DC-based startup KikScore created a patent-pending Confidence Badge and online trust score platform that enables small online businesses and non-profits to demonstrate trustworthiness through data and information. Last month, they released the findings of the first KikScore Online Trust Survey. Kikscore co-founder Raj Malik, a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, said, “The main takeaway from the survey is that website…
Read MoreTrust. Integrity. Reputation. Three powerful words that we’ve tackled before on Social Media Hour, and this week we take them on again. This time around it’s through two different lenses – the impact on making news from the realm of crowd sourcing it, and the idea of utterly anonymous professional business reviews and the impact…
Read MoreGood, bad or ugly we all have an online reputation. Online reputations have become easier to sculpt with the prevalence of social media, which can be a double edged sword as negative information can also easily be associated with your rep. Reper, a Cambridge-based startup that has yet to officially launch, is looking to offer…
Read MoreReputation. Integrity. Loyalty. These three words all lead up to the big one that’s gotten quite a bit of attention in the on-line realm in the last week – Influence. Two separate and unrelated Influencer Projects are the focus of this week’s Social Media Hour. First up, what was billed as the “shortest marketing conference…
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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