StartupBus gives potential entrepreneurs the chance to collaborate and brainstorm while on the move

Rachel Abbey McCafferty - Pitch competitions are pretty commonplace, but StartupBus offers a bit of a different twist. On May 15, participants from six different cities boarded buses and headed toward Boulder, Colo. But before they got there, participants had 72 hours to form teams and create startups to pitch. This year, Akron was one of the starting line cities, and, appropriately enough for a city steeped in manufacturing, its participants were charged with creating “maker”- or “Internet of