“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr. The great Martin Luther King Jr.’s words are just as fitting to starting up as anything else. Dan Henderson, co-founder of Meal Ticket, knows this as well as anyone. Two years ago, Henderson and fellow co-founder…
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As we reported yesterday, the president is expected to sign a bill on Thursday to allow crowdfunding for startups from non-accredited investors (i.e., you and me). Once this happens and the SEC details the rules, EquityNet will be one of the first sites to allow this new crowdfunding. The site has already seen $50 million…
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Tonight, Tech Cocktail will host our 2nd mixer in beautiful Boise, Idaho, home to an emerging startup scene, as part of develop.idaho 2012, presented by Perkins Coie. This half-day, industry-led software event, hosted by the Idaho Technology Council, was put together to promote and support the active software community in Idaho. You can follow @developidaho on Twitter to…
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Small businesses are constantly hearing about all the things they have to do – you have to have a mobile website, you have to be active on social media, you have to create compelling content to share with your target market, you have to have a mobile app. That’s all good and well, but when…
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Fill in the blank. Cluster ____. The reason you were able to arrive at this answer so easily, likely has something to do with your inbox. Over the last couple of years, daily deals have only compounded this problem. First it was Groupon and Living Social, then Google got in the mix, then so did…
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I don’t know about you, but I’m excited about the host of startups that let you edit, comment on, tag, and categorize the web. In the words of entrepreneur Terry Jones of Fluidinfo – AKA the most interesting guy I’ve ever interviewed – this type of startups are making the web “writable” where it used…
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As an entrepreneur, you are the face of your company. First impressions are important and consequently so too are appearances. The time and energy required to find stylish attire, however, likely is not the best use of your time. Quite the conundrum. CakeStyle is here to save the day. Similar to the much-hyped Truck Club, the…
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If you haven’t seen an infographic by now, it means that you don’t know what an infographic is, because you have. You’re on the Internet. They’re everywhere. Oddly enough, however, infographics have remained relatively constrained to a similar set of situations. Eugene Barulin, founder and CEO of ResumUP, has found a creative yet practical usage…
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With a resume that includes: founding Microsoft Live Labs, Yahoo! Research Labs, and Overture Research, being the VP of Technology at Yahoo! and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, winning the World Technology Award, and authoring a book about the computational properties in nature and the perception of beauty (yeah), Gary Flake left his job with Microsoft to…
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Even though I studied marketing in graduate school, I tend to take for granted the behind-the-scenes complexities of consumer product marketing. For example, I fail to appreciate the overlooked sciences of product label procurement and SKU tracking. Entrepreneur Bill March does not overlook these processes. In fact, he’s made it his mission to help product…
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Next time you find yourself in need of a trustworthy electrician, financial advisor, or even a web designer, Boise-based EthcialPro can give you the hookup. Founded by Philip Bennett, EthicalPro is a bridge between businesses and consumers, providing a community of word of mouth marketing and accountability for professional services people use every day. EthicalPro’s…
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What if understanding and analyzing your Wi-Fi network were as easy as pie? With MetaGeek’s latest innovation, it can be as easy as a pie chart. At next week’s Tech Cocktail Boise event, the MetaGeek team will be displaying their latest software development. Eye P.A. is an 802.11 packet capture visualization software designed for Wi-Fi professionals. Before…
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With Facebook having more than two and half times as many active users as there are people in the United States, there’s little reason for user anonymity these days, especially when it involves face-to-face interaction. Earlier this year we covered Uniiverse, an online marketplace for unique skills and services, which was built off of the similar premise:…
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There’s a fine line between using someone’s personal data for good or evil, for their benefit or your bottom line. It’s a line that LoanTek founder, Adam Stein, is familiar with, and he continues to craft his service to stay on the right side of this line, so to speak. Stein’s service, which provides qualified…
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The ubiquitous online event planning tool Eventbrite has launched an At The Door Credit Card Reader for iPad, which basically turns an iPad into a mobile box office. It lets event organizers sell tickets and merchandise and track attendees; the goal is to better compete with Ticketmaster by providing a better, cheaper, and more flexible…
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Oftentimes we don’t find the business ideas, they find us. At least that was the case for Russ Whitney, Sawtooth Ideas founder and CEO. “I wasn’t looking for a business idea in woodworking, I just happened upon it.” After leaving his job at Microsoft in 2010, Whitney was looking for a business idea to pursue, but was…
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