Startup 101
Kathy Sacks, VP of Communications for Infusionsoft, and Steve Swedler of Simple Seating, share best practices on building businesses for participants before the weekend begins.

Sunday Night Demos
The Twilio Team shot flip footage of the Startup Weekend team demos on Sunday night. Additionally, our volunteers live blogged the demos on Cover It Live.

Photos
We took more than 200 photos of the event through the weekend. Be sure to tag yourself and leave your comments!
Photo Album One and Photo Album Two.

Carrot Dangle
CarrotDangle.com
@CarrotDangleCom

Lose 5 pounds. Clean your room. Write a novel. Run a marathon.

Completing your goals can be tough, use your friends, family & social connections to help keep you on-track and give you a reward – we call it a “carrot” – for your successes. When you share your goals with others, you are more likely to accomplish them to avoid disappointing them.
Carrot Dangle taps into the base human emotions of curiosity and community to help people complete their goals and fulfill their desire for a sense of accomplishment, personal validation, applause/slap on back and even rewards. Carrot Dangle capitalizes on this new goal-oriented social network by amping up the rewards with valuable offers from businesses.

With a simple click, your friends are personally involved in helping you reach your goals — isn’t that what friends are for?

Donors Assure
Donor Assure is excited to present this Startup Weekend with our mobile app for iPhone that will be a offered as a free download for blood donors. Our concept is to enhance a blood centers’ current marketing efforts by providing a real time app that allows donors to schedule an appointment from a mobile device. Our app ties in with a blood centers internal systems and give a blood donor real time scheduling, donor communications and donor profile information.

Chow Locally
Chowlocally.com
@ChowLocally
On Facebook
Bringing local farms to local tables, Chow Locally is an online marketplace for your community to connect with the best local foods available. Be amazed by the wide variety of local foods your region has to offer, and taste the difference of fresh and local foods.

RhinoDough
RhinoDough.com
@RhinoDough
On Facebook
RhinoDough is a comprehensive Internet-based company dedicated to helping the 28 million Americans who lack a strategy for managing their 401(k). RhinoDough eliminates the intimidation of financial planning and extends its service to all 401(k) plan participants by providing independent, employer specific 401(k) portfolio management advice accompanied by simple step by step implementation instructions FREE of charge. The website offers a 5-minute, 4-step process that balances growth needs and risk tolerance to generate their recommend portfolio. Users are provided a step by step instruction sheet explaining exactly how to implement RhinoDough’s advice.

ipatient
ipatient.com
@danmunro
On Facebook
Tagline: New tools to help the consumer navigate the healthcare maze.
Mission: Transforming the patient-provider dialog

Armored.io
Armored.io
@armoredio
On Facebook
Armored.io offers expert cloud-based hosting for the security-conscious. Our client back-end features the ability to monitor and visualize Snort logs, so customers can see the threats against them in a meaningful way. In addition, our network infrastructure is secure by design. Everyday, breaches against hosting providers is more common. We hope to appeal to new clients where data loss and unavailability are not an option

Surpriz.es
Surpriz.es
Surpriz.es Blog
@surpriz_es
Surpriz.es is a mobile app that allows anyone to find and redeem local freebies in their area on their birthday. In addition to finding and discovering unique local deals, Surpriz.es will also tackle the problem of “What do I get for them on their birthday?

E-Intro
E3Intro.com
@eintro
On Facebook
An introduction organizer creates a template online introduction through the website via a simple interface. This online introduction is colloquially referred to as “an E-Intro”. The host selects profiles of contacts and E-Intro sends email introductions to the contacts. Each contact picks one categories: “Accept”, “Decline”, “Maybe” and recieves a call to action to follow up on the introduction
iNtroduce two of your contacts and create value for yourself as a connecter in 4 easy clicks.

The Write Zone
TheWriteZone.org
Nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth ages 11-18 with their creative writing skills.

