The Rainmaker team is proud to announce the Rainmaker API Challenge, a month-long competition to create exciting new Apps based on the Rainmaker API.

Rules

1. Build Something Cool!
2. See Rule #1

The criteria used to judge the contest will be a combination of creativity and utility of the app incorporating the Rainmaker API. Just build something cool!

Prizes

1st place

• $2,500 cash
• 1,000,000 FREE Rainmaker API calls
• 30 minute mentorship meeting with TechStars
• 1 FREE copy of "Do More Faster" by Brad Feld and David Cohen
• 1 FREE copy of "Venture Deals: How To Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and VC" by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
• 1 FREE year of SendGrid Silver
• 1 FREE year of StatsMix Standard
• $100 of FREE Twilio Credit
• 1 FREE copy of SocialEngine with all plugins
• 1 FREE registration to Defrag 2011
• 12 months of FREE hosting your app on Standing Cloud
• 12 months of FREE ReportGrid Platinum Plan

2nd place

• FREE Apple iPad 2
• 100,000 FREE Rainmaker API calls
• 1 FREE copy of "Do More Faster" by Brad Feld and David Cohen
• 1 FREE copy of "Venture Deals: How To Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and VC" by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
• 6 FREE months of SendGrid Silver
• 6 FREE months of StatsMix Standard
• $50 of FREE Twilio Credit
• 6 months of FREE hosting your app on Standing Cloud
• 6 months of FREE ReportGrid Platinum Plan

3rd place

• 10,000 FREE Rainmaker API calls
• 1 FREE copy of "Do More Faster" by Brad Feld and David Cohen
• 1 FREE copy of "Venture Deals: How To Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and VC" by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
• 6 FREE months of SendGrid Bronze
• 3 FREE months of StatsMix Standard
• $20 of FREE Twilio Credit
• 3 months of FREE hosting your app on Standing Cloud
• 3 months of FREE ReportGrid Platinum Plan

All submitted entries receive a free Rainmaker API t-shirt, will be eligible to be featured on the Rainmaker Apps page, and will be eligible to be featured in our weekly app feature.

How to Submit

Email us a link to your app: api@rainmaker.cc">api@rainmaker.cc (no videos, link only). Provide any relevant information that would be useful to the judges that will be testing your app. Please include:

• A link to your app
• The name of your app
• Developer Name(s) / blogs / github / etc..

Timeline

Judges

The apps will be judged by a TechStars panel.

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