As someone once said, looking up medical information online usually consists of putting your symptoms into Google and waiting for the word “cancer” to pop up. But many of those results are regular people speculating about their condition, and we can scare ourselves unnecessarily. Clear.md wants to offer reliable health information from real doctors in…
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In Harry Potter, the Weasley family has a magic clock that indicates where all the family members are, from school to prison to mortal peril. If Spark Devices has its way, we might see a primitive version of that next year – a lightbulb that dims when a family member gets further away. This is…
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I wish Rock Your Block existed when I was in high school. (Of course, there was no Internet then, so that is truly wishful thinking….) This Minneapolis-based startup has developed an online and mobile location-based application that helps 13-17 year-olds find neighborhood jobs, part-time work and internship opportunities within their community. They are moving the…
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There are few places in the U.S. that speak to our love for shopping like the Mall of America in Minneapolis, so it is fitting that QR Codes met their match there on Black Friday. Mall of America worked with Minneapolis-based mobile agency MixMobi to deliver time changing offers within each of the QR Codes…
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With over 940 million social media users globally there is a ton of content being created every day. With this social revolution taking place, products like Klout, PeerIndex and, more recently, PeopleBrowsr KRED look to help people and companies understand who is having the most impact on others. Minneapolis agency Echidna has recently joined the…
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about Farmeron, an app that helps farmers manage their businesses. There’s a lot of potential for technology to enhance processes in the agriculture industry, and we featured another startup in this space at our Tech Cocktail Mixer in Minneapolis on Tuesday. TelemetryWeb is a cloud-based software platform for building…
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For all of you programmers out there who love to build web apps but hate the hassle, check out Minneapolis-based startup ServerCyde. Their API manages user sessions and database connections, allowing you to build web apps for the most platforms, in the least amount of time, with only one language – client side JavaScript –…
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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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Imagine customers receiving your offers when they are most likely to act on them. If you reach customers when they are primed to receive information about your product or service, it can increase both sales and customer satisfaction. Toovio offers businesses real-time marketing solutions that do just that. Toovio describes itself as “a real-time decisioning…
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I have to say that I am very impressed with the startups out there that are eager to fix the problems inherent with daily deal sites. From offering a platform to buy and sell already-purchased deals to giving small businesses the tools to do it themselves, there is a lot of creative problem-solving going on…
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You can find just about anything at your local grocery store nowadays, from coconut water to 5 kinds of hoisin sauce. The modern grocery store is catering more and more to a sophisticated, health-conscious, urban client with a craving for variety. My Gluten Free Deals hopes to add another layer of awareness to food shoppers,…
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Reserving your own space at the hottest nightclub downtown just got a little easier. If you want to skip the line and sip on only the finest top shelf liquors at your table, you should get to know BookBottles. The Minneapolis-based startup launched last month to “bring the nightclub industry into the 21st century,” says…
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Many fabulously successful companies are born out of a simple need. Google made finding information online easier. Facebook made it easy to keep in touch with friends. Starbucks brought coffee culture and appreciation to the US. While Best Attendance might not reach the level of those companies, they are making it easy for volunteer organizations…
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Online shopping has come a long way since customers were afraid to reveal credit card information, but some areas could still use an upgrade. One of those is clothing: How often have you been greeted at your doorstep with clothes that don’t fit? “I realized that one can buy books, computers, etc. online, but buying…
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We’re so excited to be hosting our first Tech Cocktail Minneapolis startup and entrepreneurial mixer event tomorrow night at CoCo Minneapolis, where we’ll help connect, amplify and showcase the local technology scene. Thanks to sponsors W3i and Ovative Group for making the event possible. Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, investors,…
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There are tips, lists, products, and services plastered all over the web that can help manage your online conversations, but Minneapolis-based Zingstring wants to make it even easier. For those times when you can’t respond to tweets, posts, and emails – maybe you’re in a meeting or traveling or, you know, sleeping – they created…
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