We’ll let the videos here of organizer Sanjay Parekh and an array of movers and shakers give you the flavor of this year’s Startup Riot. The Tabernacle proved to be an excellent venue for this parade of 50 startups with 3 minutes and 4 slides each. Keith McGreggor’s newly revised BackNoise was evident on many of the open screens in the room, and the fact that the comments there rolled on by quickly, never to be seen again, seemed to reduce the “snarkiness” factor.

Congratulations to the winner by popular vote TripLingo, a newly minted product of Start Atlanta, and to tied second place finishers Telineage and Nexpense. All got a package of services including face time with potential investors.

The format of Startup Riot gives a wide variety of companies the opportunity to make a great first impression on an audience of investors and other entrepreneurs. The overall quality to me seemed to be a step up from previous years, a sign of Sanjay’s progress with the event and perhaps of some revitalization of our startup community. Coupling this event with a job fair the preceding day was a brilliant addition to the package.

With that, thanks to the efforts of our Executive Producer Celia Dyer, please take a few minutes and enjoy the video coverage: