For those of you who haven't heard of 5 Across, here's the scoop. 5 Across is an informal gathering of entrepreneurs, investors and service providers from Lexington, KY. Each 5 Across meeting features presentations from local entrepreneurs who pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. There are 5 pitches,5 minutes per pitch, a 5pm start time, and a $500 prize to the winning pitch.

The panel of judges decides the final winner but the audience will be able to participate by submitting their votes through their mobile device.

This event will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 24th, starting at 5pm, at Awesome Inc.

As always there will be food and drinks provided. The cost is $5.

Please RSVP at http://5across.eventbrite.com.

This months event will feature the following pitches:

Jon Stewart, will be pitching WeekendDestinations.com, which is a site that provides a centralized location where people, communities,businesses and organizations can share, search and retrieve information about the coming weekends.

Kenneth Johnson and Rozella Lanceta will be pitching Interstudent Market, which will offer college/graduate students e-commerce, primarily for textbooks, in a setting in which only other students may participate. This company will charge lower commissions (5-10% as opposed to 15%+ charged for books by Amazon), allow the creation of participant profiles with a rating system for transactions and limit participation to those with an .edu email address.

Jim Wombles is presenting Game Face, which will be a mobile smartphone app that makes it fun for users to connect, share, and play together at sporting events. Game Face provides sports fans with a way to interact in an online environment in a way that enhances the sports game they are watching or attending in the real world, providing them with a richer experience. Users will be able to check-in their location wherever they are so their friends can find them at the game, represented on a map overlay of the stadium and parking lot. When they check-in, a miniature version of their Facebook profile photo will be placed at their location, along with a bubbling blob of blue (for a Kentucky fan), around that image announcing their allegiance. Users will also have the ability to create their tailgate location (for football games), upload a picture of their tailgate crew, and share their location with friends on Facebook, making it easy for their friends to find them and also download the app.

John Pospisil will be pitching Gallifrey Systems Incorporated, which is developing a variable output portable oxygen device that increases safety for those patients prescribed home oxygen.

Lawrence Rogers will be pitching Hidden Level Games, which is a "Kingdoms of Eternity" virtual trading card game. This is a modern version of the classic trading card game. The company will sell virtual cards and advertising space.

Be sure to come out to this August event, enjoy the food and drinks, socialize with investors, entrepreneurs and other like-minded people, and hear these entrepreneurs pitch their exciting new business ideas and take home a prize of $500.

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