Rene Pinell won the final spot of the board.

And now it’s time to clean.

The finalists:
1) Cameron Houser – 28
2) Manette Fisher – 26
3) John Kidenda – 18
4) Jonathan Wegener – 17
5) Josh Stillman – 15
5) Arthur Reyna – 15
5) Rene Pinell – 15

A vote is now needed to find the final winner of the tie.

The participants up for election are:

Josh Stillman
Manette Fisher
Cabe Lindsay
Rene Pinell
Kevin Lord
Cameron Houser
Shankar Krithivasan
Arthur Reyna
Bryan Bishop
Kalin McKenna
Jonathon Wegener
Kevin Roth
Olga Kazakova
Jonn Kidenda
Ryan Niedzialek
Eric Katerman
Elben Shira
Jason Wohlfahrt
Kiel Martin

They are all being asked to present a bit about their backgrounds, motivation, location, team and level of commitment.  The dimensions of voting are trust, long-term commitmment, leaders from teams, and backgrounds.

And voting.

The participants are arming themselves with the information they need to take their work beyond the weekend.  Some really good questions are being asked and you can tell that there is the interest and passion needed to push go beyond.

Team 4 is up now. We’ve had some colorful presenting tonight. The panelists’ engagement has been very active.

We are now wrapped up an hour and a half after start.

More detail soon.

Final pitches started a little after 7. Three have gone up so far, and two have gone through the panel’s questions.

Team 1 had a flair for presentation. They have an app ready and their web site is in the oven.

Team 2 has gone from a program to a company with a mind set for a product line.

Team 3 is spreading their presentation among members.

More in a moment.

We’re coming down to the wire.  The final four have become the final three instead as one of the ideas has died.  The teams have less than half an hour now to get ready to take their show to the big stage–the auditorium–for their pitches to the guest panelists of the weekend, and you can hear a bit more movement and motion as it’s all coming down to the wire.  Best of luck to all the teams!

12:15 PM:  The final four are stepping up and presenting their business pitches.  Time is an issue for the first pitch.  Issac Marcus from ATI is in to give strong productive insight. 

Right before the pitch, as the group was tweaking their product, it sounded like they already had users.  Very interesting.

It’s almost 11 AM on Sunday morning, and the participants are showing the fatigue of the weekend.   At noon, we’ll be seeing a prelim pitch from the final four.  After that, they’ll be presenting their pitches to the panel at 7.  More to come.

As quiet as the day has been, a lot of work has been going on in the rooms of ATI.  After Friday’s voting and the re-distribution of participants to their new teams, many of the 3DS group rose early the next morning to forward the action of the projects. 

Only the interruptions of a bagel and coffee breakfast and a sandwich lunch really put a pause in the day.  That is until a call to all groups for a status update at 6 PM.  Strong progress as well as potential pitfalls were uncovered.  As much it presented the progress, the long road to the end was also fairly obvious.

Dinner was completely annihilated, and a sweet surprise awaits our participants. 

On the organizer/area side, interviews were conducted for the sake of posterity by our weekend documentarian, Ruben.  His help in recording the weekend’s events will be an extraordinary contribution for the future of 3DS.

It’s a quiet night to an equally quiet day as this Saturday winds down.

 

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