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Trick or Treat for Startups: 10 Nerdy Halloween Costumes
Halloween is just a week away. Do you know what you're going to "be" yet? Rather than dressing up as something from pop culture…
Halloween is just a week away. Do you know what you're going to "be" yet? Rather than dressing up as something from pop culture like Walter White from Breaking Bad or a Twerking Miley Cyrus, why not dress up as something that speaks to your nerdy side? Lucky for you, the Fueled team has compiled a list of the best tech costume ideas to ensure you're the most popular geek at the party.
Siri
Wear the Siri icon as a necklace and be as sassy as possible all night.
What you’ll need:
- Black pants and shirt
- A high-res image of Siri icon
- A purple microphone
- Enough sass to last the night
The Classic Linksys Router
Everyone's favorite router.
What you’ll need:
- Blue Shirt
- Black Pants
- The ability to crawl around on all fours all night
- Two black mailing tubes attached to shoulders
- Green blinking headlights
The SnapChat Ghost
What you’ll need:
- 1 White Sheet
- 1 Silly Painted Smile
- 1 Pink Tongue
- Dance moves
- For the cheeky trick or treaters -- go commando and flash people all night long!
An iOS7 Inspired Gradient Costume
What you’ll need:
- Varying shades of the same color from head to toe
- For the over-achievers- hair dye
- A bunch of really nerdy design-geek friends
- A pretty good costume elevator pitch
What you’ll need:
- Grab the cardboard box your newest monitor came in
- Buy cellophane that matches your favorite filter
- Channel your mom's DIY skills A
- Ask VSCO Cam out on a date
Gold iPhone
We've seen iPhone costumes... but not GOLD iPhone costumes... yet.
What you’ll need:
- Grab some cardboard, some felt and go to town OR splurge
- Buy all of American Apparel's gold lamé products
Poncho NY
We love Poncho, a new weather service from our friends at Betaworks. Never open another weather app again; Poncho sends you a simple text message each morning instead.
What you’ll need:
- The classic American Apparel hoodie in yellow
- Whiskers
- Cat Ears
- Orange face paint
- Get your hands on the official umbrella to complete the look.
Evernote Elephant
Evernote, everyone's favorite note-taking app would make a great Halloween costume PLUS you can reuse your Dumbo costume from last year!
What you’ll need:
- Elephant Costume
- A large green piece of cardboard to attach to a backpack
- A great memory- recall events that happen throughout the night
Android 4.4
For the Android lover in some of us.
What you’ll need:
- Green Android Costume
- Mini KitKat Bars to give to all your friends
ZenDesk Buddha
Dressing up like everyone's favorite customer service platform is sure to be comfy. The only downside? You'll have to be nice to everyone- no matter what.
What you'll need:
- Sumo wrestler costume minus the wig
- Headset
- A calm (and courteous!) attitude towards all living things
Bonus Group Idea: Twitter
- Get a group of friends together and print t-shirts with profile pictures on them
- Tie yourselves together with brightly colored pieces of string to show who's following who
- Be sure to say "@" before people's names all night
- Whenever someone in the group says something interesting or funny, feel free to say "RT" and then tell the exact same joke.
- Bonus: Bring extra string to the Halloween party and tie random strangers into the group while yelling things like "#FollowFriday!"