This past weekend, Pocket Tales took a trip to Texas for the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival. It was a great experience for us to pitch our concept to the scrutiny of some of the most innovative and influential minds in technology today. 

Our first 2 minute pitch went over really well. The judges for our group had built a notorious reputation for ruthlessly tearing apart the presenters. But, to our surprise, they seemed to really enjoy our idea, to the point that they ran out of questions to pick us apart before the Q&A session was up. We were named 1 of 3 finalists from the original 8 to continue to the final round of the competition, where we gave a 5 minute pitch. 

Although we ended up losing the final round to ShopSavvy, I think we were definitely a crowd favorite and had great reception from attendees and fans. Here’s what people were saying about Pocket Tales at the event:

“I think interactive reading has a huge future which puts Pocket Tales in a great position to bring in a young fanbase.” - Elance Blog

With the hoopla of SXSW over, we’re energized and ecstatic to launch our alpha product and get it in the hands of kids before the month is over. Thanks to all of our friends, family and fans for supporting us at the conference and we look forward to sharing Pocket Tales with you soon!