After a hiatus, we decided to bring back “15 Minutes of Fame” this year as a way to help put the spotlight on the growing number of start-ups doing interesting things. We were delighted to receive a flurry of applications from a wide variety of start-ups. It made life difficult for our judges who were given the challenge of boiling it down to six selections.
In the end, the following companies were picked:
The six companies get a pass to mesh11 and an opportunity to demo their idea in the mesh Village. mesh attendees will be asked to vote for the Grand Prize Winner, which will receive the following package:
– A mentorship lunch with Farhan Thawar, vice-president, engineering, with Xtreme Labs
– A half-day PR training session from Edelman
– A one-year membership from the Toronto Board of Trade (more details here)
– A one-hour consulting session with Mark Evans, a mesh co-founder and digital marketing strategist.
