300 Seconds, 400 People: It’s 15 Minutes of Fame
One of the most challenging parts in putting together this year’s mesh conference was picking the six presenters for 15 Minutes of Fame. The applications were fantastic and clearly reflect the growing amount of exciting things happening within the online landscape in Canada. After a lot of discussion and some difficult decision-making, we’ve come up with our six presenters, who each get five minutes (or 300 seconds) to talk about what their company’s do and why their prospects for successful are so promising. Here’s the line-up:
May 30 - 11:30 a.m. to noon
Octopz - online collaboration service for text, video and audio
DemoFuse - a service to quickly create interactive tours for your Web site
FiveLimes - a place to eco-friendly products and services
May 31, 11:30 a.m. to noon
Conceptshare - an online collaboration tool out based in Northern Ontario (Sudbury to be exact!)
SneakerPlay - a social network for sneaker enthusiasts, collectors, artists, designers, boutique owners, and photographers.
Wild Apricot - event and Web site management service for non-profits, clubs and associations.
For more, check out the CNW press release.
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[...] We are now well into the week of mesh, so posting has been light lately and will be through the week. We’ve just announced the 15 minutes of fame winners, so head on over to the mesh blog and check out the details - we were delighted with the superb quality and high number of submissions this year. Related Posts [...]
[...] Fivelimes has been invited to speak at Mesh - Canada’s premiere web conference. We are delighted to be one of only 6 up-and-coming companies selected. Hopefully we will see you there! Catch us on May 30th around 11:30am. [...]
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[...] 5. Media and promotion Hundreds of blog posts are written before, during and following Mesh. Many people are genuinely interested in writing about new startups. If you seek these people out you might be lucky enough to grace the pages of some very well read blogs. There is also 15 Minutes of Fame - a great initiative to showcase Canadian startups. [...]
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[...] As my friends and fellow mesh organizers Mark Evans and Stuart MacDonald have mentioned here and here — as well as the mesh blog — the winners of the “15 Minutes of Fame” feature have been chosen, and it is a pretty impressive group. Each will get five minutes to pitch their startup or service. The press release we issued this morning is here. [...]