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Ubiquita Congratulates Las Vegas Startup Weekend Winners
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Las Vegas, NV – August 14, 2013 – Ubiquita, Inc. a sponsor of Las Vegas Startup Weekend, congratulates Plus1Analytics for winning the competition held at The Rob Roy inNEVation Center. The weekend long event allowed individuals the opportunity to pitch their startup ideas and be mentored. There were eighty participants on 17 teams who made pitches to a judge panel. The second place competition winner was Txtile and BandAid took third.
The judge panel included Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution and Co-Founder of AOL, Will Young, Director of Zappos Labs and partner at VegasTechFund and Jason Mendenhall, Executive Vice President of Switch C.U.B.E.
“Startups are a key to our economic growth in America and Las Vegas Startup Weekend provides structure and feedback that will kick start their potential success,” said Leith Martin, CEO, Ubiquita. “We are excited to sponsor such an event that rewards innovation and to provide the winner our services to help get their new business going.”
About Ubiquita
UBIQUITA provides intelligently integrated voice and IT services to commercial and retail businesses. Customers are supported by a 24/7 system monitoring with response. UBIQUITA offers a wide range of feature-rich phone and IT services over a customer’s existing broadband connection, providing a more efficient, secure and cost effective communications environment. Learn more at www.Ubiquita.com or 702-789-6001.
About The Rob Roy inNEVation Center
The Rob Roy inNEVation Center is the first public and private economic diversification effort of its kind created to support technology startups, small businesses, economic development engines, nonprofits and higher education in Nevada. Rob Roy, the CEO and founder of Switch, is passionate about enabling a more diverse Nevada economy and created The Rob Roy inNEVation Center to foster collaboration between Nevada entrepreneurs, business leaders, mentors, investors, educators and government agencies.
About Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. It is one of the leading analysts for startup creation and entrepreneur education in the world. For more information, visit www.startupweekend.org.
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The judge panel included Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution and Co-Founder of AOL, Will Young, Director of Zappos Labs and partner at VegasTechFund and Jason Mendenhall, Executive Vice President of Switch C.U.B.E.
“Startups are a key to our economic growth in America and Las Vegas Startup Weekend provides structure and feedback that will kick start their potential success,” said Leith Martin, CEO, Ubiquita. “We are excited to sponsor such an event that rewards innovation and to provide the winner our services to help get their new business going.”
About Ubiquita
UBIQUITA provides intelligently integrated voice and IT services to commercial and retail businesses. Customers are supported by a 24/7 system monitoring with response. UBIQUITA offers a wide range of feature-rich phone and IT services over a customer’s existing broadband connection, providing a more efficient, secure and cost effective communications environment. Learn more at www.Ubiquita.com or 702-789-6001.
About The Rob Roy inNEVation Center
The Rob Roy inNEVation Center is the first public and private economic diversification effort of its kind created to support technology startups, small businesses, economic development engines, nonprofits and higher education in Nevada. Rob Roy, the CEO and founder of Switch, is passionate about enabling a more diverse Nevada economy and created The Rob Roy inNEVation Center to foster collaboration between Nevada entrepreneurs, business leaders, mentors, investors, educators and government agencies.
About Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. It is one of the leading analysts for startup creation and entrepreneur education in the world. For more information, visit www.startupweekend.org.
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