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Startup Weekend Dallas Round 2!

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We’re in the planning phases for round 2 of Startup Weekend! We are aiming for April 16th – 18th, so mark it on your calendar and check back here for updates!

If you have any good ideas for what you want to see happen at the next event, or if you might be able to help support the event, please let us know!

Twitter: @startupweekend

Hash Tag: #swdallas

SWDallas Video

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Dallas Reunion 12/8 – RSVP NOW!

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Come join everyone for the standard SpringStage happy hour at the High Tech bar at the INFOMART Monday December 7th from 5pm-8pm. Please RSVP HERE

Dallas a Wrap!

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What an amazing set of presentations tonight! After a weekend of hardcore coding, some great Texas food, and some unrealistic expectations, we had 8 presentations, and the top 3 teams won some cold, hard cash! The vote was done from an informal panel of judges in the room with decades of collective startup experience.

Congratulations to PickyPlates who won the 1st place prize of $1,000 2nd to OpenWishList who won $750 and 3rd to 1FTPclient who took home $250. Thank you to Alexander Muse and Ryan Roberts for sponsoring the prize!

Thank you to Gabriella Draney for the amazing summary of the presentations. Check her blog for full details!

What happened with the Woopra $5,000? The team behind the app did an amazing job and have formed a company called Black Eyed Apps and have earned not only the $5,000 prize, but their first client is Woopra as they will continue forward to finish up the app and start to take on other projects!

Check back for more updates and some awesome footage once it gets cut!

A huge thank you to our sponsors for making this to happen! Thank you Sun Startup Essentials, Woopra, BigInJapan, SpringStage, Microsoft, TechWildCatters, MIT Enterprise Forum, Wowrack, The Kauffman Foundation, and Twilio!

Help out 1FTPclient

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Another call to help these guys out! Take 20 seconds to support your comrades deep in the startup trenches here at #swdallas!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6TeWGJDD6_2fGOdVpiYDlCfw_3d_3d

Things are getting weird…

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As Day 2 winds down, the caffeine is still running, and everyone’s minds are starting to numb after being hard at work all day.

It’s only 10:05pm and things are still going strong… these teams are serious. I cant wait to see what happens tomorrow.

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Day 2 – Video Interviews

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OpenWishlists

MeetupSports

ActivePub

1FTPclient

HaveUseenThis

Legal 24/7

PickyPlates

WoopraiPhoneDevs

Day 2 – List of Companies

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meetupsports

Description: 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.

Find their website here: http://meetupsports.com

Follow them on Twitter: @meetupsports

1-ftp-logo01a

Description: 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.

Find their website here: http://www.1ftpclient.com/

Follow them on Twitter: @1ftpclient

pickyplates

Description: 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.

Find their website here: http://pickyplates.com/

Follow them on Twitter: @pickyplates

openwishlists_logo

Open Wishlist

Description: Making wish lists easy to share.

Find their website here: http://openwishlists.org/

Follow them on Twitter: @openwishlists

ActivePub

Description: Collaborative Scientific Review

Find their website here: http://activepublication.com/

Follow them on Twitter: @activepub

woopraiphonedev

Woopra iPhone Dev Team

Description: As part of StartUp Weekend, development has begun on an iPhone native Woopra app.  Chris McCall is currently developing the model.  Cesar is creating views in preparation of developing the controllers.  Mike is already making great progress developing UI elements.  Prototypes are being tested and I hope to post screen shots of everyone’s individual work.

Find their blog here: http://woopraiphone.wordpress.com/

Follow them on Twitter: @woopraiphonedev

DriveLegal 24/7

Description: 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 proces

Find their website here: http://drivelegal247.com/

HELP FELLOW STARTUPWEEKENDERS WITH SURVEY

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meetupsports

Help your fellow Startup Weekender’s develop their future! The team working on MeetupSports is working hard to finalize their strategy and get some feedback. Take this super short, 10 questions survey to help a startup out!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gHctvu9f4_2fplFGDAUErasA_3d_3d

Find their website here: http://meetupsports.com

Follow them on Twitter: @meetupsports

Dan Owen speaks

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Dan Owen from HO2 Partners speaks about startup financing, lean startups, and how important it is to test & find your consumers as early as possible for as little as possible.

Click the “launch” button above, or here.