Now that finals have come and passed, we’d like to share some of the projects presented in IEOR 190A. The class focuses on providing students teams with the resources and training to begin an entrepreneurial venture, from idea to inception. This semester, five teams were selected to showcase their companies to a panel of venture capitalists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs. We profiled each startup below:
Mobile Match
The team created a mobile application that connect conference goers. Users that download the application take a quick survey about their interests, career, and reasons for attending the conference. Based on these results, users are given recommendations of other conference attendees that they are most likely to “connect” with and alerted of their location.
Prize Parking
The team seeks to solve the recurring pain (especially in Berkeley) of finding parking spots in busy urban areas. Prize Parking aims to be an “EBay for parking” by connecting individuals with unused spots with drivers in need of a place to park. The team has built a mobile app for finding spots based on a user’s current location and a website for long-term parking needs.
OddJobbr
The team seeks to create a mobile platform for outsourcing small, repeatable tasks such as completing surveys or proofreading essays. The concept is similar to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, but is designed primarily for smart phones.
IHouse
Connects students in the US seeking to learn Mandarin with teachers in China, via Skype. The team cited a lack of affordable language education and an underutilization of internet-based learning as their primary motivation in pursuing this venture.
OmeTest
Provides mail-in STD testing services. Seeks to provide a level of privacy and convenience not provided by current STD testing options, which include free clinics, health centers, and personal physicians. STD testing kits are mailed home, require a urine sample, and are 99.7 percent accurate.
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