Watch the 13 Startup Weekend KC final pitches (full video)

As we wrap up our coverage of the fourth Starutp Weekend Kansas City – look for a couple more interviews to come by week’s end – we’re excited to release the full video of the final Sunday pitches. The pitches, judged by Kathy Walker of OPENAIR Equity Partners, Joel Wiggins of ECJC, Carrie Royce of…



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As we wrap up our coverage of the fourth Starutp Weekend Kansas City – look for a couple more interviews to come by week's end – we're excited to release the full video of the final Sunday pitches.

The pitches, judged by Kathy Walker of OPENAIR Equity Partners, Joel Wiggins of ECJC, Carrie Royce of Red Nova Labs, Clay Patterson of Cerner Corporation and Danny Schreiber of Silicon Prairie News (that's me!), were evaluated on three equally-weighed criteria: business model, customer validation and execution.

Following the pitches, the winners were announced (recorded in the video above):

First - Horsebot3k (Check out below for a video of just thier pitch)

Second - Bold Predictions

Third (tied) - Dawg Bnb and Merry Plate

Startup Weekend global sponsor Microsoft BizSpark also awarded three prizes:

Best Concept - Horsebot3k

Best Web Experience - Merry Plate

Best Mobile Experience - Bold Predictions

Here's a rundown of the video:

0:00 - Co-organizer Adam Coomes welcomes participants to the Sunday night final pitches

3:52 - Tim Barnes, co-founder of Call Me Meeting at the Startup Weekend Kansas City held in April, gives an update of his team's progress

6:40 - Representin.Me Pitch - Election information without hype and candidate information that's the truth – ad free in one place (representin.me@representinme)

16:00 - Dawg BnB - Find a place for your "dawg" while you're gone (dawgbnb.com, @dawgbnb, Facebook)

25:30 - Plug in Live - Online music collaboration with live video and/or audio (pluginlive.net, @pluginlive)

34:00 - Snap Software - Web-based app for football coaches to make in-game decision (snapsoftware.biz, @snapsoftware, Facebook)

41:30 - Fame In - A loyalty based service creating a special bond between you and the places you frequent (famein.co, @famein)

50:40 - Graphtershock - Takes 2D graphs and large data sets and turns them into 3D and 4D engaged intelligence (no website)

57:45 - CookingClasses.com - Helps people learn about new food to enhance their eating choices (cookingclasses.com@cookingclasses)

1:06:30 - Instantly In* - Create Twitter-based contests and voting marketing campaigns, instantly (instantly.in, @instantlyin) *Presented but did not compete

1:13:20 - Where's My Twin - Help matching look-a-likes across the world (wheresmytwin.com, Facebook)

1:20:40 - Horsebot3k - Gauges validity and intellect of reviews based off the intelligence of its author (horsebot3k.com, @horsebot3k)

1:31:30 - Bold Predictions - Predict the future, share with your friends, compete against people and then have a a way to know who was right (bold-predictions.com; @predictboldly)

1:39:10 - Merry Plate - Tracks and adjusts your meals anytime, anywhere (merryplate.com, @merryplate, Facebook)

1:45:45 - In Your Party - Find the best place for your group to meet (inyourparty.com, @inyourparty)

1:54:30 - Judges feedback

2:05:20 - Winner announcement

Here's the winning pitch, Horsebot3k:


The live stream was produced by Adcuda, a Kansas City-based online marketing agency specializing in search engine optimization, pay per click and email marketing. And a group of awesome people – you can thank them on Twitter, @adcuda.

Check out what attendees of Startup Weekend Kansas City IV are up to with our Twitter List: "Startup Weekend KC IV Attendees"

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