On Internet marketing and more

Hosted at the beautiful Adobe Conference Center in Fremont, I had the pleasure of working yet again with some of the smartest and most talented people in the area at Startup Weekend this weekend. Since it was my second SW, I had a good sense for what to expect and certainly went in with different expectations. Picking a team this time was easy – I knew what could be done in a weekend – and knew that I wanted to be on a project that could make a big difference, not cash.

Every Day One Thing

I joined Every Day One Thing to help with the social media, ranking and points system, and web copy. “Every Day One Thing is social check-in where you can prove that doing one small thing makes a difference at a global level.” It’s great and is a simple way for people to keep track of and show off their social contributions.

The winners

Congratulations goes out to to all teams as launching a company in 2 full days is no small feat. But, there has to be winners, and they are:

Digri – Best Overall
Every Day One Thing – Social Responsibility Award (this is us!)
Snap it – Most Disruptive/Progressive

Full company list

1. Cluepad – SEO/Search Marketing recommendation engine for small businesses. (closed beta)
2. Mobvoice – Answers the “why” and allows people to get real-time +/- feedback on just about anything in a visual way. Mobile version available. (live)
3. Snap it – Transfer your desktop browse activity with context to your mobile, by the makers of search kick. (live)
4. Swarrm – Location-based video game trading iPhone app. (submitted to app store)
5. Is It A Party? – iPhone app the measures the level of noise to determine if you’re at a party. (submitted to app store)
6. App and Seek – Memory match iPhone game to discover new iPhone/iPad apps. iPad version is two player. (submitted to app store)
7. Shall We? – iPhone app that makes it easy to meetup with people in the area. Looking to make privacy enhancements. (submitted to app store)
8. Digri [de-gree] – Check in at your location and get recommendations on who to meet based on your network. (live)
9. eggstuff – iPad application to help kids learn vocabulary. (under development)
10. Pitch Bank – A way for entrepreneurs and investors to connect to each other and find additional resources crucial to success. Website and iPhone app. (almost live)
11. Every Day One Thing – Social check-in where you can prove that doing one small thing makes a difference at a global level. (live)
12. Raising Uncle Jesse – Facebook app similar to raising a Tamagotchi, except a user is raising Jon Stamos “Uncle Jesse” from Full House. (under development)
13. Locql – Recommendations from locals. (under development)

A big thanks to the EDOT team, Adobe, Clint and Marc, and all the great folks who put on the event. Rumor is the next event will be in June at the new Amazon offices. Can’t wait; I’ll be there.