The Keepstream team had such an amazing experience at Demo Day! Not only did our presentation go off without a hitch, we met so many awesome people that gave us great advice – and helped us to get connected with many other great people!
For those not familiar with Capital Factory, it is a business accelerator program in Austin, Texas. It’s very similar to other programs you might have heard of like TechStars and Y-Combinator. Five companies are chosen to come to the awesome city of Austin, Texas to receive guidance from 20 mentor-investors. The people that invest into the program are entrepreneurs and technology leaders that have done it before that can offer advice from experience. On top of that, you get access to a bunch of free services, free office space, and top-notch guest speakers. The program is an intense ten-week bootcamp, ending in a big finale called Demo Day – where you pitch your business idea to a crowded room of Austin’s best investors, entrepreneurs, and press.
Check out this video of us talking about the program:
It would have been so much more difficult to make it this far as a business without the help of the Capital Factory mentors. Not only did they give us expert advice and hold us accountable for progress, often you simply need that third-party group to consistently bounce your ideas off of. When you are caught in your own vacuum – it’s easy to forget to constantly talk with your users, re-evaluate what your strategy is, and rely on experimentation and data rather than just your hunches. For anyone with a really compelling idea, or existing small startups looking for a launching pad – Capital Factory can provide the catalyst you need for building a great business. Start putting together your All Star team of hackers and hustlers, refine your idea and prototype, and apply for Summer 2011.
Thank you mentors, guest speakers, Porter Novelli, Clutch Creative, Red Carpet Events, and so many others for an awesome Capital Factory experience. And a special thanks goes out to all the awesome friends we made in the Austin community that opened their arms to us and became not just beta testers… but evangelists for our cause! We couldn’t be here without you.
Here’s a collection of Keepstream Twitter chatter from the Demo Day event:
