The Funding, Discovery and Monetization Conference was held on September 12 and 13, 2013. The AppShow, in partnership with CONNECT, presented two full days of networking, business development, high-level sessions, speed meetings, CROWDFUNDxSD contest and networking receptions at the San Diego Convention Center.
One of the highlights from the FDM Conference was the live pitch event that involved a panel of qualified funding judges. Coordinated by CONNECT and Crowdfunder’s CROWDFUNDx San Diego online contest, 8 finalists were selected from a nationwide competition to compete in the live pitch event.
The winner of the contest was ADAM Inc., developers of MyChamberApp, an innovative company that provides mobile, local marketing to small “mom and pop” and mid-level businesses. ADAM strives to “bridges the gap” between 20M small businesses and the 200M active cell phone users in the US. ADAM hopes to turn your phone into a remote control for buying mobile local marketing.
“We believe that small businesses drive our economy. Properly applying the power of mobile technology is the best way to amplify their current power,” states Skyler Sutton, CEO of ADAM Inc. “It is an honor to be rewarded for our hard work for the small businesses in the United States.”
“We are proud to host the entrepreneur competition and commend all participants on their energy and enthusiasm for this unique contest,” states Andrea Downs, Event Director and President for The AppShow. “We believe that the judges not only recognized ADAM’s winning product, but just as importantly, they have a winning sales and marketing strategy already implemented that really set them apart from others in the group.”
She continues, “ADAM’s application makes gaining revenue for small businesses simple, and their sales and marketing strategy as well as their ability to convey their strategy is simple. I believe their genius and the simplicity is what will make them very successful in their endeavors.”
ADAM, founded in 2009 by Richard Citron and Skyler Sutton, has a network of over 200,000 SMBs in which MyChamberApp, is able to make any smart phone into a powerful tool for “Mobile to Mobile Marketing.”