Slinkables flew out to San Francisco to attend the LAUNCH Conference. Even though it was my first time in San Francisco it seemed so familiar to me. It may have been the snowfall that almost never happens there and I can’t tell you how many times someone asked me if I brought the weather from home. Overall about 100 new and existing companies showed off their ideas and products. The companies all were technology related start-ups from all over the world that got invited to attend the event to launch or promote their products and services.
The Grand Jury selected Slinkables to present on stage at the Launch Pad rapid fire round. Slinkable was last to present after a long day of presentations. Jason Calacanis, the host of the event, was impressed with the industrial design that I had created and liked the product. Photo: (cc) Kenneth Yeung - www.snapfoc.us
One thing is for certain Jason, the judges, and staff members all deserve a a lot of credit for hosting such a well organized with a great selection of guest speakers, Grand Jury members, and new and emerging companies.
Overall the trip was an incredible experience on making things that start from an idea and develop into a working products that can be shown to the public. I hope to attend more events and hopefully LAUNCH 2012 with even more work from my lab in Pittsburgh: Computable.
Once back in Pittsburgh I continued working on the Kickstarter campaign for Slinkable the flexible USB docking cable. If your interested in this idea please visit my campaign or check out the website at Slinkable.com
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