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Work · March 31, 2012

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Our Startup Weekend Project

Hey everyone! We would like feedback on our Startup Weekend project, DropSend ( Temporary name ) Here's our pitch: We want to change the way you send files to your friends or contact. Because let's face it,sending a file by email feels really clunky and is limited by the size, Instant Messenger is slow and you need to be online and finally Dropbox while perfect for storing files, doesn't really fit this use case. With our desktop application, one click (and we mean it), is all it takes to send a file. Imagine dragging a file of any size to one edge of your computer screen and see a dock…

Our Startup Weekend Project launched on March 31, 2012 with 22 votes, #61 of 340 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

DropSend is a desktop application that simplifies file sharing by letting users drag files to the screen edge to send them to contacts. Unlike email, instant messaging, and cloud storage services, it handles files of any size with a single action and works whether recipients are online or offline. Once recipients connect, they accept the transfer request on their computer to begin receiving files.

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Hey everyone! We would like feedback on our Startup Weekend project, DropSend ( Temporary name ) Here's our pitch: We want to change the way you send files to your friends or contact. Because let's face it,sending a file by email feels really clunky and is limited by the size, Instant Messenger is slow and you need…

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