Card Jolt
CardJolt.com
CardJolt brings the power and reach of mobile marketing to businesses at an affordable cost. CardJolt utilizes the emerging NFC (Near Field Communication) tags and QR (Quick Response) Codes printed on business cards. These NFC tags and QR codes can also be located in front of retail stores and kiosks. When a potential client swipes his NFC enabled phone to the NFC chip or scans the QR code, the phone will display the business’ contact information, audio visual advertising, social media information, current promotions, and so much more. CardJolt provides the merchant a quick and easy way to produce this interactive mobile presence using a server based wizard. The prospect will have the option to save the business CardJolt profile within the CardJolt app. Businesses will leverage emotional triggers in a multi-media commercial to increase sells and build a long-term mobile connection with their clients through client subscribed promotions.

Ardifacts
Ardifacts.com
@ardifacts
On Facebook
Ardifacts is a website tells company stories through user submitted artifacts. Founders, employees, customers, or anyone who has history with a company can submit an image to tell a company’s story. Examples of artifacts that are already on the site range from Mark Zuckerberg’s “I’m CEO Bitch” business card, to the waffle iron that was used to create Nike’s high traction athletic shoes. By making companies more transparent, Ardifacts aims to be the best company discovery tool on the Internet.

Nuke It
Element 92 is an iPhone game where you are an atomic particle trying to grow large enough to escape a sun about to go super nova.

Say hello to our 14 Startup Weekend Chandler companies:

Charitivize – Help good nonprofits create fundraising campaigns and identify potential contributors

Chow Locally – Connect local food vendors with local farms to bridge the gap, helping citizens eat locally

Surprises – Mobile app to find local freebies on your birthday

RhinoDough – Free 401K advisory site geared toward the younger generation

E-Intro - Social email that personalizes connections through a series of customizable templates

iPatient – Consumer healthcare solution look to build a mobile app

Armored.IO

Donor Assure – Mobile app for blood donors to check CRM

The Write Zone – Nonprofit writing center for teens geared towards self-publishing

Class Project – Help companies tell stories through user-submitted artifacts

Nuke It – iPhone games using physics

Card Jolt – Convert business cards into audio-visual commerical

Alertosaurus – Authority Labs new project

I Crashed – Crash sensor combined with tracking software to create an ‘OnStar’ type response for endurance athletes (bikers, distance runners, etc)

The event will take place at the Downtown Chandler Public Library (22 South Delaware Street, Chandler, 85225) on the second floor, in the old council chambers.

Agenda
1:30-1:55pm Registration/Check-in
2:00-2:45pm Team
2:45-3:45pm Product
3:45-5:00pm Execution

Team
A team should be made up of people with different skills and experiences. A team should not be all developers or all idea people. You need someone to plan, someone to execute, and someone to sell. Team members can take on multiple roles, but all critical roles should be represented. This panel will discuss what a team should look like in the context of multiple business models.

• What does a team look like?
• Responsibilities
• Conflict Resolution

Our speakers are Derek Neighbors and Jade Meskill, co-founders of Gangplank and owners of Integrum Technologies, an Agile consulting company based out of Gangplank.

Product
Your vision may be amazing, but when you get real about it, it may not be reasonable for a 60-day launch. This section focuses on how to define your product for the highest possibility for success and deliver the highest value in your first release.

• Market Research and Competitor Evaluation
• Creating the simplest effective product

Our speakers are Angelo Coppola, Vice President of Marketing for Axosoft and AZ Disruptors team member, as well as the developers behind the web service API Twilio Cloud Communications.
Execution
Ideas are worth nothing without execution. How you execute is the difference between success and failure more than anything else. In this section we will explore best practices in focusing your energy on the highest yielding activities.

• Decision making: How do you decide what to do when you encounter a fork in the road?
• Version 1: You can’t have every bell and whistle. Learn to evaluate what you need to launch, versus what can come later.
• Last 10%: Your first release won’t be a polished gem. In this phase, you must set the foundations for growth.

Our featured speaker is Kathy Sacks, Vice President of Communications for Infusionsoft. Also speaking is Steve Swedler of Simple Seating.

This event will provide an overview of expectations for Startup Weekend Chandler, as well as a discussion of idea validation and lean startup methodologies to give participants a head-start on their business.

Recommended for all, including SW alumni. We’re changing the way Startup Weekend is done. You do not need to be registered for Startup Weekend Chandler to attend.

