Start Garden idea now an Apple app

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - One of the first ideas to get a $5,000 investment from Start Garden is now available as an app at the Apple store.

The app, One Second Epic, lets you take short clips of video, automatically edits them together and uploads it to Facebook.

"We just want everybody to be epic and then try to create the content around that," said Joe Johnston of One Second Epic. "Our editing is basically no editing, so it allows you to create those videos maybe buried in your phone that you never watch and allows you a way to watch those videos."

The app costs $1.99.

The startup was funded with $25,000 from Start Garden -- $5,000 initialy and a second-stage funding of $20,000.

On One Second Epic's website , Start Garden founder Rick DeVos said the app is “(b)y far the coolest, most creative way to capture and share video that I’ve seen.”

Start Garden is described on its website as "a platform for a lot of ideas to start moving forward." It is  an "ecosystem where a thousand ideas can get started, knowing that a few will adapt and become those innovations we’re looking for."

"It's just an interesting space between a snapshot photo and video," DeVos told 24 Hour News 8.

Start Garden gives away two $5,000 grants each week from their $15 million seed fund. There is the potential for a larger grant later on.

DeVos said ideas are the main thing and he wants Start Garden to be the catalyst to turne big ideas into business.

"If you want to start a bakery and it's a business for you and that supports you and your family, that's wonderful. But that's not what we're interested in. We're interested in things that can really grow and grow consistently and so employ a lot of people, create a lot of value, so we can receive a return on our investment."