- Startups - LAUNCH Education & Kids Winning Presentations - TWiST #269

1:00 Today, we'll be sharing three of the winning presentations from the LAUNCH Education & Kids event held June 12 and 13.

1:15 Thank you to Scott Walker of Walker Corporate Law for his support of the program!

6:00 The Launchpad Toys presentation given by co-founder Thushan Amarasiriwardena.

13:45 The judges and audience offer their feedback to Thushan.

14:15 What's the big difference between Monkey Gram and the previous version?

16:00 A 12 year old asks: Is it possible to use mp3s with it?

18:30 Audience question: Are there going to be additional features like vampires and werewolves?

20:30 Huge appreciation goes out to MailChimp for their continued support! Everyone thank @MailChimp!

23:45 The Penyo Pal presentation given by co-founders Jane Wu and Rafal Dittwald.

30:15 The judges and audience offer their feedback to Jane and Rafal.

31:30 Why do cartoons work so well for learning things like this?

33:30 How sophisticated is the verbal matching capability?

35:45 What's your competitive differentiator?

38:30 The Nearpod presentation given by co-CEO Felipe Sommer.

45:00 The judges and audience offer their feedback to Felipe.

45:45 What happens when someone drops off?

48:30 From a teacher's perspective, there's definite interest.

50:30 Audience question: How do you deal with children working at different paces?

51:00 Audience question: Have you developed this for college levels?

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Keep up with the latest from our sister company, LAUNCH:

Live Blogging LAUNCH Education & Kids - Day Two

http://www.launch.co/blog/live-blogging-launch-education-kids-day-two.html

Live Blogging LAUNCH Education & Kids - Day One

http://www.launch.co/blog/live-blogging-launch-education-kids-day-one.html

LAUNCH Education & Kids: 30 Companies (6 Stealth) Plus Scoble, Alan Louie and Nolan Bushnell

http://www.launch.co/blog/launch-education-kids-30-companies-6-stealth-plus-scoble-ala.html

Yahoo to Launch "Chrome Killer" Tonight

http://www.launch.co/blog/yahoo-to-launch-chrome-killer-tonight.html

First Eight Companies for LAUNCH Education & Kids

http://www.launch.co/blog/first-eight-companies-for-launch-education-kids.html

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Launchpad Toys: @launchpadtoys

Penyo Pal: @penyopal

Nearpod: @nearpod

MailChimp: @mailchimp

Walker Corporate Law: @scottedwalker

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