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Can your iphone identify Big Bird?
Most of us know who Big Bird is, what street he lives on, and why he is famous (and infamous). But did you know that Big Bird is an an eight-foot two-inch tall bright primrose-yellow bird? With Birdeez you can quickly and easily use your iphone to find out.Birdeez is an iPhone app that makes it quick and easy to identify birds, then collect and share your sightings. Today's featured startup, EcoLek, launched Birdeez at DEMO Fall 2012 and went on to win a DEMOgod award for their innovative product and presentation. A DEMO first, the Birdeez team was accompanied on stage by a live falcon for their presentation. (Watch the video below). Learn more about how and why this Startup California startup makes bird...
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Successful Startups begin with a Stable, but Flexible, Foundation
By Marc Nager, CEO, Startup Weekend, this post originally appeared here. For entrepreneurs, it can be tempting to correlate large investments with “success” – but this misleading indicator doesn’t guarantee anything for new companies. Big dollars may lead to big media coverage, but that isn’t the route most startups choose to pursue, and for good reasons. However, for new companies in their earliest stages, it is abundantly clear that at this point in the entrepreneurial journey other factors are far more critical in determining long-term success. For example, finding and building the right team or ensuring that one’s spouse or family is supportive of this new entrepreneurial path can be...
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Connecting Businesses at a Local Level
There are several social networks that connect people and businesses nationally and internationally, but what about a social network that is designated to a specific town or city? Introducing Business Connect, a social network that has dozens of smaller networks within itself in order to connect businesses on a local level. The purpose of Business Connect is to give businesses of particular cities the opportunity to network and collaborate. Learn more about how this Startup Indiana startup is connecting local communities from its founder, Justin Sheehan.How does Business Connect work?Business Connect is a social network for local businesses and startups in a city or region. With a series of separate local social...
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Boom I’ve Got Health Insurance, Thank You Startup America And Cigna
This post originally appeared here.Back in July during one of Tech Cocktail’s legendary mixers in Washington DC, my good friend Scott Case, the founding CTO at Priceline.com and the current CEO of Startup America was speaking. As normal, at the end of his great speech which I remember involved gambling, women and priceline.com, he had a little Q&A.I have been a Startup America supporter and Champion since the beginning and am always on listservs, chat rooms, and even here preaching the gospel about Startup America. Well that didn’t sit too well with one woman from Pennsylvania. We were on the Philly Startup ListServ and I was writing someone about Startup America. Now before Startup PA even opened it’s doors she was...
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Don’t Ignore Your Ideas – They Could Create Jobs!
This post is by Victoria Edwards, Marketing Manager at Guidewell, @TallChickVicI began attending Startup and Tech events five years ago. Presently, I work for a Startup called GuideWell, a health and wellness e-commerce company, but at the time, I was working for an affiliate marketing company doing search engine optimization and social media and was still new to the industry. I followed various expert blogs and websites on the many aspects of online marketing, but still felt that I needed a community to help me understand the industry better and certainly needed more education in online marketing topics.My venture started by researching networking groups in Tampa, and came upon Meetup.com. I put in my criteria and found several groups...
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Pitch your innovative technology at midem, apply to midemlab now!
DEADLINE EXTENDEDAre you a tech innovator? Have you built the next solution that will help music executives, artists, and brands to engage or monetise audiences?Apply now to midemlab, in one of the 3 categories:1) Music discovery and creation2) Marketing and social engagement3) Direct-to-consumer sales and content monetisationMidemlab is the international pitch competition for the most innovative start-ups and apps developers, taking place at midem, the international B2B event dedicated to the new music ecosystem, from January 26th to 29th 2013 in Cannes (France).Finalists selected through the call for entry will pitch their business model to a prestigious jury including technical evangelist Robert Scoble, leading investment firms Accel...
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Meet the Winners of the New York Tech Meetup Windows 8 Hackathon: Purpella
This post originally appeared here.By Neha Bhaskar, SR CHANNEL & ECOSYSTEM Marketing Manager at Microsoft, in NYC, @nehabhaskarThe Windows 8 launch is right around the corner and recently Microsoft and New York Tech Meetup teamed up to host a workshop and hackathon @WeWork Lounge in NYC.There were some really cool demos there with Purpella winning the hackathon with their supercool app and design. Here’s a brief interview with their Chief Designer Lena and Co-founder. Daniel.Tell us a bit about your appPurpella is a tool to build human connections and the best app you can find to meet with people with similar interests in small groups. We help people start small gatherings before or after cool events in your city-maybe grab a...
