Startup School

Pitch your Startup! No. 1 _ May 24th

This was the first intriguing session with entrepreneurs from Chennai, Paris, Hamburg, San Francisco, New York, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, Bangalore, Zurich and more. People of every nationality, age and background in one virtual room connected with one spirit: CREATION!

Now tell me, is there anything more powerful than a space where only one thing counts: the essence of changing your environment by creating something new?

I don't want to exaggerate what Startup School is - but this first class certainly gave a hint of what the potential can be.

As the time of one session has its limits I would like to continue the discussion on the pitches online and involve a broader audience into the success of those ideas and companies we heard of today.

I. Chris Knotz (http://voyagesenphotographie.com/) from Paris was the first to speak about an interessting venture that already is very profitable and is now trying to reach out to the the middleclass world by providing their private homes with unique historical spirit. Their product are seldom, high quality photographs from around the globe from between 1839 and 1939. In a way these 25 thousand images carry a pieces of cultural heritage that we will most likely never witness ever again as pure as these unique images captured it. It seems to be a great product give peoples homes identity in a globalizing world.

However, what they need to scale this venture on a global scale is money. Therefore Chris Knotz and "Voyages en Photographie" are currently searching for Angels. If you would like to learn more I recommend you to watch the recording of "Ptich your Startup!" Event on Startup School. The recording also contains contact information.

II. Second to speak was a young engineering student from Chennai: Kuberan Marimuthu. He has the Idea of a Taxi service in the cloud for India. The components are a GSM localization system, cell phones, taxi drivers, customers and a website. If you want to help Kuberan to bring these parts together and build a company out of it you should get in touch with him. He also posted his contact information in the recording.

III. Now from Chennai's night we made a quick jump to New York where the startup calendarfly (http://www.calendarfly.com/) is currently evolving. The founder Drew Aldrich gave us a brief view into the world of financially challenged schools and clubs and showed us how calendarfly could make the lifes of everybody involved so much easier. Calendarfly is a tool that synchronizes the schedules and tasks of everybody involved in a very elegant way. Ultimately this very cost efficient tool could replace black board & similar companies within educational institutions.

Although there is some competition out there - this venture certainly seems as one of the most promising on the market. Calendarfly is also at a stage where funding is the next step to scale their product. If you are interessted in that matter you can get in touch with Drew via Startup School.

IV. The last of todays "Pitch your Startup!" Event was Steli Efti. He is the founder of Supercool School. Supercool School provides among other also the technological infrastructure for Startup School. The vision of Supercool School is to empower the individual to pursue their personal learning needs with like minded people and build authority around certain fields. Supercool School currently provides a couple marques Silican Valley companies with customized elearning platforms.

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As Startup School lives from amazing entrepreneurs meeting from all over the world I highly encourage you to ping me for an invite.

The next "Pitch your Startup" event is coming up on the 7th of June.

cheers,

Bjoern Lasse Herrmann - Startup School Evangelist

Startup.SupercoolSchool.com

ATTENTION:

Startup School is an invite only plattform for entrepreneurs. If you would like to join please contact me bjoern@supercoolschool.com.

From Startup to Business in 5 Minutes

Are you a startup/entrepreneur?
Do you have a product to promote?
Do you have a service to offer?
Do you have a big idea?
Want to meet other startups/entrepreneurs?
Looking for sponsors/VC ?

If there is a resounding YES for any of the above, we have a special session for you to pitch, promote and get inspiration. Dozens of killer startups dive into the market every week and some of them succeed in making it big. The others end up being plugged out. It’s not mainly because they fail to perform. We can easily blame it on the failure to understand market demographics and strategies. Some go unnoticed and some run out of funds in the early (and the most crucial) days. Why do the projects fail?

And then, there are some startups which manage to come out vicrorious. They succeed because they were seen, and tried, and appreciated. And they became successful businesses in course of time.

And now we, at Supercool School, offer you a platform to pitch your product/venture/idea to a group of like minded people LIVE and get feedbacks and critiques in REAL TIME! There will be REAL people reviewing your product/service , who come from different backgrounds and different countries. You get 5 minutes to show your product/service to a worldwide audience. If you make it here , you’ll make it to the market!

And if you do not have a product yet, then you can join the session as audience and give your inputs and thoughts on the presentations. And you’ll get to learn about the perfect pitch!

Grab your seat for the "Pitch Your Startup" session this Sunday here.

I encourage you to see the recorded session of "Selling a Dream - Startup Evangelism" on Startup School for inspiration and ideas.

In the true sense show us what you have got and become a business in 5 mins! ;)

Good Luck!
 - Arun, Startup School Evangelist

Startup.SupercoolSchool.com

Startup School arrives!

Hello all,

To pull you into the mood, I'll start with Ramin's starfish parable, which happens to be one of my most favorite short-stories so far. It goes like this -

"One morning an elderly man was walking on a nearly deserted beach. He came upon a boy surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish. As eagerly as he could, the youngster was picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean.

Puzzled, the older man looked at the young boy and asked, "Little boy, what are you doing?"

The youth responded without looking up, "I'm trying to save these starfish, sir."

The old man chuckled aloud, and queried, "Son, there are thousands of starfish and only one of you. What difference can you make?"

Holding a starfish in his hand, the boy turned to the man and, gently tossing the starfish into the water, said, "It will make a difference to that one!"

And if Supercool school is about making a difference, then Startup School is more about "who do you want to be, in this story ?". Sounds weird? Let me explain. Read on.

The Starfish - This is the startup (venture/company/individual), knows how to swim, confident of it's core competencies and is equipped with all the stuff required once inside water. Waiting for someone to help entering the sea. Ah yes, if you still haven't guessed it, water is the potential market.

The Boy - This is the trainer. He knows what to do and how, and he is DOING it! And then, he is showing the world how to do it themselves. He is helping the starfish and educating the old man at once. He has the skills and he is sharing it with others for good.

The Old Man - This is the learner. He had nothing to do with the incident moments ago, but now he is very much in. The next day, he is going to be either a startup or a trainer. He is asking questions (similar to requesting classes) and getting the answers in the best possible way, by SEEING it happen,instead of reading it.

So this is your chance. As the platform is invite-only you may apply @ startup-at-supercoolschool-dot-com to receive your personal invite.

Cheers!

- Arun, Startup School Evangelist

Startup.SupercoolSchool.com