If you died tomorrow, who would get your stuff? What song do you want played at your funeral? The government will decide for you, if you do not have a will (everything but the music, that is). Parents are not the only ones who need to have a will. Basically, anyone with financial obligations or…
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Think about your neighborhood (at home or work). How many people within an easily accessible radius have some kind of basic household, office, or event equipment that you need, but would rather not buy? Think about what you have on hand that’s really useful every once in a while, but just sits around a lot…
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Unfortunately, tragic events in recent memory have illustrated the crucial need of efficient and effective response in times of emergency or crisis. The stakes are high, time is at a premium, and mistakes are compounded. This is the reason companies big and small, governments, and crisis response teams have continuity plans in place – plans…
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The popular saying used to be, “There’s an app for that.” But, with the wave of niche startups in just about anything that you can imagine, the new saying should be, “There is a startup for that…and that, and that.’” PaddleYou is leading the way. This creative startup lets you custom design ping pong paddles using photos…
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After creating Sortfolio, a site for finding web designers, Jason Fried and his team at 37signals spent months searching for new parents for their baby. They knew it could grow up to have a good, successful life, but they were unable to provide for it themselves. Finally, they chose Krishna Gupta and Eric Marthinsen. The…
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Tech Cocktail is headed back to DC. Why? Because we’re a fan of good ideas. On May 15th, Tech Cocktail will be Mixing things up at 1776 to showcase a fresh batch of local startups. < Sign Up for the Mixer Here > We’ll have more than a dozen up-and-coming startups on hand showcasing their goods, but…
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The following post is sponsored by LogiAnalytics, a business intelligence company, named a challenger in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. Test. Measure. Refine. Achieving desired results requires meaningful data. You wouldn’t dare launch a website without including analytics. Your app should be no different. With the world of application analytics still…
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CompStak, a startup that sells comparison data on commercial property leases, has just announced its planned expansion into the Los Angeles market June 1st, and into the Washington D.C. market July 1st. Opportunity exists where data are hard to come by. CompStak is positioning itself as a partner to a commercial real estate market that…
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Alongside their babysitter and gardener badges, Los Angeles Girl Scouts will soon be able to show off a video game design patch. Partnering with Women in Games International, the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles plans to launch the new patch in the upcoming school year. Among the more than 40,000 Girl Scouts in Los…
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This post is part of Tech Cocktail’s “Healthy Entrepreneur” series, bringing you insights on food, exercise, and sleep on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout May. The series is presented by Coromega (more info and a giveaway at the bottom). For many, regulating a healthy body composition is a lifelong battle. Countless hours are dedicated sweating on the stairmaster…
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From the moment you walk in the door at work in the morning, to the moment you switch off start ignoring your iPhone at night, your mind should be on one thing – your customers. If your mind is on anything other than your users when making business decisions, it’s likely because you are operating…
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Last night, SquareOffs, a social-focused, online polling startup, took home the title of Kansas City’s Hottest Showcasing Startup, at a capacity-packed Boulevard Brewing Company as part of Tech Cocktail’s KC Mixer and Startup Showcase. Built on the frustration of the lack of innovation of online polling, SquareOffs uses Facebook and Twitter authentication to shift the…
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Launch Fest is an event that combines an entrepreneurship conference with a demo day for the Launch Pad accelerator class of 2013, and yesterday marked their fourth annual event. The goal of this year’s Launch Fest, from the startup perspective, was to showcase the best investment-ready companies in New Orleans to local angel and national…
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YouEye, an online user research platform that features remote usability testing with emotion recognition, today announced that it has raised $3,000,000, led by investors Bobby Yazdani, Brian McClendon and Beth McClendon. YouEye’s platform features webcam and audio recording, so companies can view participants as they browse through sites and listen to spoken feedback. Since testing…
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The Iron Yard, an incubator and accelerator in South Carolina, today announced the launch of a new accelerator focused on health. The Digital Health Program follows in the footsteps of other health accelerators, such as DreamIt Health, Rock Health, and Blueprint Health. Participants get $20,000 in funding and three months of mentorship, and coworking space that…
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