Startup Weekend Atlanta Launches a New Blog Interaction Tool, Skribit.

November 11, 2007

ATLANTA, —Atlanta Startup Weekend, LLC. launches Skribit, a social software widget that allows bloggers to take suggestions directly from their readers. Widgets are shareable web applications that anyone can easily grab and post into the blog of their choice.

Skribit, created during Startup Weekend Atlanta, is a three-day entrepreneurial blitz designed to conceive, develop and launch a fully functional web company within 54 hours.  A team of approximately 60 entrepreneurs consisting of application developers, business developers, designers and marketers launched Skribit to strengthen interaction between bloggers and their readers.

With Skribit, readers are able to submit topics, and rank the topics they would like to see posted. Hot topics are displayed on Skribit’s “What’s Hoppin’!” list. Bloggers can manage and evaluate their suggestions, tailoring future content for their audience. Skribit provides bloggers with access to a broader pool of ideas, providing an entirely new way to interact with their community.

Paul Stamatiou, creator of the concept, and a technology blogger stated he came up with the idea from a recurring problem on his blog, writer's block. “I try to write daily but that's often a challenge in itself. That's where Skribit comes in and taps into the wisdom of my readership.”

To kiss the frog, sign up for Skribit’s upcoming public beta release @skribit.com.

About Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of local entrepreneurs to build a community and company in a weekend.  Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking, unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, Boston and DC and is expanding to 10 other cities. These cities include San Francisco, London, Dublin, Austin, Portland, and Seattle with more cities signing up weekly.

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Contacts:
Lance Weatherby
Lance@skribit.com

Feel free to grab a logo!