Gallery: On StartupBus, Team walkIN Cooks Up Restaurant App
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*The walkIN team, from left to right: James Williams, Jared Hanson, Bhavin N. Shah, Josh Best, Ken Hanson, Keith Hanson and Jesse Ditson. (Not pictured: Alex King and Keith Axline).*
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*Jon Rohan, front-end designer for SimpleGeo, picks up some lunch at a rest stop Subway before the StartupBus goes over the Grapevine into Los Angeles.*
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*After introductions and pitches on the StartupBus, groups solidify. Once teams iron out their ideas, a focused silence descends on the vehicle.*
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*iPhone template sticky notes on the window of the StartupBus mark the beginnings of an app storyboard.*
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*At noon on Day 1, buspreneuers are already dosing on their favorite energy drinks.*
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*This pad of pixel-grid iPhone templates measures 140 percent of the phone’s actual screen size. They let designers plan mockups and get a reasonable idea of how apps will look on the real thing.*
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*The buspreneuers marvel at a local news piece about Tuesday's StartupBus launch.*
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*A hazardous turn of events: Keith Hanson deals with the aftermath of accidentally stepping on a red anthill at a truck stop between Salinas and Fresno, California.*
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*Twin brothers Ken and Keith Hanson from Twin Engine Labs are forced to make up a song and sing it in front of the StartupBus. Rules state that no one may be on the same bus with anyone they have a previous relationship with. As a tithe for their exception, they agreed to do something embarrassing.*
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*Aboard the StartupBus, the Hanson brothers sing a song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot," in which they promise to be team players and not overbearing.*
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