Native Tongue wins Startup Weekend Melbourne
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The Native Tongue team celebrates after winning Startup Weekend Melbourne; Australia's first Startup Weekend.
Native Tongue @ Startup Weekend Melbourne
Team Native Tongue comprising of Awesome Allen, Mantastic Matt, Radical Riley, Jolly James, Kickass Kevin and Kosher Kym came together at Startup Weekend Melbourne to create startup fusion in the most fantastic manner.
From making the initial pitch shortlist to self-proclaimed exemplary execution over the weekend, the resulting Mandarin Madness took away top honours at a “a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups”.
In the media since Startup Weekend Melbourne
- Language Learning Game Wins Inaugural Startup Weekend, Startup Smart
- Chinese Game Nabs Startup Weekend Gong, ZDNet Australia
- Background to the Mandarin Madness Idea, Matthew Ho
So what has the team been up to recently?
The Native Tongue team have universally decided to forge ahead into the heat of iPhone-development battle, determined to develop the most addictive language-learning game since the invention of $5 blackjack at esteemed gambling institutions all over the world.
At some point, we realized that it would be prudent to implement some form of communication. Without further ado… media surrounding Native Tongue and Startup Weekend Melbourne!
Tyson Lundbeck on the final day
Judges video Leni Mayo on Native Tongue’s win
Matt’s video recording before the announcement
Native Tongue: The promo video
The weekend in tweets
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[...] Native Tongue lays down the foundations [...]
[...] From winning Startup Weekend Australia to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing to moving into our first office space after months of working out of cafes to officially launching Mandarin Madness LITE on Android Marketplace and the subsequent full version, the entire team stands chuffed at hitting our milestones in quick succession: 100 downloads, 200 downloads, 500 downloads, 1,000 downloads, and finally 2,000 downloads. [...]