This week’s edition of 1 Million Cups at the Kauffman Foundation featured two startups—one that helps the average woman feel like a cover model and another that produces a project management app.

Vogue Party at 1 Million Cups

The first presenter was photographer Carol Bliss of Vogue Party, an Overland Park company that hosts parties where small groups of women can get together and pose for glamorous portraits—a unique Girls Night Out experience. (One of the guest questioners, Grant Gooding of Proof Positioning, called it “Glamour Shots meets Pampered Chef,” a description that Bliss agreed with.)

“We pamper them, we style them, and then we photograph them,” Bliss said.

The business is about 3 years old, and Bliss wants to take it national by training photographers in other cities to host their own Vogue Parties. She’ll offer them support services, such as a registration website and retouching help.

Bliss believes that photographers will be interested in Vogue Party because their business tends to be seasonal and Vogue Party could give them another revenue stream.

The response from partygoers has been strong, Bliss said. The photos look amazing and make the women feel great about themselves.

“It’s just so uplifting,” Bliss said. “It’s a positive thing.”

Whiteboard at 1 Million Cups

Whiteboard is a Tulsa-based company that has created an app for task and product management.

Kayvon Olomi, Whiteboard’s co-founder, admitted that there already are several apps devoted to task management, but they don’t always offer an easy experience – their mobile version might have a different interface from the Web version, or they don’t help users focus on what they need to do right now.

Whiteboard’s user interface is consistent across all devices, Olomi said. And it breaks down to-do lists into three categories: later, today and done. That way, users can concentrate only on what they need to do today. By doing so, Whiteboard protects users from feeling overwhelmed and, thus, makes them more productive.