November 2014 - BaseStone

Web Summit in Pictures

July 3, 2017November 27, 2014 by

It’s been three weeks since Web Summit 2014. We had an incredible experience and wanted to give thanks to all that made it so great. We’ve received many congratulations on our win and are still reeling from it so we thought we would share our experience through some of our favourite photos.

A huge thank you to Paddy and the Web Summit team as well as everyone else for their support!

Alex presenting in the first round of Web Summit and Coca Cola’s PITCH competition

The Kooks at the Braintree and PayPal party.

¾ of the team at our Web Summit stand.

The team at Google’s HQ in Dublin (you can tell we were quite excited here)

Manuel enjoying a cheeky beer at Google’s Foundry.

Traditional Irish dancing and music at The Foundry

Guinness? Yes please. With Jenny from Snap Fashion

Alex pitching on Day 3 in the final of the PITCH competition.

Our prize – thank you Web Summit and Coca Cola!

We made the time to explore the sights before we left.

Laura and Manuel at Trinity College.

Web Summit – you were incredible. Dublin – you were beautiful. Now that’s something to be thankful for.

Constructing BaseStone: November

July 3, 2017November 17, 2014 by

We like speed at BaseStone. In fact, we realised that we are developing features so fast that we need a monthly blog post dedicated to the BaseStone product. Welcome to Constructing BaseStone – read on to find out about all of the updates from the past month.

BaseStone is built around the needs of construction professionals, so all of our features originate from insights provided by our users and industry partners. If you have any feedback or requests, feel free to get in touch at support@basestone.io.

Labels and Label Filters

Labels allow you to organise your files and drawings in your own way. You can use them to flag a drawing for review, or to group drawings by specialism. They give you the flexibility to seamlessly integrate BaseStone into your workflow.
add label to drawing

Activity Feed

With all of the different activities going on throughout a construction project, it’s easy to lose track of what’s been done. The Activity Feed is BaseStone’s answer to this problem. Any changes made on a project, by any member of the project team will be logged on the Activity Feed.
activity feed on project

Fullscreen Web Viewer

An exciting new feature is the ability to markup drawings in a fullscreen viewer on the BaseStone web platform. Along with our powerful markup tools, you can now review drawings within a beautifully designed full screen interface. Try it out for yourself!

Issues

With so many different parties collaborating on a project, it can be difficult to keep track of issues that need to be addressed. With BaseStone, you can see all of the issues associated with a project at the click of a button. This seemingly small feature makes a huge difference to your understanding of the overall progress of your project. You can also filter by priority and status, giving you the ability to see (and correct) the most urgent issues.

Reporting

Reporting is an important part of the review process. We aim to reduce the time and effort required to produce reports (because you’re busy and have better ways to spend your time) whilst providing a powerful audit trail. All of the data used to produce the report is derived from our system, providing accuracy and assurance.

You can generate reports at the click of a button on the website and in the new version of our app (2.2).

We hope you enjoy the new features!

BaseStone crowned 2014’s Best Startup at Web Summit

July 3, 2017November 11, 2014 by

We celebrated a huge success last week, being crowned 2014’s Best Startup at Web Summit in Dublin! The PITCH competition saw 1500 startups apply for the chance to win €10,000, as well as mentorship from sponsors Coca Cola and a trip to their headquarters in Atlanta. After three rounds of intense pitching alongside other incredible startups, we were named the winners of the Alpha competition.

Alex with his award (left), Guy Wollaert, Coca Cola’s CTO (centre) and Jamie Jorge, founder of Codacy and winners of the Beta award (right).

Web Summit, hosted in Dublin, is Europe’s biggest technology conference with over 20,000 attendees from around the world. The event sees startups, investors and entrepreneurs come together for an exciting three days of exhibitions, panel discussions and of course, Guinness. One of the main highlights of WebSummit is the renowned PITCH competition, sponsored by Coca Cola’s innovation fund.

Our founder, Alex, delivered a highly compelling pitch showcasing the success of Basestone in driving technological innovation within the construction industry. Having answered tough questions from the panel of investors in the first two rounds, we progressed to the final round of the competition along with two other startups. Judges of the competition included world-leading tech experts and investors as well as executives from Coca Cola.

Alex on the main stage

On the final day of Web Summit, each of the three Alpha finalists battled it out and pitched their companies on the main stage in front of over 5000 eagerly watching attendees. Before going on stage, Alex was told that he wouldn’t be able to see the audience because of the bright lighting. Much to his surprise and terror, he could see every single face. We were delighted to win first place, and look forward to working with Coca Cola. Their history of innovation and expertise in industrial infrastructure presents a unique opportunity for Basestone to further accelerate its growth.

Pitching was an incredible opportunity in itself and winning the Alpha competition was the icing on the cake. We could not have asked for more and are very grateful to everyone at WebSummit for their support.

Watch the pitch here.

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