From October 4th through October 6th, 2024, ten teams came together to create a pitch and a product and compete for $15,000 in prize money. Some teams went from nothing but an idea to a fully functioning product, but all the teams made great strides towards making their dream a reality. These are the results.
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“Join us for a weekend-long ideation and prototyping event for aspiring and current entrepreneurs, designers, developers, and anyone wanting to learn more about the startup process.”
– Launchpad event announcment
Authentiya – 1st Place Pitch
- Ellia Morse
Jardin – 1st Place Product
- Jon Sabillón
STATSdraft – 2nd Place Pitch & 1st Overall
- Topher Enneking
- Melody Alexander
- Braden Lockwood
- Ricky Smith
- Trevor Beurman
Resonate Pictures – 2nd Place Product
- Marc Havener
- Nyalia Lui
- Soumya Baddham
- Mounic Kumar Nadimpally
Balance Central – 3rd Place Pitch
- John Estes
MarketO – 3rd Place Product
MarketO is an AI-powered marketing automation platform that revolutionizes how startups and small businesses approach marketing. By simply inputting a website URL, marketO goes to work—delivering powerful insights, personalized recommendations, and identifying the most impactful influencers and blogs to target, all tailored to the business’s niche and location. But that’s not all! MarketO also generates custom AI-crafted social media content and schedules posts automatically, allowing companies to grow their brand presence without lifting a finger. It’s like having a full-fledged marketing team, powered by AI, working for you.
- Syed Mustafa
- Rizwan Khan
At Home Living
AT HOME Living provides individuals, couples, and families with aging seniors and their families a stress-free, hands-on service during a major life transition. We offer customized assistance and support with the highest level of professional care and personal attention when moving, downsizing, relocating, or selling and buying a home. Specializing in seniors and the aging, we work with trusted preferred partners and affiliates to give full senior move management services with respect and care. AT HOME Living now has a workable website thanks to Launchpad weekend; interviewing micro-internship applicants to do market research and build a database, planned meetings with a moving company and organization/decluttering company, a workable business plan with specific goals and strategies & revenue projections.
- Karena Schmitendorf
- Chance Dyck
- Chaitanya Addepalli
- Srijanya Chetikaneni
Externity
- Sriya Annem
- Sabeen Ahmad
Rishr
- Rahul Kumar
- Nischay Rawal
MD5 Records
A vinyl record of your digital creativity
In a world where digital contributions fade, we offer a permanent, tangible reminder of the work you and your team have done by turning your code commit history into a custom vinyl record and sleeve. 
- Nathan Clark
Media
- LJWorld.com – Launchpad event aims to bring developers, business people in Lawrence together, serve as incubator for creating a tech hub