If you have already registered for the event, this a great opportunity to recruit team members and practice pitching your idea.

So where do you fit in?

Participants
An idea will only get you so far – you need a quality team to make your product a reality. At Startup Weekend Chandler, each team is composed of technical and non-technical participants.

Tickets are $75 through May 25th and include 7 meals and unlimited energy drinks and snacks.

Technical
If you’re a designer sick of churning out logos and business cards, or perhaps a developer feeling like a code monkey plugging away at someone else’s passion project, Startup Weekend is an opportunity to break out of the rut. The technical participants provide the look and feel for an idea over the 54-hours. Not only can get work on a project that really challenges your skills, but also builds your network of other technical guru’s that will come in handy in your future side project work.

Non-Technical
The path from idea and product involves knowing your audience and being able to sell your idea to others. Participants with experience in business, marketing/PR and product development are invaluable assets for a team looking to build a viable startup. Non-technical attendees work with beta-testers, meet with mentors and provide feedback to the team throughout the weekend.

Spectators
There’s a special kind of energy surrounding Startup Weekend events – who wouldn’t want to be a part of it? If you have other commitments that prevent you from being involved for the full weekend, a spectator ticket is the next best thing. As a spectator, you’ll have complete access to the teams to follow their progress as well as participate as a beta-tester. The teams will need a great deal of feedback to make sure they’re on the right track and spectators will be extremely valuable.

Tickets are $30 for one day or $50 for the weekend. The ticket price includes 2 meals.

The goal of Startup Weekend Chandler is to build on this success, taking it to next level. We’ve made some changes to the agenda, as well as added pre- and post-events to address your hesitations and maximize your Startup Weekend experience.

Pre-Events
When it comes to startups, education and preparation is key. Our first pre-event, Startup Weekend Welcome & Overview, will cover expectations and agenda for the event, as well as some startup basics and flushing out of ideas.

For the first time, we are encouraging teams to form before the weekend. Participants can still build a team at the start of the event, but for those that already have a group they’d like to work with or want to get a head start, we are offering Speed Team Networking. Registered participants will be connected with ideas, then discuss whether their skill sets and personality are a match.

Also unique to Startup Weekend Chandler is the Startup 101 workshop. The workshop takes place the Friday of Startup Weekend. This intensive 3-hour workshop provides the basics of building a business, from choosing a team to market research and completing Version 1.0 of your product. This event is available to registered participants.

The Weekend
As for the weekend, WE WON’T STOP! Gangplank is a 24/7 facility, which means teams never have to leave. The space will be open the ENTIRE 54-HOURS! Who needs to sleep when you’re building a business?

We will have more mentors available for longer time periods in areas ranging from design, development, management, team building and idea validation. Also, local startups will be on hand to share their experience.

In addition to more mentors, Startup Weekend Chandler has opened up tickets to spectators, who will provide teams with opportunities to test their product with users and receive feedback.

Road Map to Launch
At the end of the weekend, during product presentations, companies will state whether they will be participating in the ‘Roadmap to Launch’ challenge, culminating in Launch Weekend in August 2011. This continuation of Startup Weekend Chandler will help you navigate the next steps of starting a business over 60-days, culminating in a pitch night to major Angel and VC groups across Arizona. The post-events include one-on-one mentoring, user testing events, and social activities to meet and mingle with successful entrepreneurs.

Startup Weekend Chandler is not an end product. The goal is not just to start, but finish. A team can build a great product or service over 54-hours, but it is what after the weekend that is most crucial. The changes we are implementing will prepare participants for the road ahead and set them up for success.

Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds.

Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees are encouraged to bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday teams design and develop business plans while constantly streamlining their startup vision. On Sunday evening teams demo their prototypes, listen to judges’ feedback and in some cities, win prizes.

Startup Weekends are specifically designed for entrepreneurs interested in receiving feedback on an idea, looking for a co-founder, or who want to learn a new skill. We also welcome anyone looking to test the entrepreneurial waters. Startup Weekends are risk-free environments where everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves and dive into the exhilarating world of startups.