Will we witness the start of another Zaarly story tonight?
Only time will tell if any of the teams at the current Los Angeles Startup Weekend can chart the same trajectory as Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered market founded by a team led by Kansas Citian Bo Fishback. Zaarly won LASW in February, closed a $1 million seed round less than three weeks later and has been an SPN staple since its inception.
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If a similar Silicon Prairie at SWLA success story unfolds this time, it could come from SPN’s own Danny Schreiber. Danny is participating this weekend and will pitch for CompanyIs, a web-based directory of simple company descriptions of 120 characters or less.
Pitches are under way now, streaming live courtesy of the folks at TechZulu. The complete list of teams presenting, per Los Angeles Startup Weekend’s website:
- Drugkick.com – Find the right drug/alcohol program to kick your habit
- CompanyIs – Directory of simple company descriptions, all 120 characters or less
- Catch Tags – Game based video chat on twitter trending topics
- Look.io – Live support plugin for your iphone app
- Swadar – Notifying businesses when online influencers walk through their doors
- Insiter – Competitive web analysis
- Escrow Snap – simplify the escrow process
- Habitful – How long can you keep habits up
- Healthy Surprise – healthy snack subscription service
- Hand job – Mobile job searching
- Omaze – Sweepstakes for experiences that cant be bought
- Skilloop – Community marketplace for lessons/experiences by locals
- Trainer Says – Text messages from your trainer
