Editor’s Note: This article was written by Ross Kimbarovsky. Ross is the co-founder of crowdSPRING, an online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. Follow Ross on Twitter @rosskimbarovsky and @crowdSPRING. As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups on Naming Your Company, coming up with…
Read MoreTired of trying to flag down taxi cabs on the street? This is bound to happen to all of us if you are in a big city long enough. To help combat the problem UberCab recently launched an iPhone application and service that gives you access to a professional driver and on demand car service….
Read MoreA few months ago, Jill Felska and Jenn Korducki quit their jobs at a large PR agency in Chicago and started their own social media branding and management company. As Jill explains in the video above, they decided “to enter the grad school of life” and learn the intricacies of business by simply doing it….
Read MoreBoston was considered by many as “Silicon Valley before Silicon Valley existed.” The startup community is anchored by some key venture funds and angel investors. So we are excited to be hosting our fourth TECH cocktail Boston mixer event on Thursday, July 29th. The event will take place in the Microsoft New England Research &…
Read MoreLooking for the best Chicago local bar specials and happy hours? Specials Agent has you covered. Specials Agent is a bar and restaurant specials search engine. Users can search for food and drink specials based upon a specific address, intersection or landmark. The results can be filtered based upon a specific day or a specific…
Read MoreOverwhelmed by social networking information overload? A new distributed social networking optimization and recommendations service called n2 (website is not launched yet) might be able to help. n2 will look to enable users to attack social networking information overload by offering recommendations for the best people to talk to for any given situation. Product recommendations…
Read MoreIn this episode, I’m chatting with Cyrus Massoumi, co-founder and CEO of ZocDoc, a website that allows patients to find and book doctors instantly online. If you can’t see the video, please click here. ZocDoc just expanded their services into the Chicago market this past Tuesday. I’m amazed at the passion and dedication Cyrus shows…
Read MoreWe all love special deals and Chicago-based startup Dealradar looks to help by aggregating all the best offers from GroupOn, LivingSocial and more than 80 daily deal sites in the US, UK, Canada and Australia into one concise list. These stellar offers (as much as 60- 90 percent off at restaurants, spas, sporting events and on…
Read MoreLast night, there was a great crowd of over six hundred attendees, at TECH cocktail DC 9, gathered to mingle, better connect and share their stories with each other over a few cocktails and snacks. The event showcased nine startups which included the following: SeeClickFix – encourages opens government and civic participation through simple tasks…
Read MoreHave you ever gone to the emergency room and left feeling even worse then you did when you entered because you weren’t sure what to do next? Have you ever been overwhelmed by the your medical discharge papers? Well, help is on the way! HealthEWorks is here to fix the problems faced when you leave…
Read MoreCharities, non-profits, and political campaigns have been quick to start using social media to spread word about their causes and efforts, especially in the DC area where there are lots of Non-profits headquartered. Through services like Facebook and Twitter organizations can rally support and collect donations. But it can be difficult to call those users…
Read MoreAre you a history buff? Do you love watching old historical footage? Critical Past may be a service worth checking out. Critical Past is a searchable index of 57,000 pieces of historical footage. Much of the footage that the service has to offer has never been available online before. In addition to footage, Critical Past…
Read MoreMost web applications contain web forms of some kind, whether it’s a registration form or an input form for some other purpose developers can spend a lot of time building these redundant pieces. To help save developers time, Zvi Band, a fine developer himself, decided to take on creating Struc.to as a way to help…
Read MoreHow many potholes do you hit on your way to work? Now how many times do you think to yourself, when are they ever going to fix that? Here’s your chance to do something about it. Meet SeeClickFix. SeeClickFix is like 311–for everywhere. It’s as simple as it sounds. “See” a non-emergency issue in your…
Read MoreIn this episode, I’m chatting with Scott Belsky, founder of Behance, a New York based company that provides products and services seeking to organize the creative world and help make ideas happen. If you can’t see the video, please click here.
Read MoreI get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometime this makes planning my day difficult. – E.B White As busy entrepreneur and mom, some weeks I spend a lot of time surfing the web to help both my clients and my family, leaving me…
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