We all remember our favorite childhood book. Reminiscing about Alice Schertle’s ”Gus Wanders Off” can still bring a smile to my face. Children’s books create an opportunity for parents to bond with their children, and they also can be used as educational tools. But with children’s literature booming into a $3.1 billion industry, finding the best…
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Peter Vessenes was building his first technology company at an age when most of us were trying to figure out how to talk to members of the opposite sex. At thirteen years old, his first venture was a success, and he moved on to launch nearly a dozen new businesses. Recently, Vessenes pioneered the founding…
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I was working as a digital marketing intern at a Philadelphia-area sports marketing boutique. My main task that summer was to help coordinate and orchestrate a client conference in Philadelphia. In the end, the conference cost well beyond the planned budget, and that overshadowed all the work and effort our team put into the event….
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This might be a bit of a stretch, but I’m saying that the reason Doug Chambers and FieldLens are going to be successful is the same reason Jay-Z is worth half a billion dollars. Let’s start with a quote from Hova: Oh yeah I’m rare. I’m aware that I’m rare. I rap and I’m real;…
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Besides posting about lunch, sharing content is one of our main activities on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. Articles (like this one) are adorned with a smorgasbord of share buttons. You can even re-share other people’s Facebook posts by clicking share, liking or commenting, or retweet posts on Twitter. But, other than shamelessly…
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If you had one guess as to the occupation of a man with a bachelor’s degree in Cybernetics and a master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence, what would you say? My gut would be that he is creating the next wave of robotic technology that will one day turn into the Terminator. However, Michael Pritchard, with…
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Zigron Healthcare is the product of two great minds meeting. Quasim Mueen and Frank Din designed a focused, scientific approach for fraud prevention in the healthcare industry with their flagship application, FraudCop. The team employs a multitude of software engineers, HIT experts, and visualization and user interface developers to give the industry a solid defense against…
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Ben Hindman, former director of events for Thrillist, found that his day-to-day, repetitive event management work – like invitations, guest list management, and post-event recaps – was difficult enough without having to create a dedicated, online presence for his events. To adapt a solution to his need, Hindman and Brett Boskoff cofounded Splash, a New York…
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Ryan Downs, CEO and president of real-time online auction marketplace Proxibid, has it easy. Or at least he thinks he does. That’s because he learned to work hard early. When Downs was a kid, he worked at the family farm in Nebraska. “We put in long hours doing difficult, physical work with outdated equipment. It…
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Last night at Tech Cocktail’s San Francisco Mixer, The Mad Video was announced as the Hottest Showcasing Startup reader’s choice. The SF-based startup offers a platform to make online videos more interactive and giver users the ability to better monetize their content through tagging products, places or people that appear in the video. The company is…
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With more and more research showing the importance of proper education in the formative years of adolescence, early education providers have focused on increasing the technology used in their classrooms. High schools and universities rely on technology-driven curriculums, so why shouldn’t early education providers, as well? KinderReader is one such offering that wants to bring…
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MakerSquare is the kind of idea that inspires ideas. In its simplest form, it is a 10-week, intensive, full-time, full-stack web development program. But if you talk to cofounder Ravi Parikh about the company, the discussion quickly moves from the simple logistics to wider (borderline philosophical) issues about technology, empowerment, community, and innovation. Even Parikh’s…
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“Everybody’s working for the weekend,” famed poets Loverboy once said. And sometimes on the weekend. We work – too much – and we save what we sow from our weekday grind – not enough – to use to unwind. We use sports, hiking, or art for an escape. Or music. And as our escape, we…
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Every startup or business owner has concerns about their online reputation. However, when you’re in the beginning of launching your business, it can be difficult to find room in your budget for your branding strategy. BrandYourself makes brand management simple and effective for startups. Typically, when you’re first starting your business, you don’t have a…
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Software solutions are vital to businesses of any size. Incorporating data and information across software services effectively can be the deciding factor in achieving business goals. With the growing number of software programs and applications, businesses struggle to find the best mixture of solutions to work for their company. Onspring aims at ridding businesses of…
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In political campaigns, from city councilman to president, candidates first have to fight to get the official party nomination. With that blessing from above comes financing and support, including access to the party’s software and database. If you don’t get nominated, you’re faced with an uphill battle raising money solely from donors. That money is…
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