After Leo DiCaprio Inve...
Mobli , the startup behind the eponymous, much-hyped realtime photo and video sharing service, has struck a partnership with road racing cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong . Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion, will be making use of a private Mobli channel to keep...
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Startup America’s Master Challenge showdown is now underway. This fun, friendly competition pits influential tech groups against each other, to see which one can encourage more startups to join the Startup America Partnership. The winning group gets bragging rights, of course,...European Startup Accele...
With the rise of numerous accelerator programs in Europe one cannot help but wonder whether jumping through the application process hoops, sweating through the mentoring sessions and flirting with investors at demo days are all worth a founders’ time. When I attended the recent Startup...Online Investing Platfo...
Kapitall , a web app that investors can use to research and analyze stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds, is debuting the ability to trade stocks via its platform today. Kapitall’s interface is inspired by video game design and combines a graphical user interface with...Announcing A New TechCr...
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Producteev Drops Slew O...
The key to success in the task management space, among so many other things, is offering a product that integrates with as many services as possible while keeping things simple. When it comes to task management, complexity in a service is, put simply, a no-no. There are a lot of task...Home Furnishings And De...
LuxeYard, a luxury home furnishings and decor site, is launching its e-commerce platform today, but adding a twist to the flash sales model. Similar to sites line One Kings Lane and Gilt, LuxeYard offers up to 70 percent discounts on furniture, home decor and other accessories in daily...
CEO Invests Another $50...
Jon Fisher, co-founder and CEO of startup CrowdOptic , just told me that he has invested another $500,000 so that the company can build out what it’s calling a “new social medium.” The idea is to create automatic clusters of people based on their location and line of...Does Your Business Need...
Let’s say you want to give your small business a mobile presence. You’d like to develop some mobile apps, but you don’t have the time, money, or technical skills to do it yourself, and you’re not too excited about the idea of paying a developer an armload to do it...