Just in time for holiday shopping (for everyone on your list – and you too!), a new social shopping site that will help make those toss-up decisions for you. The Dutch startup Shall I Buy targets the brick-and-mortar shopper seeking in-the-moment buying advice from its peers. Shall I Buy is very similar to Snapette, which…
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Entrepreneurs are inspired to take action when they see opportunities others have missed. Northwestern University graduate student and founder of BragTaggs, Christopher Sell, found that friends and family alike loved to share the great deals they found. An entrepreneur with two startups on his resume, he began researching loyalty marketing, which fostered the idea of…
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Shopping for the latest trends and best bargains is always more fun with a couple of fashionable friends. A new, free app called Snapette is making shopping social no matter where you are. Part of the 500 Startups incubator program, Snapette is a social networking community for sharing photos of the latest shoes and handbags. Users snap…
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Daily deals are all about getting what you want, from discounts at your favorite Thai restaurant to free money on Amazon. But now you can use them to help others, too. Deals for Deeds is a DC-based deal site that donates 5-15 percent of purchases to local nonprofits. After launching last year in DC, it…
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I love using Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites to discover what products and services my friends are using and talking about. That’s the idea behind Svpply, a growing community of people discovering the products they love. Svpply helps you keep track of the things you want to buy, or you can browse a personal…
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Social commerce has been on fire as daily deal sites have been helping to sell excess inventory for local businesses. LivingSocial along with Groupon have been leading the charge. We have been keeping our eye on both social commerce giants as they have both been valued at over a billion dollars. I got chance to…
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We knew it was only a matter of time before someone took on the techie niche with a Groupon and LivingSocial like site. Today LivingTechie launched to offer tech lovers a place to get daily deals on tech related items. The site has just launched so it has not yet offered any deals but we…
Read MoreToday I woke up to a sea of LivingSocial news updates on Facebook and Twitter from my friends, relatives and colleagues about an amazing deal today. Today’s hot deal offers anyone a $20 Amazon gift card when you purchase a $10 LivingSocial Deal, so you make $10 for buying the deal. And of course, like…
Read MoreEvery year about 30,000 new consumer products are introduced. With such a staggering number, it can be hard to find products that are useful and worth purchasing. There are also those amazing products that may not have a lot of advertising dollars behind them. That’s were Daily Grommet comes in. Daily Grommet is a site…
Read MoreIn 2009 Facebook users revolted against the Facebook Beacon a Facebook features that lets users share their purchases with their networks. A year later, I have signed up for Blippy which lets users sign up and link their accounts with companies like Visa and Mastercard Credit Cards, iTunes, Amazon, Zappos and even Netflix. They can…
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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