Past Events

Amazon Web Services sponsors the monthly Ultra Light Startups startup pitch contest.  The winners from June, 2011 are… First Place Vincent Xie ExpertMeme Second Place David Kraljic Votetocracy Third Place Ayal Ebert SnapTag Third Place Lori Cheek Cheek’d Complete Startup Pitch Video Name Website Faraz Qureshi MeetOnCruise Adam Tooter Partner Commerce David Kraljic Votetocracy Lori Cheek [...]

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Amazon Web Services sponsors the monthly Ultra Light Startups startup pitch contest.  The winners from May, 2011 were…   First Place Zach Goodman Talamu Second Place David Rostan Umagram Third Place Constantin Bjerke Crane TV Complete Startup Pitch Video Complete Startup Pitch List Name Website James Valdes FishAddix David Rostan Umagram Alex Hagiage My eShoe Artie [...]

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Panel slides for Lead Generation Revenue Models Panel topics include: Examples of lead-generation success stories What is lead-generation and how does it work? Sizing market opportunities. Who buys leads? How to find lead buyers? Definition of a “lead” – what are the essential components. How much is a lead worth?  What determines the value of [...]

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Pitch contest winners – Talamu, Umagram, and Crane TV Panel slides – Sales for Startups Panel topics include: Startup sales successes and failures Product Market Fit and Customer Development When should a startup begin selling? Selling your product before it’s built Product positioning Understanding and managing a sales pipeline Lead generation and tracking Sales metrics [...]

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Amazon Web Services sponsors the monthly Ultra Light Startups startup pitch contest.  The winners from April, 2011 were…   First Place Brett Martin sonar Second Place (tie) Andres Blank Pixable Second Place (tie) Shanif Dhanani oGolf Complete Startup Pitch Video Complete Startup Pitch List Name Website Andres Blank Pixable Carmen Delessio TalkingAndroid Erich Wood Jagimo Bari [...]

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Pitch contest winners – Sonar, Pixable, and oGolf Panel slides – Mobile App Startups Panel topics include: Which companies and sectors within mobile app startups are the most profitable Revenue models for mobile apps – what works and what doesn’t Premium apps, mobile advertising, m-commerce, mobile content sales, in-app sales, etc Marketing mobile applications.  Dynamics [...]

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Panel topics include: When should you seek seed funding? What state should the company/concept/team be in? How do you determine who is appropriate to pitch to? What format and content is appropriate for a seed-funding pitch? What is the difference between an seed, angel, super-angel, and Series A funding? What are an entrepreneur’s biggest obstacles [...]

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Amazon Web Services sponsors the monthly Ultra Light Startups startup pitch contest.  The winners from February, 2011 are… First Place Bob Petrie HonestlyNow   Second Place Corey Maass Cue App   Third Place Baruch Herzfeld Zenofon

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Topics include: What does it mean for media to be viral? Why does certain content “go viral” while other content does not? Can virality be deliberately “engineered” into a website or does it only happen by chance? What are the essential principles of user behavior, media, and technology for making content viral? How is virality [...]

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Topics include: How to get influential bloggers, reporters and journalists to cover your startup Determining which blogs, magazines, newspapers and TV shows to target for your PR efforts Developing relationships with journalists Best practices on pitching your story Handling interviews – how to prepare, what to say, what to avoid Maximizing the business value of your press And [...]

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