StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 129 SaturnHoops is an equipment maker which designs and produces plastic crinoline -type hoop-skirt frames worn by both men and women for the purpose of adhering to the 2-metre rule of social distancing at outdoor concerts and mass events during the Covid-19 post-lockdown period. The skirt frame, composed of several hoops suspended around the hips, resembles the rings of Saturn which is why both the company and the product were named SaturnHoops. The hoops have a 2-metre diameter and form a protective virtual cylinder around the body that guarantees the person wearing it 2 metres of personal space when everybody else is wearing one. The company has patented its invention as both a garment and a wearable device. USE AT EVENTS Wearing #SaturnHoops is mandatory at music gigs, concerts and political rallies as this simple piece of equipment is the only mass device that can guarantee that the 2-metre rule will be maintained. As a result, concert organisers normally...

StartupRealities No 98 OlympicShip is a sports events organiser which is building an Olympic-size stadium on a giant ship in order to host Olympic Games and World Cup size events. The ship will be moored at different coastal locations for major sports events and will host music concerts for the rest of the year. CEO QUOTE "You've heard about cruise ships converted into hotels to help accommodate tourists during Olympic Games. But the concept of a stadium on a ship is entirely novel. Our Olympic Ship will be a slow-moving barge, as ship technology goes. However, it will be one hell of a modern supersize stadium," said OlympicShip founder and CEO Olympia Shiparova. Olympic Stadium (image source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 58 EastWestConcerts is a concert organiser that pairs up a Western and an Asian singer to perform together on tours in the US, Europe and Asia. This expands the market and the awareness of the respective singer in their non-native region. CEO QUOTE "You scratch my back, I scratch yours. This is the principle we use when we pair up two stars who are known in their region but unfamiliar further afield. Even the biggest K-pop stars don't have the same level of recognition in the US as they have in South Korea; and the other way round: Taylor Swift is a celebrity in America and Europe, but not necessarily in China," said company founder and CEO Ellen West. Concert in Melbourne, 2005 (Source: Wikipedia )