Follow My Vote was admitted to the Alpha Program. This program allowed us to exhibit and tell attendees about our blockchain voting software and explain why end to end verifiability is so important for honest voting.

News of our parallel election was a big hit. People loved the idea of being able to take part in a mock election and experience voting via a smart phone or a device of their choice. Our crowdfunding campaign was also received well. We experienced an influx of backers while at the conference!

Conferences of all types are full of people trying to get your attention. This ultimately led to us buying a sumo wrestler suit to hand out stickers for the parallel election. PEOPLE LOVED IT! Attendees put pictures of the suit all over twitter.

The speakers at Collision were phenomenal. We heard from thought leaders such as Robert Scoble, who interviewed us in our office and published it live to Facebook. Alex Chung of Giphy had a super popular speech on GIFs. One of our favorite speeches was on open source projects delivered by Gautam Rege, Co-founder of Josh Software.

To see all the photos from the conference visit our Facebook Album! Feel free to tag your your company!

In total there were 630 startups that attended the conference to meet investors and gain exposure for their products. We have created a short synopsis of Collision startups who were a pleasure to meet and network with.

Pressimus: “Pressimus is the ultimate social live-publishing, storytelling, and live-blogging platform, combining the ability to search for and find news and content being shared around the world live, with the ability to reference, use and share this content in your own stories that you create and publish on Pressimus.”

Scratch: “With Scratch you profit from many micro opportunities. … eliminates traditional processing fees to maximize profit, finally making micro-payments profitable.”

CrowdT: “Crowdt is a portal/ecommerce site dedicated to the crowdfunding of Tshirts as well as other outerwear. Design High Quality Screen Printed Tees.Zero Risk.Zero Upfront Cost. ”

NGENSMOKE: “Then next generation of social vaping.  NGEN SMOKE LLC is a 2-partner entrepreneurial start-up consisting of Ryan Eng, Chief Executive Officer, and Eric Wong, Chief Marketing Officer. We are a Vaping Technologies company focusing on bringing revolutionary Vape products to the world.”

Josh Software:  “Driven by enthusiasm and passion, Josh is India’s leading company in building innovative web applications working exclusively in Ruby On Rails since 2007.”

Arcade City: “A ride sharing company that is run by its divers.”

Biome: “THE WORLD’S FIRST SELF-CONTAINED, AUTOMATED, LIVING WALL.” Essentially you can place plants in unique places all over your office or home.

Electifi: “Electifi is the only platform engineered to empower regular people to hold politicians accountable. Other apps allow their users to “sound off” by creating petitions that go absolutely nowhere, reinforcing a cycle of voter apathy and powerlessness. Electifi is different because it understands how the political system really works — and how voters can hack it.”

Confident Cannabis: “The World’s First Technology Solution To Bring Transparency And Consistency To Legal Cannabis Through Data And Insights.”

Movidiam: “Movidiam is a professional creative network and project management application that enables brands, agencies and filmmakers to connect, collaborate and create remarkable films.”

Pint Pass: “PintPass is the FREE mobile app that brings your favorite breweries to your fingertips. Find out what’s on tap at your favorite brewery, get directions to the nearest local brewery, and even send a beer to a friend through our Text A Beer feature. Become a PintPass member to receive exclusive discounts and promotions at local breweries and restaurants.”

Photo attribution: Amodeo Photography

About the author: Will Long is the Marketing Manager of Follow My Vote.

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Alpha Program

Follow My Vote has been accepted to the Alpha Program at Collision! This program is for early stage start ups and provides companies with opportunities to present, pitch, and meet mentors. Follow My Vote will be exhibiting at booth number C-326 in the Sports/Builders/Machine Area on Day 3 of the event, Thursday, April 28.

We are extremely excited to tell attendees about our crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and our mock election for the 2016 US Presidential Election.

Here is what USA Today is saying about Collision:

Somewhere into this slog of shows falls Collision, the concoction of Irish tech entrepreneur and futurist Paddy Cosgrave. “Paddy is building the next SXSW,” says Oisin Hanrahan, CEO of Handy, a service that lets consumers book household service specialists. “He’s created a vibe” with a melting pot of entrepreneurs, innovators and disruptors sharing ideas and life experiences, Hanrahan says.

In just its third year, Collision — the U.S. edition of the popular Web Summit conference in Europe — is expected to attract 11,000 people and 650 start-ups over three days in the Big Easy this week; the event gets underway on Tuesday. No doubt a large slice of them were motivated to attend because the tech extravaganza overlaps with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, commonly known as Jazz Fest. The first two Collisions were held in Las Vegas.

Here are some of the companies that will be attending:

Startups that attend will also have a great chance to get featured in the press. Here is a look at some of the press related organizations that will be attending:

If you can’t make it, no worries! Stay updated via the Collision live stream! Also Follow us on social media for pictures and updates from the team.

About the author: Will Long is the Marketing Manager of Follow My Vote.

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1. President of Liberland, Vít Jedlička announced that Follow My Vote will serve as the beta voting system for the newly established Micro-nation.  But why was the President of Liberland at Web Summit? To put it simply, Vít was our guest of honor. The Free Republic of Liberland is located next to the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia. Read more about Liberland.

“Liberland aims to be the front-runner for all technological improvements that make citizens lives easier. That is why we chose to be the first users of Follow My Vote.”

-Vít Jedlička, President of Liberland

2. We exhibited our technology on the 5th of November, which played quite nicely into our plans. We donned Guy Fawkes masks and announced our 2016 Presidential parallel election. Perhaps your have heard the phrase “Remember, remember the 5th of November”. This phrase refers to the act Guy Fawkes attempted and its role in the movie V for Vendetta. At our exhibition booth, we announced that, in one year’s time, we will be holding an election in parallel to the United States Presidential Election.  The Guy Fawkes masks created a lot of buzz and brought droves of interested conference attendees over to our booth. Read our parallel election announcement.

3. We heard great talks from prominent leaders and captains of industry from all around the world, including one of the co-founders of Kickstarter, Yancey Strickler . It doesn’t matter what your specialty is, there was a talk for you. We featured our favorite talks on social media with pictures. Make sure you follow us and see our posts.

4. We got a huge amount of exposure, with thousands of people visiting our website throughout the week of the conference. The day we exhibited, we had the most visitors ever to our website. How cool is that!? So if your wondering if you should go to Web Summit next year, just know that if you play your cards right and prepare properly, you can get tons of exposure for your business. Tickets are already on sale for next year!

5. We launched our new animated explainer video!

We got some of our own footage as well! Check out the view of downtown Dublin and our exhibit at Web Summit:

Thanks to everyone who made Web Summit 2015 a fantastic event! Check our Facebook album for all the pictures from the event.

About the author: Will Long is the Marketing Manager of Follow My Vote.

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