Tonight’s Tech After Five features two Upstate South Carolina Startup Companies in the GSATC StartupZone. We’ll have representatives and demonstrations from social networking website AthleteFocus.com and from consumer electronics company Zipit.
About this evening’s startup companies:
AthleteFocus.com
web 2.0, Social Networking for Athletes
Founded in 2006 by Graham Fizer, a competitive water-skier, AthleteFocus.com is the premiere social networking website for action and endurance sports athletes. The initial site made a splash by receiving an award from the New Ideas for a New Carolina contest in 2006 and registering over 600 athletes to the site in the first year.
With the launch of version 2.0 of the website on May 9th, AthleteFocus has had over 700 new members created profiles, doubling the community in less than two weeks.
ZipitWireless
Instant Messaging, Music, Photos without a PC
Zipit Wireless Inc. is a Greenville, S.C.-based developer of consumer electronics. The company focuses on wireless communication and entertainment devices that leverage the Internet and the explosion of Wi-Fi networks, while removing the dependency on the family computer. Zipit Wireless’ first product, the Zipit Wireless Messenger, received the iParenting award for ease of use and safety.
May’s Tech After Five is sponsored by KeyMark
These companies are looking for customers, partners, employees, and more. You are invited to come and see how you might be able to connect with this promising companies.
Want to present in the Startup Zone? (Apply here.)
