Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Baltimore Tech Breakfast

I am at the Baltimore Tech Breakfast at Towson Global. 

Local Up Solutions

The first demo is from LocalUp Solutions and their local EatBmore.com restaurant site.

LocalUp solutions provide the back end services for restaurant online ordering. They have a mix of licensee and company owned sites. EatBmore.com is a company owned site.

LocalUp provide helpdesk and all the internet services for local licensees and restaurant owners.

Nextup
GigBoard.com - Ryan Shwartz (Co-Founder and CEO)

Online marketplace for services.

A location based open service.

Poster: Advertise service required

Service Provider: bids on 

Competitors:  Craigslist.com, Taskrabbit.com, Zaarly.com. Angels List, Thumbtack.com.

Task Rabbit has a rigorous application process. 

GigBoard is a more open application process. Charges a 15% commission fee. 

Beta phase launches in November.

City-by-city launch process. Go after College market as service providers.

 - Discover and share and buy tickets for events. 

Create an event in under 3 minutes. Support the before, during and after the event. Even create QR codes and Short URL and SMS keyword for an event.

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