to highlight the most promising mobile applications and platforms. The Showcase will be 45 minutes during the afternoon break — we will set up cocktail tables around the coffee and snacks for the startups to demo and engage with the audience. We are anticipating around 200 participants, from all corners of the industry and including carriers, angel investors, and VC investors. Participating companies will receive one complimentary pass to the Summit. Please visit TWSummit.com.

During the TWS showcase we are doing Austin’s first AppCircus. We are partnering with AppCircus (AppCircus.com) which is a global cross-platform mobile showcase which enables any mobile application to be eligible to pitch in any city around the world which hosts an AppCircus. There will be an expert panel judging the applications and a winner mobile application will be chosen which will be eligible to present at the 2011 Mobile Premier Awards in Barcelona, during the Mobile World Congress.

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The Central Texas Entrepreneur Funding Symposium ’10

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The Central Texas Entrepreneur Funding Symposium ’10 is a one-day conference for entrepreneurs ready to go to the next level and looking for the funding to make it happen.

The event designed to provide entrepreneurs with the information they need to adequately fund their businesses. From start-ups to established organizations looking for additional injections of capital, attendees will learn how to prepare their companies for funding, discover alternative sources of capital and hear from successful entrepreneurs.

See the event’s Agenda. The event includes panels and fast pitch competitions.

  • Angel/VC Panel
  • Fastpitch Competition where Entrepreneurs will have one minute to pitch their deals in front of an investor panel
  • Track 1: Austin Entrepreneur Network Track – Legal, Financial and other issues
  • Track 2: Tech Ranch – Tools and Techniques for Accelerating Your Seed Stage Venture
  • Track 3: Idea Finishing School, led by Dean McCall – Selling your startup
  • Track 4: Capital Factory

I know many of the folks organizing and participating in the Symposium and I recommend it.

The attendee registration before April 21st, 2010 is $99 and at the door: $125.

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