When you were a kid, was there anything more satisfying than your onesies? Hint: nope. Pajamas own that soft spot in your heart by combining comfort, self expression, and positive association. Smart PJs, winner of last night’s Hottest Showcasing Startup – Boise, wants to add technological innovation to this list. Smart PJ’s transforms kid’s evening…
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One-hundred percent to 150 percent: that is the estimated cost of turnover as it relates to an average employee’s base salary. So, if you hire for a position that has an annual salary of $100,000, and that person leaves, it will cost you up to $150,000 simply to replace them. It only takes seven of these…
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The average worker spends about three hours of the day sifting through email. You are working on a project when a new email comes in, you read it, and realize your coworker is asking for presentation data from a three-week-old meeting; now, where did you put it? David Johnston, Patrick McGuninness, Curtis Lacy, and Chris…
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Mobile app development is a vicious cycle. Every time technology hardware improves, so must your app. While it may be easy initially to build a small app following instructions and manuals available online, the process of building an app for a new technology (for example, Bluetooth LE hardware), and keeping your app updated, can be tedious as…
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Our inboxes are flooded with emails, some that are relevant to us and others that aren’t. Lifecycle email marketing campaigns generate as much as 9X greater results than other types. Yet, few email marketers take advantage of thinking of email in such a way and delivering the right message at the right time. Most email…
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In late 2000, I was raising a seed-stage venture fund to commercialize innovations coming from universities and federal laboratories in the Midwestern part of the United States. During that time, I attended a function at the Union League Club in Chicago. While I was standing in line to get my coat at the coat check,…
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Since edX launched last May, ten top universities have joined MIT and Harvard in offering free online college courses. Coursera delivers you content from over 50 other universities, Udacity offers college credit for some classes, and Udemy has a library of over 4,500 free courses. But – at least for courses filmed at universities –…
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I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon on Yelp; perhaps you’ve seen it? Some great restaurants end up with three stars – but when you take a look at the rating distribution, the majority of reviews are four stars. Negative reviews can, perhaps undeservedly, pull down a restaurant’s rating. But not on WHO I CHOOSE – this…
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In a post-recession job market, more and more companies are leaning on temporary workers. This change means many homeowners and businesses need workers for small jobs, side jobs, contract jobs, day work, and temporary work. Many job sites focus on filling full-time and long-term employment. But LaborFeed matches workers with employers for contract and day-work job…
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“Tracky is a lot like a mullet: all business in the front, all social party in the back,” their website jokes. Tracky’s results are real and practical: you can manage multiple projects, keep track of to-do’s and timelines, and assign tasks. Unlike other project management tools, plans are based on the individual (rather than the…
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Vayable cofounder Jamie Wong used to help friends with their travel plans. It was a hobby; it was something she was simply very passionate about: sharing her own experiences and tips to others. She travel-planned honeymoons, family vacations, and romantic getaways for friends – then she blogged about it on WordPress. This began to spark…
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The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library and email…
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The Now app – which founder Ben Cera calls “a living map, like the Marauder’s map in Harry Potter” – is launching its third version today. Now is positioning itself as the event discovery component of picture sharing, using the popularity of a picture and location tagging from apps like Instagram to tell users what’s…
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Tech Cocktail covered Tips For Vino’s launch in September, and we wanted to check up on Mathieu Choux’s creation. The site offers an online wine class for servers that promises an instant surge in wine sales and better trained staff. “Guests have an expectation to receive excellent customer service,” says Choux. “That includes knowledge of…
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Ever find yourself a little curious to find out what brand of shirt or shoes a friend was wearing, or where they got it? Perhaps you went as far as to comment on their Facebook photo or Instagram pic, asking the same questions, or letting them know that you loved it, and want one. The…
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