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The World's First Universal Vaccine
According to statistics, pneumonia is part of the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. There have been a number of vaccines for pneumonia introduced to the market within the past few years, but there has never been one that covers pneumonia's 91 strains. Today's featured startup, SynAm Vaccine, is the world's first universal vaccine that covers all 91 strains of pneumonia. This universal vaccine is the answer to avoiding these deaths caused by pneumonia. Learn more about this Startup Maryland member from its founder, Carolyn Chen.Tell us about your product or service Our goal at SynAm Vaccine is to develop the world’s first universal vaccine for pneumonia. Everyone has heard of pneumonia and you...
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Kahnoodle: Gaming Technology for your Love Life
You've finally found love, but how do you keep that spark alive? There's an app for that.Today's featured startup, Kahnoodle, is a gaming technology app that helps couples do more fun and thoughtful things in order to keep the spark alive. Kahnoodle includes a variety of fun features for couples including several ways to easily communicate, "kudos" for small gestures, and much more. Learn more about this New York-based startup from its founder, Zuhairah Scott Washington.Tell us about your product or serviceKahnoodle, helps couples win at love by combining decades of psychological research on what makes relationships work into a game for couples. As a result, we make it easier for busy couples to do more of the...
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Houston and Beyond: The Rise of Startup Communities
This post, written by Jeff Reichman, originally appeared here.Over the last few years, entrepreneurs across the country have self-assembled into regional startup communities. These communities provide a fabric of support that keeps entrepreneurs engaged, and resources to help them succeed. The Startup America Partnership connects these regional communities and creates a national network, making our world a little easier to navigate. At a recent Startup America summit in Chicago, I met dozens of leaders from across the country. I had the chance to share Houston’s story, and hopefully I brought home some insight from other cities.I want to thank all of the people from across the US who shared their wisdom, and all of our...
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It's All About Startup Community Acceleration
October 9th and 10th, Startup America hosted its Regional Champion Summit in tandem with Startup IL in Chicago, IL. Over 120 people from more than 35 states joined us for two days of inspiration, connection and collaboration. Here’s the Look Book of everyone who joined us and some stats about their incredible entrepreneurial credentials. This Summit was all about Community Acceleration – identifying the leadership, approach, big thinking and execution needed to advance our national startup ecosystem one community at a time. We heard from national iconic figures such as Steve Case, Jean Case and Brad Feld, as well as inspirational leaders in the Chicago ecosystem including Kevin Willer, Troy Henikoff, Brad...
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ZBoard, The Perfect Accessory
Which looks the coolest: a sharply dressed Daymond John, or a sharply dressed Daymond John riding an electric skateboard? (We say the latter). Yes, that is the Shark Daymond John riding 'the coolest way to travel', a ZBoard. The ZBoard is the weight-sensing electric skateboard that you ride simply by leaning forward on the front footpad to accelerate and leaning back on the rear footpad to brake.Why is Daymond on one? Read this and take a look:
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Recent News:
10/19/12 - Startup Communities Across the Country, Huffington Post (Startup America Partnership)
10/19/12 - Bonfyre partners with Powder Keg Conference 2012, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO & Startup IA)
10/17/12 - Food Waste In, Renewable Energy Out: Startup Re-Nuble Is Crowdfunding the Local Green Economy, Huffington Post (Startup DC)
10/17/12 - Powder Keg aims to blast Indy startups onto national scene, Indianapolis Business Journal (Startup IN & Startup MO)
