Kosmix Startup Smackdown
Who plays the meanest game of ping pong in Silicon Valley??
Tonight eight of the hottest startups in Mountain View will gather at Kosmix for the first annual Startup Smackdown ping pong tournament. The competition looks fierce, and we hear that teams have been practicing all week in preparation for the big event.
Appearing in the Kosmix Arena tonight will be:
- Evernote: Ron “The Octopus” Toledo & Andy “Black Widow” Kill
- Kosmix: Nikesh “The Wall” Garera & Ankur “Neo” Jain
- Meebo: Simon “The Smasher” Yeo & Greg “Marco Polo” Fair
- Polyvore: Guangwei Yuan & Jianing Hu
- Rhythm NewMedia: Khoi “Grasshopper” Dinh & Sundar “Semiconductor” Vedula
- Skyfire: Brad “Defense” Landthorn & Sunil “Offense” Kaki
- Talenthouse: Byron “Shrimp” Louie & Frederik “Pee-wee” Hermann
- TheFind: Ranjith “Ranji” Subramanian & Krishna “DaKriz” Ganti
We also have an awesome press team competing in the tourney: Jennifer “Mediaphyter” Leggio and Julie “Julie B” Blaustein.
Who will be the ultimate champion? Place your bets now!
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November 5th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Only Neo can dodge bullets i mean ping pong balls or make them go wherever he wants to – Go Kosmix
Here’s a fun tidbit from the movie
Neo: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?
Morpheus: No, Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.