AwayFind, a tool that helps solve email overload by alerting you to urgent messages, recently raised $800,000 in seed funding led by 500 Startups and CAP Ventures. Last week, AwayFind also announced a new product targeted at businesses and available in the Google Apps Marketplace. It gives administrators a control panel to manage their company’s…
Read MoreSince 2008, we have watched AwayFind grow up in front of our eyes from just a project to a full fledged funded startup. The company has been a featured startup at our earliest Washington, D.C. Tech Cocktail mixer events and then more recently at our west coast event as they relocated to San Francisco this…
Read MoreYour email inbox is a sea of opportunities. Everyday I try to keep up and get through all of them but a lot of times items get lost under the fold of the Web page, tucked out of view, kept as new until I have time to circle back and dig out. I have many…
Read MoreWelcome to TechCrunch Disrupt 2010! It’s extremely hectic at TechCrunch Disrupt – one might even call it disruptive. Wow, what a first day! There are so many interesting people in attendance including regulars like TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, Dave McClure, Reid Hoffman, and many more. Here is a look at some of the…
Read MoreWe all get a lot of email these days. In the time I wrote this article I received at least two dozen. While some people may get more email than others, its safe to say that all this email can cut into your daily productivity. In fact, it can be a huge distraction. To combat…
Read MoreWe are looking forward to TECH cocktail DC 8 tonight. It’s the first TECH cocktail of the 2010 year and we are excited to be bringing together the tech and social media community to showcase another handful of local start-ups. We could not do it without the help of our platinum sponsor Pillsbury Law. They…
Read MoreSometimes we get so much email it’s almost impossible to unplug for a moment to focus on other tasks at hand. There’s always the risk that a message requiring your immediate attention will pop into your inbox while you are busy doing other things. AwayFind aims to help solve this problem. AwayFind, created by Maryland-based…
Read MoreThanks to the over 400 TECH cocktailers that came together at MCCXXIII (1223 Club) last night on the warm spring evening in Washington, D.C. We are happy we were able bring the community together and show off some of the local technology startups. We had some great demos from the following companies: AwayFind – a…
Read MoreWith over 350 TECH cocktailers have RSVP’ed for TECH cocktail DC 2 and it approaching fast we wanted to take an opportunity to give a brief preview of the event. We could not do it without the support of our fine sponsors. TECH cocktail DC 2 is sponsored by AOL, Viget Labs, Voxant, Network Solutions…
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With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More