Our new startup is looking for advice on how to get publicity and get people to vote for us. We need to place in the top 15 in the world by Friday, Dec. 6, to be considered by the judging panel. We don't want to cheat (no buying votes or robots), so how do we spread the word and actually get people to vote. See what we're doing already at griflens.co/vote. All suggestions appreciated!
Congratulations on your win! I from Team MooBook, winners of the Startup Weekend New Brunswick.
Our team looked at this same challenge.
Unfortunately the Global Startup Battle has not matched the Weekend experience for quality and organization. As you know there have been a number of issues including a horrible voting interface (which changed mid week so oit is now only 'quite bad') and an unannounced rule change. In spite of all the material and rules stating every voter can vote once per 24 hour period they have altered the rules and the interface so that each person may now only vote once.
All of this combined for a bad user experience which we felt reflected on us. We have actually stopped asking our supporters to go vote. We didn't like being associated with the negative experience.
We are now concentrating all of our marketing, PR and VC efforts on the long term future of the product.
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