Categorized: startups-appsWhether you’re the manager at a company or a member of the team, happiness in the workplace is valued by every employee. With Hppy, employees can track their happiness at work and managers can observe their employees’ feelings. According to Hppy, 86 percent of people excel in the workplace when they’re happy. On the other…
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Categorized: startups-appsCommonBond‘s peer-to-peer lending model has received plenty of attention for its novel – and smart – method of helping B-school students actually afford their degrees. With some MBA students graduating with a pile of loans equal to a mortgage, CommonBond’s crowdfunding solution is a welcomed innovation. As an MBA myself, I am glad to see…
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Categorized: entrepreneurThe 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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Categorized: entrepreneurWe get it, you’re busy. You weren’t able to get to every Tech Cocktail post this week. Fear not, because we’ve curated the week’s top 10(ish) posts as determined by the Tech Cocktail editorial team. To get the Tech Cocktail weekly wrap-up direct to your inbox, sign up for the Tech Cocktail newsletter today. The Top…
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Categorized: ProductivityApp development is a hot-ticket item these days, and there are a multitude of companies that work to make life easier for designers and developers. Inside a Bit, an Italian consulting firm, recently released Plasmapage to do their part to help out. Initially designed for freelancers, web designers, small- and medium-sized IT companies, and big corporations alike,…
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Categorized: startups-appsWelp – the word is out. Tech Cocktail has been touring the country all year uncovering the hottest startups in more than 20 cities. The winners in each city go onto go onto the next round for the chance to qualify for Tech Cocktail Celebrate, our new national startup competition, held in downtown Las Vegas on October…
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Categorized: NewsGoFundMe, a popular San Diego-based personal crowdfunding website, announced the purchase of Crowdfunding.com for $175,000 on June 4th. GoFundMe co-founder and CEO Brad Damphousse confirmed the domain purchase from Australian Internet entrepreneur, Mat Walker, and officially closed the deal on May 18, 2013. Traditionally, crowdfunding is associated with financing creative projects, inventions, or startups, but…
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Categorized: NewsYesterday, June 6th, marked the launch of Peek’s Las Vegas market. Backed by Eric Schmidt, Jack Dorsey, and Ben Parr, the activity booking powerhouse puts everything in one place to help travelers and locals book amazing experiences. Co-founders Ruzwana Bashir and Oskar Bruening have established partnerships with celebrities, chefs, fashion designers, athletes, and local talents…
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Categorized: entrepreneurLaunched on Monday, The Yard is a new 300-person office and coworking space in New York City for the tech and creative industries. When you enter The Yard, you’re struck by the contrast between the white furniture and the old, exposed brick. The tenants are eclectic, too: from music producers to advertisers to photographers to…
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Categorized: entrepreneurThis article is for all those “wannabe” entrepreneurs who have not yet been able to start their journey. Most of the successful entrepreneurship stories you hear are always over-glorified. The story has an entrepreneur, or a couple of them, who start out in a garage, and there is barely food to eat. They work under…
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Categorized: startups-appsAppiphany today launched its iOS app InstaFeed, which allows users to create a fully customized Instagram experience. Through a new “subscription” paradigm, InstaFeed users can view content from their favorite Public Instagrammers without affecting their Instagram Following. The Appiphany team has pre-populated feeds with some of Instagram’s best content producers in popular categories of interest, such as…
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Categorized: entrepreneurThis post is part of Tech Cocktail’s “Psychological Guide to Starting Up” bringing you insights on the psychological and emotional challenges of startups throughout June. It’s as basic a question as it is indicative of an entrepreneur’s likelihood for long-term success. Why do you do what you do? Simon Sinek gives us all the reasons why ”why?” will help you…
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Categorized: businessThis weekend, Romotive alum Jen McCabe will take the first step toward Fabbed Labs, a project that could grow into a full 3D printing lab, factory, and maker community in downtown Las Vegas. Working with Motorola and the Downtown Project, she is co-hosting a makeathon where six teams will bring their ideas to 3D printed…
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Categorized: businessYou had a long day at work today, the dishes are done, and the kids are asleep, but what are you going to feed them for breakfast tomorrow? It creeps up your spine, slowly, and then dawns upon you that you have no food in the fridge. Instead of freaking out, hop on Amazon, buy…
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Categorized: NewsViacom and Comedy Central released a stand-alone extension app, CC: Stand-Up, for iOS today. Aileen Budow, SVP Corporate Communications at Viacom Entertainment Group, assures me that an Android version is in the works as well. Users who get the free iOS app can stream video footage from over 700 of their favorite comedians in crisp resolution….
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