reported by StartupSmart<\/i> last month<\/a>, this incarnation of Startup Weekend came with an extra incentive, with Singapore telco SingTel offering a three-month stay at its start-up incubator, along with $15,000 funding, in return for a 10% stake.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
ThemePivot, a team headed by digital marketer at StartupSmart<\/i> blogger Ned Dwyer, took out a $5,000 cash prize for the best pitch of the day. The idea is a crowdsourced jobs platform that allows clients to see how their tasks are developing in real-time.<\/p>\n
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Print My Life\u2019s winning idea involves the physical printing of social media updates to provide a \u201cphotobook\u201d of someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
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The concept allows users to choose to print books based on factors such as a particular relationship, rather than just a timeline of Facebook and Twitter updates.<\/p>\n
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The team \u2013 Aaron Green, Harley Alexander, Chris Douglas, James Herd and Jonathan Hunt \u2013 were led in the pitch by Clair Maurice, who came up with the original idea.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI was thinking back to my own Facebook experience and I realised that I could print off aspects of my blog, but not social media,\u201d she tells StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFrom there, we evolved it into a more intelligent idea that was more customisable. We were stoked to win \u2013 it\u2019s a bit overwhelming to turn an idea with people you\u2019ve never met before into a business.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Douglas, who already has a start-up called Hire An Umbrella, says that no decision has yet been made over which members of the team will relocate to Singapore to join the incubator.<\/p>\n
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However, she plans to enter the Print My Life idea into the Swinburne Cup, an entrepreneurial competition with a $10,000 prize held by Swinburne University, where Douglas studies.<\/p>\n
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Tyson Lundbech, organiser of Startup Weekend, tells StartupSmart<\/i> that the latest event was the \u201cmost successful one to date\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn terms of the amount of people, the quality of the pitches and the actual prizes on offer, this was the best of the lot,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
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\u201cPrint My Life has a product, customer validation and a very good presentation. They were the quiet achievers of the weekend \u2013 they didn\u2019t throw their weight around but they had the pitch down pat.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cAt the first Startup Weekend, it was hard for the teams to push past the idea, but I think teams now realise they need to get a prototype and explain how it will actually benefit people.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lundbech says that other standouts from the weekend include Brocol-E-Games, an app developer, and WallBurner, which matches graffiti artists with businesses that want artwork on their walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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