Demo Day 2014Instamour[Opening Remarks]
- This is it!
- Chuck Stormon: Welcomes the guests in the room and introduces StartFast's Alum from last year.
- Chuck thanks sponsors such as Le Moyne College, Centerstate CEO, Seed Capital, etc.
- Mentors rise up to receive praise from the crowd
- Tony, from Manning & Napier takes the stage:
- "This day,...would not have been possible if it wasn't for Chuck Stormon and Nasir Ali"
- "...Finding the next gem..."
- "...Make a little investment magic happen today..."
- Nasir Ali takes the stage:
- The furnace accelerator is a new accelerator in town
- Leslie Jump takes the stage:
- "Startups have changed..."
- "The lean startup movement...this is all about building something, learning what's going on with your customer..."
- "It's a process. You need to be there for the long run"
- "Today you can build a million dollar company from you sofa"
- "So I want you to listen today...get involve with a startup company...write a check"
[Presentations][Instamour]
- Jason Sherman takes the stage:
- "Online Dating Sucks!"
- "So about a year ago, I said to myself, someone has to fix this"
- "We came to startfast with only 10k users... I am proud to announce that as of today we have 100k users"
- "Together we are on a mission to end bad dates forever!"
- Jason leaves the stage
[PlatypusTv]
- Sean B. takes the stage and introduces PlatypusTv
- Nomi Foster takes the stage
- "Three major user view... Old is new..., Premiere...., Interactors..."
- 70B, this year alone, was spent on TV ads
- Nomi leaves the stage
[Keynotes - Patrick Ambron (BrandYourself.com)]
- Patrick Ambron takes the stage and introduces BrandYourself
- "If you can't explain your business in 1 Minute, it is too complicated"
- "Stand-out best at one thing, than mediocre at 100 things"
- "Enjoy the ups, remember the downs"
- "Hire the best: Pitch them just like an investor"
- "Treat your employees the way you want them to treat your customers and their work"
- "Know how you're different, make sure everyone else knows too"
- Patrick Ambron leaves the stage
[Wyzerr]
- Ben Bragdon takes the stage and introduces Wyzerr
- Ben leaves the stage
- Natasia takes the stage
- "Initially target retailers with millennial customers"
- Natasia leaves the stage
[Zursh]
- Jay from Manning & Napier takes the stage and introduces Zursh
- Jay leaves the stage
- Simon takes the stage
- "Please see me afterwards so that I can tell you how we can use every last dollar to reach 20M transactions by 2016. Thank you"
- Simon leaves the stage
[Keynotes - ]
- Crowd stands to stretch
- "Image and authenticity"
- "I come here I see this energy, it's authentic! Thank you for having me!"
- Speaker leaves the stage.
[Mass Mosaic]
- Speaker takes the stage to introduce Mass Mosaic
- Speaker leaves the stage
- "we may not realize what we have until someone values it"
- Rob Jameson takes the stage
- "The economy is evolving, and Mass Mosaic is what's it's evolving into."
- "The secret to how this works is simple. We don't just rely on buying and selling (by pierce)."
- Rob Jameson leaves the stage
[Interface Foundry]
- Elisa Miller-Out takes the stage to introduce Interface Foundry
- Elisa Miller-Out leaves the stage
- Rachel Law takes the stage
- "Everyone, take out your mobile devices and enter this url: bubbl.li ... "
- Rachel Law leaves the stage
[Closing Remarks]
- Nasir Ali shows his gratitude by thanking Families, friends, investors, mentors, and Interns.
This concludes StartFast's 2014 Demo-Day.