Showing posts with label Gruple. Show all posts
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Entrepreneur Corner Spotlights 4 Startup Weekend Kansas City Companies During First Fridays



Do you enjoy good company and rooftop cocktails while watching the sunset reflect off of the Kansas City skyline? Of course you do! Who doesn't?  And these are just three of the many reasons to join us for Entrepreneur Corner at bizperc during First Fridays.


April’s Entrepreneur Corner was an undeniable success and this month's event is shaping up to be just as amazing. Each month we will feature a different startup company from the KC area, but this month we are featuring 4 different companies. What a coincidence...4 companies on May 4th!


The 4 companies who will be showcased at Entrepreneur Corner all originated from Startup Weekend Kansas City:


Gruple makes group payments simple; it creates grups, invites grupies, notifies grupies, and provides grupies with a simple and quick way to reimburse others for tickets through debit, credit, and e-check.  But Gruple is useful for so much more than ticket reimbursement! Gruple is useful for any group activity, which requires the collection or reimbursement of money. Imagine group gifts, group trips, fantasy sports, recreational sports, group t-shirt purchases, etc.


Keyzio finds your location, allows you to verify your dream home address and then sends a postcard to inform the homeowner of your interest.


LunchUp is “the simplest way to share what you’re doing for lunch.” It’s an app that broadcasts when and where you’re going to lunch and who you’re going with. It’s a time-saving, inclusive, convenient virtual concierge that pushes you to discover.


Tuthopper is Startup Weekend’s big winner! Tuthopper teaches programming and system architecture through games. The app features a Code Dojo and fun game-play environment that will help kids learn coding through games.


We are beyond excited for the upcoming Entrepreneur Corner and we hope that you share our enthusiasm. Come have a drink, a snack, and a laugh. Make some connections and create some memories with us and our featured companies on Friday, May 4th.


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Monday, April 16, 2012

Congratulations to Kansas City Startup Weekend Winners TutHopper, Keyzio & Grüple!

After 12 pitch presentations, hundreds of cups of coffee and less than 2 hours of sleep, Startup Weekend Kansas City came to a close yesterday at the Union Station Board Room.  And although many of the presenters (and even organizers) may have been delirious on Sunday night due to lack of sleep and an abundance of caffeine, there was an energy in the Startup Weekend air when the winners were finally announced.


3RD PLACE:  Congratulations to Grüple, who snagged the 3rd place prize at Startup Weekend Kansas City.  Gruple.co creates a grüp, invites grüpies, notifies grüpies, and provides grüpies with a simple and quick way to reimburse others for tickets (through debit, credit and e-check). 


2ND PLACE:  Another congratulations goes out to Keyzio, winner of the 2nd place prize.  Keyzio finds your location, allows you to verify your dream home address and then sends a postcard to inform the homeowner of your interest. 


1ST PLACE:  And finally, a BIG congratulations to TutHopper, winner of Kansas City Startup Weekend!  TutHopper is a web-based company that teaches programming and system architecture through games.  Featuring a Code Dojo and fun game-play environment, TutHopper will help kids learn coding concepts through games. Learn more at @TutHopper.  


Startup Weekend KC didn't announce the winners via press release or live blog post.  Instead, the tech-savvy event blasted out the winners via Twitter the moment they were announced at the yesterday's live finale event.



Congratulations to all participants, organizers, volunteers and sponsors of Kansas City Startup Weekend.  Another successful 54 hours are in the bag!  

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