Take the Interview, a new cloud-based video interviewing software platform that just demo’d at Tech Cocktail Boston, announced today that they received $775,000 in seed funding from an undisclosed investor. According to founder Danielle Weinblatt, the cash infusion will be used to build a sales and marketing team, attend conferences, create new features for the…
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PowerInbox, a startup that launched just 3 weeks and demo’d at our Tech Cocktail Boston mixer last week, has released the first, and only, third party Google+ client. They posted a survey on their homepage to find what PowerApps people would love to have in their email, and Google+ won by a landslide. Here’s how…
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We are really excited to showcase 20 innovative startups here in Cambridge tonight. Previews of all participating companies are below; they range from a video interviewing service to an app that lets you pay tips and gratuities from your smartphone. Many thanks to all of our sponsors for making this possible: Title Sponsor Sprint; platinum…
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Have you ever wished you had someone to keep track of your phone calls? Sometimes it’s just plain difficult to stay on top of your phone calls, which is why you need a secretary to manage them for you! Good news: everyone can afford Mosec, a free Android mobile secretary. Mosec (mobile + secretary) makes…
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Kids are expensive. Food, clothes, toys, books, education, activities – it adds up quickly. As a parent, going out to dinner, the movies, or a concert ends up costing a small fortune. You pay for what you do, and you pay for the babysitter. Here in DC, that pretty much doubles the cost of dinner…
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If you want to connect with someone today, you have lots of options. You could email, Facebook message, tweet or direct message, IM, call, or use a carrier pigeon. With the number of ways to communicate continually growing, it has become difficult to stay up to speed with them all. For example, if someone sends…
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Education startups are popping up everywhere, but education is still a slow-moving, tradition-heavy space. Boston startup iCreate to Educate, which produces movie-making software for the classroom, has experienced this firsthand. “The education market is so difficult to penetrate, particularly when you’re bootstrapping,” says founder Melissa Pickering, who previously managed operations at the Tufts Center for…
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It’s no secret that social media can drive engagement and increase business. Companies looking for a great place to launch their online marketing efforts should check out GaggleAMP, a cloud-based social media marketing platform. GaggleAMP is the first social media tool specializing in social marketing amplification; it’s kind of like a business version of HootSuite….
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3 questions: 1. Do you sell stuff? 2. Do you provide a service? 3. Do you use Gmail? If you answered yes to any of the above, check out Boston-based startup Yesware, an email productivity service that can help your sales team close more deals. Integrated into Gmail and your mobile phone, Yesware provides email…
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Good news: if you are a local business or organization that hosts frequent events, managing them just got easier. Boston-based startup Guestlyst (currently in beta) is an easy-to-use event management portal with some great features not found over at EventBrite or Meetup. With Guestlyst, event hosts can easily customize and publish multiple events and provide…
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Can saving money be just as enjoyable as spending it? ImpulseSave is trying to prove that it can – especially for the 53% of Americans who fear they won’t have enough money for retirement. “We’re attempting to redefine the meaning of saving from something that’s painful to something that’s actually fun – and tempting, even,”…
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They say the first impression is everything. As an employer, oftentimes you know within the first few minutes of meeting someone if that candidate isn’t quite the right fit for your organization. As a potential hire, you can spend hours sweating bullets over how to nail the perfect first impression. Enter Take The Interview (“TTI”),…
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How do you create work, where there is none? This is the question Help Around Town is answering with its highly-localized, web-based job board. The team’s goal is to create work for the people hardest hit by the recession: youths, retirees, and people working from home. Help Around Town asks: How do we help people…
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If you’ve ever worked in retailing, you know that brands and retailers need each other. Brands launch super creative online promotions, but hit a wall when it comes to marketing them locally. Retailers, on the other hand, have access to online local marketing channels, but need help with promotions. The solution? Promoboxx. Boston-based startup Promoboxx…
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Diehard fans often put up with clunky technology just to pursue their passion. But Fanfic.me, launching later this week, hopes to bring fanfiction addicts into the twenty-first century. “We’re making fanfiction as easy – and feature rich – as blogging,” explains Jacquelyn Abromitis, who owns an online education company and can’t pass up a good…
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From the addictive properties of Angry Birds to the casual feel of playing Scrabble interactively via your iPhone, mobile gaming and cloud-based games are beyond-a-doubt popular. With the rise of smartphones and increased connectivity, Boston-area startup Brass Monkey is looking to make a splash in the gaming industry with its cloud-based video game console. It…
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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