LOUNGEPRESS TO PROVIDE VOTING TOKENS FOR TECHCRUNCH50
Premier Print-on-Demand Application Provider Partners With Leading Technology Blog For Second Year, Provides Tokens for Leading Startup Conference
Boynton Beach, FL, September 5, 2008 - LoungePress (http://loungepress.com), the Web’s premier provider of applications for creating personalized, print-on-demand merchandise, will be providing the official voting tokens for the TechCrunch50 Conference, which will be held September 8 – 10 at San Francisco’s Design Concourse. This will be the second year that LoungePress has provided the tokens for the conference.
“Since our inaugural conference last year, we’ve received dozens of solicitations from companies offering a variety of voting solutions for this conference,” explains Heather Harde, CEO of TechCrunch. “But, in the end, our voting tokens were too much of a success with conference attendees to go with another provider.”
The tokens, custom-designed poker chips in three colors - one for each day of the event - are distributed to conference attendees during registration for TechCrunch50. The tokens will be used to vote for companies presenting in the conference’s Demo Pit, with the company earning the most tokens winning a spot to present as the final of the conference’s 50 startup companies on the last day of the event.
“As a startup, it’s always a privilege to partner with a major brand to further your business,” adds Michael Conner, CEO of LoungePress, Inc. “As a technology company, it’s an honor to work with the one brand that has helped more startups than any other. We’re pleased to be working with TechCrunch to provide their voting tokens.”
“The voting tokens were the hit of the conference last year,” notes Arthur Madrid, CEO of Wixi, Inc, one of the companies selected to launch at last year’s TechCrunch40. “I still have one of the tokens. I carry it with me everywhere I go as my good luck charm.”
LoungePress, which launched in June, 2007, has partnered with some of the country’s top brands to provide customized merchandise solutions. On September 15, LoungePress will begin Beta testing its latest application, WinePress, which will fully integrate with winery Web sites and allow customers to design their own customized wine labels for a number of users, from wedding favors and corporate giveaways to commemorative gifts for anniversaries, births, milestone birthdays, or for any holiday or celebratory occassion. WinePress’s template-based application makes the design process simple for users of all levels of computer literacy. For more information about WinePress or to sign up as a Beta tester, visit Http://LabeledBy.Me.
About LoungePress:
Founded in June, 2007, LoungePress (http://LoungePress.com) is the Web’s premier provider of applications for creating personalized, print-on-demand merchandise. Our applications serve B2B, B2C, and C2C needs, enabling any consumer to create an online business in minutes. Our flagship product, WinePress (http://LabeledBy.Me) is lauching in Beta on September 15, 2008.
It’s official - LoungePress is heading to TechCrunch50! For the second year in a row, Heather Harde and Michael Arrington have given us the honor of providing the year’s hottest startup conference with its official voting tokens. We’re excited to see what new ideas are in the wings with the 52 launching companies, and more excited to see the voting tokens in action as the DemoPit companies showcase their products.Whether you have your ticket, and want to meet up with us at the conference itself, or mingle with us at the MySpace, Seesmic, or Semantic party, or if you weren’t able to snag the ticket and want to catch up with us around San Francisco, send an email to Mike@loungepress.com or follow us on Twitter (@loungepress) for updates on where we are (and where the party is!).We look forward to seeing everyone Monday at the conference!