Start Madness

Announcing the winners of Start Madness 2017: beehivestartups.com/start-ma…

Pitch: @WeVyte is the easier way to make plans with groups of friends.

Pitch: @Weather_Egg is a personalized weather sensor that tells you things like wind speed, humidity, etc.

Pitch: @wildhairtech software that cleans data for you so that data scientists can spend their time working smarter, not harder!

Pitch: @werth_app helps you manage your career / know what you're worth / and get recruited.

Pitch: @neiybor lets you buy storage in other people's garages--it's the Airbnb of Self Storage.

First pitch of the afternoon: @morgantdav of @marketdial, sharing his solution for A/B testing in retail stores.

Pitch: @marketdial helps brick & mortar stores do statistically relevant A/B tests. Helps with testing promotions, staff, design, etc.

Kicking off an afternoon of pitches here at #ssts17 @siliconslopes. Feel free to come by Room 254 to see! Top 6 finalists compete tonight.

Thanks to our amazing judges this morning: @minnatwang + @jasonockey from @KickstartFund and @jack_boren + @ryhemingway from @epic_ventures

Phrase we just learned in a pitch: "Mobile-phobia." It's the fear of not carrying your mobile device.

Pitch: LIT turns the smartphone into a student ID card. Schools get more info, students get easier ID and other perks.

Pitch: @janiis_speaks provides software that makes it easy for owners of vacation properties to manage their sales and logistics.

.@TryHomie saved Utahns almost $4 million last year, says CEO Johnny Hanna.

Pitch: @TryHomie helps you sell and buy homes without realtor fees. Uses technology to automate steps like listing, showing, and contracts.

Pitch: @HelloEats_ makes it super easy to order online from your favorite local restaurants, plus makes things better for the owners.

McKay Crookston kicks off his pitch by helping the audience visualize how easy it is to donate bags of clothes.