Local entrepreneurs get a start-up for emerging business ideas
April 30, 2013 – 6:18 am | No Comment

Over fifty local developers, marketing professionals, business executives, web designers, animators, and engineers met at Radius Café on James Street South this weekend to brainstorm with other inspired minds at the third annual “Start-Up Hamilton”.
Presented by Innovation Factory, KITESTRING, Software Hamilton, and Vana Workforce, 25 ideas were pitched and the top seven were chosen to turn their pitch into a viable business proposal.
The winner was Walkbug, a mobile app that allows a person unfamiliar with his or her current geographical location to create a personalized walking tour.
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