Sites like Causecast.org whose people spent months showing me their product, had an advantage. couldn’t understand what RoboDynamics was when I first saw. Once I saw their robot in motion, I understood the product. To all the people who whined that Twiistup’s startup competition was unfair, here’s my answer: You’re right.

Twiistup 5 –the brainchild of Mike Macadaan–lets startups show off their products to the crowd in a very non-conference setting (this time, a private hangar at the Santa Monica airport). Cogi , a service which helps you capture meetings and phone calls in text transcripts, scored the judge’s award (I was one of the judges);  the other firms were Causecast , eHow , FixYa , GoGreenSolar , Meebo , RoboDynamics , TheScene , Totspot , Viewdle , and Yammer . ...Tags: In what was a remarkable turnout–given the horrible economy we’re in–there were more than a thousand people at last night’s Twiistup 5 event.

GoGreenSolar - GoGreenSolar is global group of professionals dedicated to improve the distribution of renewable energy products, services and financing for people everywhere. RoboDynamics - RoboDynamics is built by passionate people who want to use technology to shift the status quo and leverage state-of-the-art technology in robotics to change the way people live and work. This video will show you the sartups that will show off at the next Twiistup , an event which highlights promising startups. I