A year old startup that participated in the minority-focused accelerator NewMe and graduated from 500 Startup just closed a $750k seed round. Silicon Valley-based OneSchool was started by 3 college kids; they develop mobile apps that let students browse campus maps, find course listings, discover nearby restaurants, check sports scores, access a directory of professor…
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These days, students are paralyzed by rising tuition rates and astronomical amounts of debt. The prospect of becoming a young entrepreneur is mind-numbing, if not absurd. However, entrepreneurs have an out unlike their peers. According to the Kauffman Foundation, the entrepreneurship index was highest among the least-educated Americans, moving from 0.49 percent in 2009 to 0.59…
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During my freshman year in college – way back in 1993-94 – I somehow always knew where the parties were before and during the weekend. And somehow, everyone knew to ask me. Looking back, it just amazes me that information like that spread – and was accurate – as we were relying on a very…
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Finding a good tutor at the college level can be a frustrating process. As someone who’s struggled with the nuances of Financial Accounting, searching for a fellow student who had the time – and patience – to help me figure out liquidity analysis ratios was a shot in the dark. Tutor Assignment, a growing community…
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A hub for all events that occur on or around the college campus, new startup NeverBoredU‘s aim is simple: cure student boredom at all costs. Never again will you miss that nationally-renowned speaker or the next flash rave at the library. More often than not, students overlook all of the events and programs that take…
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It is true that some things – shopping or bar hopping, for instance – are better with friends. In college, almost everything is done with friends, even the mundane and necessary thins, like laundry, running errands, and studying. Bloomington, IN-based Swarm is leveraging that group mentality of 20 somethings with their mobile social network that…
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Nothing says “I’m hungry” quite like the ravenous sound of “OM NOM NOM NOM.” Coined by Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster, I think we’ve all been guilty of obnoxiously exclaiming this phrase at least once or twice after finally satiating a major case of the munchies. Aptly-named Omnom.com is a new delivery menu search engine that’s…
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Social networks and daily-deal services are a dime a dozen these days, but Minneapolis-based startup ByME is looking to create an all-inclusive online community catered to the university lot. Founded by Chad Olsen, a current junior at the University of Minnesota, College ByME connects college communities together through user connections and location-based services. The startup’s…
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We’ve covered local DC education startup CampusSplash a few times over the past several months as they’ve rolled out products such as AdmissionSplash and DormSplash. Their products have been gaining traction, but the main site, CampusSplash, has been primarily a blog publishing related content – until now. Beginning today, CampusSplash now has a new identity as…
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Daily deal and flash sale sites have been popping up, just as Groupon and LivingSocial have grown to dominate the major markets. With this rise of social commerce there have been an increasing number of niche sites that cover one particular market segment very well. A good example is Urban Escapes which was gobbled up by LivingSocial last year and…
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Vote for your high school, sabotage your rival– it’s all in a day’s fun with ChampSplash. Whoever comes out on top wins $2,000 for their prom and bragging rights for their school. ChampSplash is a social grant competition platform for high schools and colleges sponsoring creative and fun opportunities for both students and brands. The…
Read MoreUntil now, looking for an apartment on or close to your campus has been a hectic and difficult process. Every college student knows that location is everything when it comes to your experience, so you definitely want to make sure you choose the right spot for you. Save yourself time and aggravation by using College Apartment…
Read MoreIt is no secret that college is eye-poppingly expensive. Too many students pay too much for college, cite cost as a reason for not attending college, or graduate with a paralyzing load of student debt. Whether you or a family member is heading off to college in the next few years, check out eduLaunchpad.com. Their…
Read MoreTake the guesswork out of campus housing with DormSplash, a website that launched yesterday with over 7,000 reviews of college dorms written by students. With DormSplash, students can read and write dorm reviews for colleges all across the country and find out what other students think about campus housing. Reviews are based on a 0-5…
Read MoreThe competition for secondary education is enormous in the US. With 2.2 million high school students planning on going to college, matched up with 2400 four year schools in the United States for high school students to choose from, admissions at select schools are becoming more intense than ever. At Harvard alone, 35,000 students are…
Read MoreBlog networks are nothing new to most of us. We have seen empires built around a core set of blogs and some of them have gone on to be acquired by the likes of AOL for a tidy sum. A couple of local DC entrepreneurs, Anton Zolotov and Allen Gannett, are aiming to build their own…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
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