This presentation was submitted by a student team participating in The Valley Economic Alliance #ValleyHackathon held at Glendale Community College Hosts: - MC - Tony Tartaglia of Southern California Gas - Tech Director - Keith McPherson, Head Nerd In Charge, A Cool Nerd, LLC Judges Panel: Zareh Sinanyan, Councilmember, City of Glendale Denis Wilson, President/Principal Consultant, DWP Information Architects Toby Ball, VP, Strategic Innovation, DVV Technology Solutions Adam Velardo, Infrastructure technology manager, So Cal Gas Cort Baker, General Networks, Inc.

1. Student Concept Presentation

2. Yoke

3. What is Yoke?
App that connects people to businesses and other people
social media and advertizing solution to the problem of connecting people to
businesses and people to others face to face
a point system entices friendly competition among users, points are obtained by
making purchases through the app.
people can “friend” others and communicate with friends on planning things like
shopping trips and meeting up at restaurants.

4. Is Yoke functional?
Easy to use in smartphones
Attracts tech/entertainment by providing customers for businesses
Requires participation and cooperation from businesses

5. Is Yoke Intuitive?
People use social media apps everyday, using yoke is nothing new
If the app is written well, it will be easy to use
it is a very creative blend of many other existing ideas for apps

6. Is Yoke Viable
yes
It is useful for connecting people to businesses, helps people find well rated
stores, restaurants, etc.
Yes, It could be developed around Glendale, and easily adapted to other cities,
states, and even used nationwide

7. Is Yoke Marketable?
Yes, it will be free to download for people
Depending on how far it is expanded, Yoke could affect many people
Yoke can bring business to Glendale, or any other city it is used in because it
brings customers to businesses

9. What does Yoke Cost?
This will be a fairly standard app with standard costs, the average cost of initial
startup on an app is $5000
Using mediums like Amazon Web Services can help keep the maintenance down
Businesses will pay us for the services like connecting them with customers