Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet joins the Ad Board of Tech All Stars

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

The Tech All Stars crew is working hard to attract the ‘heavy hitters’ of entrepreneurship to the Tech All Stars event in June. The latest to join us : Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet of PriceMinister. PriceMinister is France’s most visited e-commerce site accessed by over 12 million users each month. Kosciusko-Morizet is the CEO of PriceMinister.

Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet

The Ad Board will help to fine tune the Tech All Stars event and attract other heavy hitters to network and share their knowledge with the startups chosen to participate in the Tech All Stars event.

What’s Tech All Stars? The event for the best EU startups. We are looking for graduates of accelerators/web camp programs (think Startup Weekend) but we also have two ‘wildcard’ spots for outstanding startups that have not been through an accelerator/web camp. Applications opened last week and we are already receiving applications from entrepreneurs across Europe.

Tech All Stars is your opportunity to show that you are the best of the European startup community, network with top entrepreneurs, and participate in the Founder’s Forum event. Founder’s Forum is THE event for the world’s top entrepreneurs and investors.

Apply to Tech All Stars today!

And the winners of the Startup Weekend Copenhagen Mobility event

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

The Startup Weekend Copenhagen Mobility event came to a slam-bang conclusion Sunday night with the announcement of the winners, dinner, and the after-party. So, without further delay, announcing the winning team of the Startup Weekend Copenhagen Mobility event :

1st prize – The Grand Prize went to Quick Inspect. The team made an easy iPad app for people doing building inspections. They took home the grand prize of 10,000 DKK and a Nokia smartphone for the person who came up with the idea.

Grand Prize Winners : Quick Inspect

2nd Prize – Smart Tag! This is the team with the one stop solution to stop theft or loss of items. They took home the 5,000 DKK prize and a Nokia smartphone for the team lead who came up with the idea.

3rd Prize – ScoreToy! This team created a platform to help friends challenge friends to off-line activities and games. They won a prize of 2,500DKK and a Nokia smartphone for the team lead with the original idea.

So much YUMMY food for the dinner!

After the prize ceremony and handing out the huge paper checks, everyone enjoyed a great evening of eating, drinking, and networking. All of the winning teams are eligible to participate in the Tech All Stars event – the event for the best EU startups. (Check out Tech All Stars to see if your startup can apply for this AWESOME event).

One of the biggest advantages of participating in a Startup Weekend event is the networking. We saw a lot of business cards changing hands and people made new contacts that lead to new ideas for startups, new blog concepts, and employment. So come to a Startup Weekend event to make your startup idea a reality – but also come for the connections you’ll make to the other entrepreneurs at the event.

Business cards changing hands… that’s what we like to see at Startup Weekend.

Overall, the entrepreneurs enjoyed the high quality of the event where they had a chance to connect with mentors, investors, and people who could help advance their startup idea. The next startup weekend is already in the works : its the weekend of May 11th 2012 and its the Startup Weekend Financial Services event. Tickets will go on sale soon – and this one is guaranteed to sell out too.

So if you are a Startup junkie and need your fix, join us in May for this next startup event!

Second Day of Startup Weekend Copenhagen Mobility

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

Its bright and early on a Sunday morning and fifteen teams are working against the clock in the Nokia building in Copenhagen. They are all gunning for first prize tonight at the startup weekend. The Tech All Stars team is on site providing help and assistance in hosting this Startup Weekend event.

Sunday Morning Team

I’m a Startup Weekend veteran and I must say that this has been one of the more ‘unusual’ Startup Weekends. Maybe its because I am an organizer instead of a participant, but for this Startup Weekend, we are seeing many entrepreneurial students and mature career folks who are thinking of stepping off of the corporate path and starting something new. This creates a new and refreshing vibe for the Startup Weekend event. We Love It!

So, who are the teams?

Link Control – Remote control embedded links in video.

EduMate – Cloud sourcing platform for thesis work.

Be My Guide – Personalized user generated audio guides for cities.

Life Navigation – A tool to navigate your life and personalized to each individual.

Social Wind – Instant/real time wind measurements for wind surfers shared socially.

Comoray – Blood reading app so that you can take blood readings through your phone.

ShareShop – Online shopping community where you can get discounts for sharing information with your social circle about your purchase.

ScoreToy – Online platform for challenging friends to offline activites.

LokalVaggen – Local app where you can discover people in the same area with the same interest as you.

Smart Tag – One stop solution to protect your valuables from loss or theft.

Decide It – Webpage where people crowd source to solve problems and helps people make decisions.

Quick Inspect – Professional site inspection app using the Apple IPad

Colour Up – App to match women with the right lipstick color.

Fit4Life – Making exercise a fun activity instead of a chore.

So, whats on the schedule for today? The teams will spend most of the day working on their ideas. Then at 5:30, we begin the final pitches. Its 3 minutes of rapid fire pitch that tries to WOW the judges and the audience. At 6:30pm, we announce the winners, and at 7:00pm we have dinner.

Tomorrow, the winners of the Startup Weekend will be announced.