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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214519152739567695.post-11359066665886913852008-03-16T13:43:00.017+11:002008-03-17T13:47:49.177+11:00Results<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_b6Hez4oFqv0/R7krnrw-KmI/AAAAAAAAAy8/kREzZAq9d7c/s1600-h/JudgesPanel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_b6Hez4oFqv0/R7krnrw-KmI/AAAAAAAAAy8/kREzZAq9d7c/s200/JudgesPanel.jpg" alt="Australia, Startups, Results, Venture Capital, VS Consulting Group, Technology Trends" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168210008147372642" border="0" /></a>This has been an incredible experience and journey for all of us. This is the first time in Australia a carnival showcasing profile of new business ventures from different domains were covered online. In a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_is_Flat">world which is becoming flat</a> day by day, as explained by <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm">Thomas Friedman,</a> we will see more and more new ways of doing traditional things. Our local VC’s on contact couldn’t understand what we were doing, just shows the sate of affairs with our VC’s. Today we are happy to announce the winners of this carnival. We have already published the feedback and how Judges have marked the participants. If you have missed that please read it <a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/feedback-for-participants.html">here</a>, as it will describe how we have marked all the participants. We have declared our first prize and now updated the <a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/prizes.html">page</a> with 2nd and 3rd prize. We do acknowledge that in comparison to first prize 2nd and 3 prize winners don’t get much value. But this was our first event and we tried out level best (its an under statement) to get as many sponsors we can, but just couldn’t. Probably from next time we will have more offerings. We will again like to thanks, all the <a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/02/welcome-participants.html">participants</a>, <a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/02/welcome-our-judges.html">Judges</a> and sponsors,without their effort we couldn’t have succeeded in dong this. From the <a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/02/welcome-our-judges.html">Judges</a> panel we have a message for all of you. This is what <a href="http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/">Ross Dawson</a> has to say: <blockquote>It was very encouraging to see many exciting new market entrants as well as more established firms in the carnival. The depth and breadth of entrepreneurial talent in Australia is rapidly growing, and taking advantage of the massive opportunities emerging in the online space. Hats off to the drive and initiative of the entrepreneurs behind the very impressive array of entries.</blockquote>This is what <a href="http://www.justindavies.com.au/">Justin Davies</a> has to say : <blockquote>Lots of innovative ideas presented this year. Good to see innovation alive and well in the tech space in Australia. However there were lots of ideas that were minor twists on existing ideas, and as a result need to get enormous traction quickly or face annilation. Other ideas were unique - but not particularly compelling. Ask if there is a niche in the market and a market in the niche. Entrepreneurs need to focus on creating unique sustainable value, and continually ask the questions, "why is this different, why is this compelling, how do I make it more so?".</blockquote> Now, the moment of truth has come. Our winners in ranking order are: <table style="width: 575px; height: 1422px;" border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffcc"><td>Rank No.</td><td>Participants</td><td> Marks (1-10)</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/prizes.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_b6Hez4oFqv0/R9uRTjGBXOI/AAAAAAAABFo/7NJy6ch_w-I/s200/winner1.jpg" alt="australia, startups, carnival 2008, VS Consulting Group, Business Development,Strategic Planning, Technology" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177891961616555234" border="0" /></a></td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/scouta.html">Scouta</a></td><td>8.42</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/prizes.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_b6Hez4oFqv0/R9uQ3TGBXNI/AAAAAAAABFg/cyOFCppaIxE/s200/winner2.jpg" alt="australia, startups, carnival 2008, VS Consulting Group, Business Development Strategic Planning, Technology" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177891476285250770" border="0" /></a></td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/goodbarry.html">GoodBarry</a></td><td>8.33</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/prizes.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_b6Hez4oFqv0/R9uQyDGBXMI/AAAAAAAABFY/jXlW_kh054U/s200/winner3.jpg" alt="australia, startup, carnival, 2008, VS Consulting Group, Strategic Palnning, Technology" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177891386090937538" border="0" /></a></td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/suburb-view.html">Suburb View</a></td><td>7.61</td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>4</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/ourwishingwell.html">OurWishingWell</a></td><td>7.50</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>4</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/88-miles.html">88 Miles</a></td><td>7.50</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>5</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/14th-participant-is-vquence-vquence-is.html">Vquence</a></td><td>7.17</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>6</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/tiinker.html">Tiinker</a></td><td>7.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>6</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/smartpath.html">SmartPath</a></td><td>7.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>7</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/me2mobile.html">Me2Mobile</a></td><td>6.92</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>8</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/3eep.html">3eep</a></td><td>6.42</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>9</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/global-surfari.html">GlobalSurfari</a></td><td>6.17</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>10</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/plugger.html">Plugger</a></td><td>6.13</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>11</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/invoiceplace.html">InvoicePlace</a></td><td>6.08</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>11</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/fame-experiment.html">TheFame Experiment</a></td><td>6.08</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>12</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/swapacecom.html">SwapAce.com</a></td><td>6.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>13</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/buzka.html">Buzka</a></td><td>5.83</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>14</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/adimade.html">Adimade</a></td><td>5.67</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>15</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/rave-about-it.html">Rave About It</a></td><td>4.83</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>16</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/evaluator.html">Evaluator</a></td><td>4.42</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>17</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/uvouch.html">Uvouch</a></td><td>3.75</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>17</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/whatyah.html">WhatYah</a></td><td>3.75</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>18</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/zaabiz.html">ZaaBiz</a></td><td>3.58</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>19</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/community-enabler.html">Community Enabler</a></td><td>3.13</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>20</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/greenairfarescom.html">GreenAirFares</a></td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>21</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/confer.html">Confer</a> </td><td>2.67</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>22</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/plutext.html">Plutext</a></td><td>2.50</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffcc99"><td>23</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/australiaforumcom.html">Australiaforum</a></td><td>2.38</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e6e6ff"><td>24</td><td><a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/itqsm.html">ITQSM</a></td><td>1.75</td></tr></tbody></table> This portal will keep covering startups in Australia. As we forward, we will be expanding our coverage, esp in core IT/Telecom sectors, some really good stories to tell. We are also going to prepare a report on various aspects of startups covered here, to highlight what we are doing well and what needs to be improved upon. So keep watching this space as more will come and this is just the beginning. All the best to all of you on behalf of <a href="http://sharmavishal.com/">VS Consulting Group</a> PS : If you have suggestions/feedback please post your comments here or in the comments section of <a href="http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/03/feedback-for-participants.html">feedback post</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div>Vishal Sharmanoreply@blogger.com