A week after Investor Day and things haven’t really slowed down here. In fact they’ve been more hectic than we could have imagined. The anticipation of Investor Day caused stress, over/undereating, and so much sequestered preparation that people were even telling me that I was pale! Me! Pale! Absurd.
But now that a week has passed we’re finally able to look back fondly at what was a really enjoyable day. Kudos to the other nine TechStars companies, your presentations were truly inspiring.
Below are a few pics from ours (please excuse the blurriness. Molly’s nerves led her to drink 4 bloody marys before our 10am presentation):
1. Things started off kind of awkwardly when David accidentally introduced me as Michael Cera and Dan as Jonah Hill:
2. What good is presenting to 300 people if you can’t include giant pictures of your already oversized head?
3. Dan rocked the live demo of the product while Kevin expertly “drove” by pretending to type and use the mouse. Nicky supervised.
4. It took a little while for the Jewish cow joke to sink in. But once it did, audience members were roaring with confusion.
5. At night we all went out to The Kitchen to celebrate. This picture is great for four reasons. A) Austin is still dressed like a pilot, complaining about the layover he has to make in Cincinatti. 2) Dan has one giant tooth. III) Molly is cringing after eating ramekins of ketchup for money (due to the economy, Ignighter has had to make some budget cuts recently. And unfortunately, Molly’s nonexistant salary was the first to go). Quatre) Micah is maniacally laughing because he’s realizing that coughing up $20 for Molly to eat a ramekin of ketchup was actually a terrific investment.
Yesterday was Investor Day at TechStars. All 10 companies presented what they’ve accomplished all summer to 175 investors. There will definitely be more on Investor Day on this blog in the next couple of days. But for now we need a breather. So check out the TechStars Lip Dub masterminded by Andrew Hyde. Pretty fun to make.
Last week we threw a Democratic Unity Party in which we brought together Clinton and Obama supporters on a group date in NYC. Obama Girl herself was even there interviewing the guests. We’re happy to announce that the party was a big success.
Check out the photos and Obama Girl’s new Ignighter video here.
With our Obama/Clinton party happening this Thursday, a few of our mentors have chosen to write about us on their blogs. The shoutouts are thoughtful, kind, and funny so we figured we’d share them.
Jason writes about first meeting us 8 months ago, encouraging us to apply for TechStars, and the progress that the company has made throughout the summer. Here.
Brad writes about our infamous early struggles to explain Ignighter to people in a way that doesn’t make them immediately think of group sex and how we’ve managed to work past that and really improve our messaging. Here.
Howard writes about how he wishes Ignighter were around when he was younger. He also included a great video of our community catalyst, Molly. Here.
