On February 18, at the DigitalOctober Technopark, Irina Kireeva (Oratorica) will teach Startup Crash Test participants to build a project team, and Christopher Thompson (Cisco) will telecast the first results of the Cisco I-PRIZE competition in California via teleconference. Experts and the audience will test the strengths of startups Omyconf, OpticLabel and WordSteps.
In the form of a two-minute presentation about 5-6 projects will also be able to announce themselves. You can apply for a flash pitch by writing to the organizers at
sctmoscow@gmail.com .
The crash test will again be held in the center of Moscow, in the DigitalOctober Technopark (Bersenevskaya Embankment, 6/3). Beginning at 18.30. Participation is free, registration on
greenfield-project.ru is required. For those who will not be able to attend in person, a broadcast will be organized. As usual, there will be a text Twitter broadcast via the hashtag #sctmoscow.
About the participants
In the crash test section, experts and the audience test the strength of the business model of more “adult” startups that already have a prototype and first sales. The Crash Test is a half-hour talk, including a 10-minute presentation and detailed feedback on the project. On February 18, Omyconf, OpticLabel and WordSteps will tell about themselves on the DigitalOctober stage.
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Omyconf (
omyconf.ru ) is a web interface and a line of applications for mobile devices that allow you to establish business communication between participants of events, as well as give them easy access to the schedule of the event. With the help of a client, you can make an appointment for an internal chat, find people of interest in the list of participants, do not miss an interesting section. For the first time, his system was tested in June 2010, and since October last year, organizers of 1-3 professional events have been using Omyconf services every month.
OpticLabel (
www.opticlabel.ru ) is a patented technology to protect goods from counterfeiting using bulk stickers. Each sticker has a unique 3D pattern and an individual number. To check the authenticity of the goods, it is enough to photograph the protective element with a mobile camera and send the photo to the specified e-mail. In response, you will receive a letter with the name of the goods and confirmation of its authenticity. OpticLabel already has two clients: the project is currently at the pilot stage.
WordSteps (
wordsteps.com ) is a vocabulary replenishment service for those who master the most popular foreign languages. Using WordSteps, you can create and “share” your own thematic dictionaries, as well as perform exercises for memorizing individual terms and phrases. Recently, the project began to produce mobile clients. Also, users have access to two online courses: business vocabulary and active vocabulary replenishment. Having paid about 500 and 300 rubles for six months, respectively, you get access to four new exercises and can turn off advertising.
What else will be interesting
Potential partners and investors pay as much attention to your technology and business model assessment to your work and result. Therefore,
Irina Kireeva , business coach and CEO of
Oratorica , will tell you how to assemble and motivate the project team.
The curator of Cisco's global incubation projects,
Kritsofer Thompson , on the air (the event will be available on
greenfield-project.ru/live ) will sum up the Skolkovo Innovation Award Bid period, supported by
Cisco I-PRIZE . Acceptance of online applications for the contest ends on February 15. The names of the three winners, who will receive cash bonuses in the amount of 3 million to 750 thousand rubles, will be named at the end of April.
P.S
Since autumn 2010, the Russian Startup Crash Test'y are supported by the investment agency
StartupIndex . SCT is a monthly event; The following will take place on March 18th. If you want to speak on it with your project, contact the organizers by sending information about the startup to sctmoscow@gmail.com.