Columbus rocks National TWiST startup meetup - VacationView ties for 1st on national stage

A big shout out the Columbus community for making a big splash last night at the National TWiST Startup Meetup.

We not only got 1st as a community for # of participants (yes we beat at least 30 other communities the nation including Santa Monica) but Vacationview (www.rrbo.com) came in first - woo hoo!!!!

A big thank you to Kevin Gadd and the TechColumbus team form making this happen.....

Here's a tweetstream from last night's events detailing all the other startup presenters....check them out

• and the winner for #TWiST Columbus is VacationView by a hair over Small Business Beanstalk
• top three in vote off - vacationview, Milton, Small business beanstalk #TWiST Columbus
• http://twitpic.com/1v585r #TWiST Columbus entrepreneurs fielding questions
• Last but not least - TiXiT - sells unsold seats - great bargains - http://bit.ly/apoMC6 - #TWiST Columbus
• Speakersite - http://bit.ly/dtSb8t - helps people find speakers - largest site in country - #TWiST Columbus
• Small Business Beanstalk - deals , discounts, and community development - http://bit.ly/9UVLDi - #TWiST Columbus
• MobileXpeditions up - http://bit.ly/cTQKe7 - platform that delivers interactive immersive location based experiences - #TWiST Columbu
• eEvent now on - http://bit.ly/aviRF4 - Finding out what's going on around you in real time
• Brand Thunder up - http://bit.ly/axq4mh - custom branded browsers - #TWiST Columbus
• Sevenlunches up next - http://bit.ly/axq4mh #TWiST Columbus - meal specials to your phone - in beta
• VacationView - first up at Columbus #TWiST - http://bit.ly/d2A3tz
• Columbus =112 - Santa Monica = 101 - guess who's #1 in the country in voting? COLUMBUS!!! - #TWIST - prelim presentations starting

Bob Kington

“ Great that Columbus showed so well in the start up world! More attendees at our local Meetup than any other city, and then VacationView wins the national competition no less. ”