Start-Up Big Button Universe Selected as Semi-Finalist for 2013 MassChallenge Competition

May 8, 2013 - PRLog -- SOUTH DENNIS, MA – Big Button Universe Inc. (BBU Inc.), a local Cape Cod start-up, announced today that it has been selected from a pool of over 1,200 companies in approximately 40 countries and 40 states to participate in Round #2 of MassChallenge judging.  Big Button Universe is one of 300 semi-finalists that will compete for the top 100 finalist spots in the MassChallenge Accelerator Program.  Judging will take place on May 14, 2013 at MassChallenge, ONE Marina Park Drive, in Boston, MA.

MassChallenge is the largest ever startup accelerator, and the first to support high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurs. Benefits for start-ups include world-class mentorship, access to funding, legal advice, cofounders, media exposure as well as cash and in-kind support with no equity taken.

Big Button Universe is dedicated to design, develop and promote easy-to-use consumer electronic devices for the senior citizen, aging baby boomer, and sight and memory impaired. BBU’s large button universal remotes have basic keys that are simple and easy-to-use and navigate.   Its remotes can be easily programmed to work with virtually any television because of our extensive code library.

“We were thrilled to learn that Big Button Universe has been selected as a semi-finalist to compete as a high-impact startup for the Accelerator Program,” says Len Coakley, founder of Big Button Universe.  “We are particularly pleased to see MassChallenge’s judges embracing product technology that has been designed for the mature, low vision and memory impaired market.  A market that needs products that focus on lifestyle changes associated with aging,” states Coakley.

To learn more about Big Button Universe’s universal remote controls, visit http://www.bigbuttonuniverse.com

ABOUT MASSCHALLENGE  
MassChallenge is the largest-ever startup accelerator, and the first to support high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurs with no strings attached. Benefits for start-ups include:

 Four-month accelerator program. World-class mentorship and training, free office space, access to funding, legal advice, cofounders, media exposure and more.

 Over $1M in Cash Awards. $10M+ in-kind support.

 Open to all. Any early-stage startup can enter, from anywhere, in any industry.

 No equity taken. No restrictions applied.

President Obama honored MassChallenge in January of 2011 as one of the nation's best organizations for supporting high-growth entrepreneurs, and MassChallenge was the youngest inaugural affiliate of the Startup America Partnership. The 361 startups supported in the three MassChallenge accelerator classes have generated nearly $100 million in revenue, raised over $362 million in outside funding and created nearly 3,000 new jobs. www.masschallenge.org

ABOUT BIG BUTTON UNIVERSE INC.
Big Button Universe, Inc. (BBU) designs, develops and distributes specialty consumer electronics accessories that are consumer friendly. The company was built with an eye towards the low-vision, baby boomer, senior citizen and memory-impaired customers, as well as consumers in need of antimicrobial protection. Big Button Universe provides easy-to-use consumer electronics to improve overall quality of life.

Executives who founded the company have vast experience in marketing high technology consumer electronics, in particular, the universal remote control business. To learn more, visit http://www.bigbuttonuniverse.com (http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigbuttonuni...)