Results

UPDATE: The winner of BIC (Intrepid) has launched (iphone) Timbre -”The band discovery app that lets music find you.”  Congratulations! This App literally rocks!!… we are so proud.  Also, Scott Kirsner just covered them.

Read this quick story why the Intrepid founder said about BIC, “Thanks a ton for being the reason Timbre exists.”

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We just finished our BIC “sprint” with the Boston Innovation Challenge!

Two weeks of hacking at Mobile solutions to Make Boston Better (and help the City and the Red Cross). Yesterday was Demo Day and Awards at the Harvard I-Lab for the 11 great Teams that participated.

Check out the Beta Boston wrap-up from the Boston.com GlobeLab.

The best thing about the Boston Innovation Challenge was how it brought out and pulled together such a range of people and supporting organizations (see below) – Startup entrepreneurs working with Corporate techs… newbies adding value to geeks … the Red Cross rallying the coders… etc. Business was fostered and friends were made across campus, across the river, and across industry ecosystems. Go Boston. Go BIC!

Special thanks to the Advisors and team that managed this project – Jeff, Chris, Miranda, Vanessa, Erin, Scott, Garrett, John, Matt, and David. Thank you!

There were lots of winners… but 4 won cool stuff…

Best of BIC – 1st Place
– Intrepid – Mark Kasdorf, Matt Briggs, and Team

A music discovery app that allows people looking for local artists to
actually discover both the artist, and where they are playing next.

2nd Place – Tie between two teams working on Red Cross
– Red Alert – John Rice and Team

A weather app that alerts people of dangerous weather and links them
directly to a preparedness checklist with links to Red Cross
information, training materials and Red Cross shelter locations.

- MyGoBag.org for the Red Cross – Geordie Kaytes and Team

For the Red Cross to promote disaster preparedness with a fun and engaging
way for people to build and share the contents of their “go-bag”, or
portable evacuation kit.

3rd Place
– Culture Near Me – Tom Morris and Chris Marstall

Using the Boston Globe API & a database of public art locations to create
a mobile app that will tell you what culture is around you in Boston.

Here are some pictures and quotes:

 Full House at BIC Demo Day
 Jeff Moriarty of the Boston Globe and presenter for Team Blimp
  Matt Bridges of Intrepid engaging with Judge Jake Pardee
“It’s great to be chosen the Best of BIC. I really enjoyed having two weeks to work on our app. It allowed us to focus on small UX touches and polish, which would have been overlooked with a shorter timescale. It also allowed us to collaborate with some team members who weren’t available for the first weekend. I’d definitely be interested in more “extended” hackathons.”
- Matt Bridges, CTO, Intrepid Pursuits, http://intrepid-dev.com
 Intrepid Screen Shots
“As a member of the music scene in Boston I challenged the participants of the Boston Innovation Challenge to create a mobile application that could promote independent concerts. I was amazed to see my simple and vague presentation lead to the creation of a beautiful mobile app that uses one’s location to see all of the shows happening tonight. By combining the data of Jambase and Spotify, music fans can preview music before deciding where to go. The designers and developers of all the Teams displayed exceptional professionalism and commitment to community problem solving. The power of collaboration was apparent at BIC and I was thrilled to be a part of this intensely creative event.”
- Jake Pardee – BIC Judge, student at Berklee College of Music – JakePardee.com 
Team  Red Alert
Kat Powers of the Red Cross sharing needs and ideas
“I am so excited other folks get that “innovation” and “American Red Cross” go together like Charles and River or perhaps “Boston” and “Innovation.” Our participation in the Boston Innovation Challenge has really stirred up some great collaborations we know will help serve our humanitarian mission.” - Kat Powers, director of communications, American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts.
 Judges judging:
Miranda Mulligan – Boston Globe
Mike Schneider – Allen & Garritsen
Jarrett Barrios – Red Cross
Christian Perry – Beta Boston
Venkat Krishnamurthy – MIT
Jake Pardee – Berklee College of Music
 Geordie Kaytes in action 
FYI – He is a participant in Boston Startup School
Chris and Tom showing Culture Near Me
Thanks to our amazing list of Sponsors and Partners!