Seven companies in 48 hours!
Entrepreneurship is rocking in Dallas this weekend. My son Alexander Muse and the team at Big in Japan hosted Startup Weekend Dallas this weekend. Mike Orren has the full story here. This evening six startups debuted including:
- 1-800-LAW-GUNS is a legal referral system that uses a telephone system to match people who need a lawyer with lawyers available to talk to them NOW.
- MEETUPSPORTS™ is a web application that gives anyone who wants to play any sport the ability to find other people to play it with–it makes games happen. MeetupSports locates similarly-skilled players near each other who are available to play a sport, locates them via the web or smartphone, bringing them together.
- 1FTP will allow you to: Store all your FTP credentials in one place. Use a single login for access to all of your FTP accounts. Easily share access with others, without sharing your FTP passwords.
- PickyPlates is a recipe service that learns what food you like and dislike based on your favorite ingredients. You tell PickyPlates what ingredients you like and dislike and we learn about your food preferences and recommend recipes based on your favorite ingredients.
- OpenWishlists: Making wish lists easy to share.
- ActivePub: Collaborative Scientific Review
- DriveLegal 24/7 is a software compliance management program that enables trucking companies to monitor drivers. The goal of the company is to develop a program that reduces the amount of time administrative time to ensure each driver is in compliance and a way to stream line the process
- And existing company (and event sponsor) Woopra created an iPhone app.
My role was as one of the five judges for the competition. You would not believe what these teams accomplished; at the end on Sunday most of them had working websites and applications that any large company would plan on several months to complete.
