Class Projects to Startups

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Startup: Hip Cal
Who: 5 frat brothers at RPI
What: Online Calendar and to do list
Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/01/plaxo-acquires-calendar-startup-hipcal/

Startup: White Cane Label
Who: 2 folks from RIT
What: Clothing site for blind/visually impaired people
Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/white-cane-label/

Startup: Tripwire
Who: Gene Kim and Gene Spafford (yay for Purdue Computer Scientists)
What: File System Monitor
Source: Computer Security by Matt Bishop, 2003

Startup: Dodgeball.com
Who: 2 guys from NYU as part of an independent study course
What: Mobile Social Networking Application
Source: Dennis Crowley (co-founder of Dodgeball.com)

Startup: Viddler.com
Who: Donna Demaro and Robert Sandie
What: Video upload Website, created as a class project at Lehigh University
Source: Donna Demarco