The Moxie Awards
Student Startup of the Year
We are pleased to announce the following outstanding Chicago companies as our finalists for The Moxie Awards' Student Startup of the Year.
Edit Huddle is a crowdsourced editing tool for blogs and newspapers that allows errors to be privately flagged and effectively fixed.
Groovebug is a personalized rich media music magazine and discovery engine designed specifically for the iPad. It helps you connect with, and follow your favorite artists while discovering new ones along the way.
Groovebug uses cutting edge technology to harnesses the vast universe of music related content in the cloud and ties it to your music collection. The application pulls together music, photos, videos, bios and the latest buzz from the blogosphere. It then uses a powerful similar artists engine developed by The Echonest as a jump off point to keep exploring. The result is an endless interactive music discovery experience.
HireBrite’s mission is to help talented students find rewarding, non-traditional opportunities at really cool, high-potential startups while helping entrepreneurs more effectively source the best talent for their business and technical hiring needs.
HireBrite is a resource for top undergraduate and graduate students seeking internship and full-time opportunities at promising startups in major US cities. Students at participating schools can create a profile by answering questions specifically designed to help startups assess students’ true interests and fit. Startups also create profiles that highlight attributes that students care about most, such as culture, benefits, and the management team’s working style. This isn’t just a job board — it’s a much more intuitive way for both students and startups to find each other.
SwipeSense aims to reduce hospital-acquired infections in order to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs for hospitals. We make hand hygiene as easy as wiping your hands on your pants and drive behavior change through real-time performance feedback.
ZipFit.me matches your butt with jeans. What does that mean? They help you quickly find your best-fit clothing, starting with men's jeans. With the assistance of their predictive algorithm, ZipFit.me matches a man with his "perfect" jeans tailored to his own style with the most important factor leading the way – fit. ZipFit.Me’s vision is to be the Pandora of ALL clothing. For retailers, they help you connect with the right customers and can incorporate their algorithm into websites to power searches.