10/17/12 - Featured Startup Pitch: Founded by a group of teachers with tech backgrounds, ActiveGrade seeks to fundamentally change the way grading is done in schools, Startup Beat (Startup IA)
10/03/12 - How Tory Burch Created A $2 Billion Empire In Less Than A Decade, Business Insider (Startup America Partnership)
10/01/12 - Voices of the Tech Community: What do Ecosystem Need? The Miami Herald (Startup FL)
9/20/12 - Entrepreneurs make pitches as Startup Maryland and its studio bus rolls into UMBC, The Republic (Startup MD)
9/20/12 - USF-led partnership awarded $1 million to launch new companies, Tampa Bay Business Journal (Startup FL)
9/19/12 - Startup Bus tours Maryland, stops in Baltimore area to promote entrepreneurship, Baltimore Sun (Startup MD)
Startup America at DEMO Fall 2012:
10/11/12 - Startup Connection: Nourishment for mind, body and soul, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
10/05/12 - The 14 Most Interesting Startups To Emerge From DEMO, TechCrunch (Startup CA & OR)
10/04/12 - St. Louis startups look to cash in on DEMO showing, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
10/04/12 - St. Louis’ Click With Me Now, Evtron Pitch At DEMO 2012, Techli (Startup MO)
10/03/12 - DEMO Gods: Birds, brains, and the best products of the season, VentureBeat (Startup CA)
10/03/12 - BRIEF: Stamford's eBrevia Wins Scholarship for Tech Conference in Silicon Valley [The Hartford Courant], Bloomberg Businessweek (Startup CT)
10/03/12 - LifeStyleFeed brings the Seventh Art to restaurant selection, VentureBeat (Startup DC)
10/03/12 - Playing recruiter: This startup pays you to find your friends jobs, VentureBeat (Startup DC)
10/03/12 - Don’t like checking your mail? MailGapp may have your solution, VentureBeat (Startup HI)
10/03/12 - Itography hopes to lure advertisers to location-based virtual collection game, VentureBeat (Startup TX)
10/03/12 - Weekend warriors: Track your fitness with Novusport’s social mobile sports game, VentureBeat (Startup TX)
10/03/12 - Today, birdwatching. Tomorrow, saving the entire planet!, VentureBeat (Startup CA)
10/03/12 - Demo Fall 2012: Creating More Focused Social Networks, PC Mag (Startup OR, DC, IA, VA)
10/03/12 - Demo Fall 2012: Business and Commerce Applications, PC Mag (Startup MO & Startup CT)
10/03/12 - Stamford's eBrevia Wins Scholarship for Tech Conference in Silicon Valley, The Hartford Courant (Startup CT)
10/03/12 - RecBob takes the work out of after-work sports, VentureBeat (Startup IA)
10/03/12 - Watch RecBob’s DEMO presentation at noon (Live stream), Silicon Prairie News (Startup IA)
10/02/12 - Meet The 8 Startup Winners From Startup America’s DEMO Contest, Nibletz (Startup TN, OR, IL, DC, CA, IA, CT, MO)
10/02/12 - Cut through the legal fog with computer-generated summaries, Global Reporter (Startup CT)
10/02/12 - Cut through the legal fog with computer-generated summaries, VentureBeat (Startup CT)
10/02/12 - Birdeez app flies toward birdwatchers' iPhones, TechHive (Startup CA)
10/02/12 - Bonfyre Takes on Private Mobile Sharing with New App Focused on Real Life, Not Newsfeeds, Herald Online (Startup MO)
10/02/12 - Three St. Louis startups launch products at California conference, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Startup MO)
10/02/12 - This Barrel Is Ready to Roll! Launching Our Tech Startup, HuffingtonPost (Startup DC)
10/02/12 - For big-ticket items, social shopping needs more screen-sharing, VentureBeat (Startup MO)
10/02/12 - Flite’s new Touch Ad Studio lets top publishers actually make money on mobile, VentureBeat (Startup CA)
10/02/12 - Bonfyre launches mobile app to combine private with social sharing, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
10/01/12 - CoPatient Launches Online Platform to Audit & Appeal Medical Bills on Behalf of Patients, Sacramento Bee (Startup OR)
10/01/12 - D.C. job-search start-up launching at DEMO in Silicon Valley, The Washington Post (Startup DC)
10/01/12 - D.C. at Demo: High School CEO debuts Hallway, The Washington Post (Startup DC)
09/30/12 - Hills Bank and Trust promotes four, The Gazette (Startup IA)
09/29/12 - RecBob wins Startup America contest, will pitch next week at DEMO, Silicon Prairie News (Startup IA)
09/13/12 - Click With Me Now wins a trip to DEMO, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
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