Techstars Cloud 2016 = Dope

Rudy J. Ellis
Switchboard Live
Published in
2 min readFeb 18, 2016

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Greetings from Biloxi, Mississippi…

Seven days ago, I had the pleasure of pitching Switchboard Live in front of 500+ people at Techstars 2016 Cloud Demo Day; what an awesome day, experience and an all around great way to end the program. Even though this event was the culmination of the Techstars Cloud program, to us this is a start of a new and exciting path for the team at Switchboard Live!

In case you missed the live stream, I’ve included a link to the HQ version of the archive for your viewing pleasure:

https://techstars.wistia.com/medias/k59izrvnt7 (thanks again for the awesome intro from Allan Price of Monster Energy; meant a lot to me and the team for him to travel out to San Antonio from Orange County, CA to be on stage for 1 min!!)

On stage at the Aztec Theater

So…Switchboard Live you ask, a pivot NO; a much more clearly defined messaging and plan wrapped around the cool tech that we have built; YES.

This is why we’ve decided to change our name and rebrand to Switchboard Live (www.switchboard.live). Joicaster is still the core product of the company that enables content creators and broadcasters to be able to syndicate their live streams onto multiple platforms. Stay tuned as we have a bunch of updates and cool things in the works.

Next stop is Orlando Fl, as we finish the remaining part of our 16+ hour drive back from San Antonio, TX which started yesterday morning. :)

Oh one last tidbit…we will be exhibiting and distributing the Launch Festival’s (www.launchfestival.com) livestream starting March 2nd-4th. Please stop by and say hello if you're attending the festival in person or are local to the SF area.

Techstars Cloud 2016 cohort — Class 64 included 11 different tech companies from around the world.

Till next time…

Rudy
CEO @switchboardlive

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