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  • 500 Startups Demo Day (July 17, 2012) Live Feed w/ Pitch Decks

    Ongoing transcription of audio as the fourth batch of 500 Startups accelerator startups present on demo day today.

    Mountain View -

    11:00 AM PDT Added two more: Network and Tuckernuck

    Sponsors spotted: GE, MailChimp, MamaBear, rackspace hosting, Gunderson Dettmer, Microsoft Bizspark, Jess3, Go.co

    11:16 AM PDT ActivityHero first up to present

    ActivityHero

    ActivityHero is Yelp for kids’ activities.

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    11:19 AM PDT Users spend on average 6 minutes on the ActivityHero’s website. 10,000 moms served. Camps pay to list on website.

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    11: 25 AM PDT Trixie Tracker baby tracker for newborns.

    Uncover patterns in your baby’s sleep rhythmns and develop a good sleep schedule

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    11:30 AM PDT Slide on sleep probability schedules

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    11:45 AM PDT Sponsor go.co Create your Opportunity advices startups on creating their own content

    11:48 AM PDT Resource: Compfight to search flickr http://compfight.com/ to add images to your content

    11:49 AM PDT Hot Trends: Angry birds anything, Hunger games anything, bacon-flabored anything. (they forgot twilight and vampires).

    11:51 AM PDT Slide: Be the expert: Solve a problem

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    12: 39 PM PDT Kate Connally tadami video playground for kids, focused on entertainment and education, built atop safe video sharing for families.

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    12:41 PM PDT Slide: Lean Market Research: based on qualitative research with kids and parents. In conjunction with quiet release on iTunes - quantitative data via Flurry Mobile App Analytics. In home visits provided glimpses at the “WHY” behind the quantitative data.

    12: 41 PM PDT BugHerd: Point and click bug tracker for web developers and designers. Runs on YOUR website, so it’s easy to report bugs where you see them.

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    12: 50 PM PDT Dave McClure 500 Startups

    1:00 PM PDT Paul Singh: Partner

    1:04 PM PDT Chalkable

    Marketplace for web apps for school.

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    The #s

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    Raising $1.1 Million 30% committed Bootstrapped $150K Raised $200K

    1:09 PM PDF Tuckernuck

    All-American boutique clothing firm.

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    The #s

    50% margins. Brands drop ship. $60K sales, Buyers in 40 states, Launched 8 weeks ago

    1:12 PM PDT Wanderable

    Create and share honeymoon registries on things you want to experience in life.

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    1000 couples. $2500 average received. $12 new customer. $125 customer value. $10B market.$500K 30% committed

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    13:16 PM PDT Bluefields

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    The Problem: Leagues - registration and scheduling. Players, Parents, Coaches.

    The #’s: 7 week beta. 3000 teams. 36000+ players. $350K committed

    Pitch Deck

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    1: 20 Toshl

    A super easy personal finance manager and bank data aggregator. Like Spenz and mint.com.

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    Raising $500K

    1:22 PM PDT Monogram

    Personalized shopping. Monogram is Flipboard for fashion.

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    The #s

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    Raising $1 Million. $700K Committed.

    1:26 PM PDT ReClipIt

    Discover deals online.

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    Based on your interest graph. Tied in to facebook. 1h13m visitor engagement on website compared to the SEO-Dependent, low-engagement competitors (CouponMom, Sickdeals, Retailmenot).

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    1:29 PM PDT TieSociety

    A try-before-you-buy subscription service for men’s neckwear.

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    1:34 PM PDT: TeliportMe

    Create and share high-res panoramas anywhere.

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    The #s: Raising $500K. 50% in the bank.

    1:38 PM PDT: Yogome

    Fun & educational games for kids aged 6-12 on the iPhone & iPad.

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    1:41 PM PDT: UmbaBox

    Discover handmade women’s goods via a monthly subscription service.

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    Pitch-deck here:

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    1: 45 PM PDT Teamly

    Team management software.

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    1: 50 PM PDT Sqoot

    A smarter way to sell to small businesses.

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    Sqoot ranks SMBs:

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    Sqoot Numbers: $400K. 150K committed.

    Pitch Deck:

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    1:53 PM PDT: Publik Demand

    Viral customer complaints

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    2:03 PM PDT: Now adding slides/pitch-decks of 500startups founders

    2:10 PM PDT: Wanderable, Tnuck pitches added

    2:16 PM PDT: Bluefields pitch deck added

    2:19 PM PDT: Tnuck slides added, Next up Monogram pitch

    2:20 PM PDT: Reclip.it pitch deck being uploaded

    2:22 PM PDT: Nest dressed pitch: tie society

    2: 25 PM PDT: Sqoot #s being posted

    2: 30 PM PDT: (Break)

    2: 48 PM PDT: Bombfell

    Girlfriend-approved clothes for the lazy man. Monthly subscription service for men’s clothing.

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    2: 53 PM PDT: Happy Inspector

    Automating rental-home inspections.

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    2:57PM TwitMusic

    Helping musicians effectively share & promote their music on Twitter.

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    3:00 PM ActivityHero

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    3:05 PM TokyoOtakuMode

    A place to share Japanese otaku culture, like manga and anime.

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    3:10 PM Timbuktu Labs

    An iPad magazine for you and your children.

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    3:13 PM PDT Ingresse

    Brazil’s first social ticketing company.

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    3:17 PM TenderTree

    Find a caregiver for the elderly or disabled.

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    3:22 PM Network

    A smarter way for professionals to connect (and stay in contact).

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    3:24 PM Pocket Office // Glyder

    Social marketing platform for small businesses.

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    Raising $1M. $550K already closed.

    3:26 PM Groupiter

    Add chat to your Dropbox files.

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    3:30 PM PDT Storypanda

    Connecting families through storytelling. Interactive iPad books for kids.

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    3:40 PM PDT Fontacto

    Google Voice for businesses in Mexico & Latin America.

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    CardFlick

    Create and share beautiful digital cards.

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    Yogome

    Fun & educational games for kids aged 6-12 on the iPhone & iPad.

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    Uscoop

    The ultimate portal to all things college.

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    3:50 PM 500 Startups Fourth Batch Presentations Done

    • July 17, 2012 (9:44 am)
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