Justin is the product evangelist for AddThis. Previously, he ran marketing at Tech Cocktail, online marketing at HelloWallet, and marketing at Clearspring. He lives in St Louis, MO.
In the startup world, we’re constantly talking about the importance of company culture. We define our corporate values and put them on t-shirts and posters all over our offices. But company cultural values don’t mean much until you find yourself in real life situations…
Yesterday, Foursquare announced they’ve integrated GrubHub and Seamless directly into their mobile apps. Now when you’re looking for food in Foursquare, if either service is possible for that particular establishment, you’ll be presented with GrubHub or Seamless as an option. One click and you can…
TechCrunch reported yesterday that DC-based founder matchmaking startup CoFoundersLab has acquired one of their competitors, stealth New York-based Wonpy. As part of the deal, Wonpy co-founder Erick Brimen will come over to CoFoundersLab as COO & VP of Finance. Wonpy’s other co-founder Luis Pallares will not be…
The Washington Post’s Steven Overly is reporting that Washington DC-based LivingSocial is going to close their 918 F. St NW class & events facility, as well as cease production of all live events as of this spring. Additionally, as part of the Amazon.com’s regulatory…
Downtown Las Vegas-based co-working space /usr/lib is set to close on Thursday, January 30th. Located above The Beat Coffeeshop (at the corner of 6th and Fremont), the space is currently run by Downtown Project’s Work In Progress, which operates two other co-working spaces nearby. Back in…
Last night at the DC Tech Meetup, the team behind CapitolHop demoed their recently launched, and very beautiful, public transit navigation app that services the Washington, DC metro area. With the app, you can get real-time metro (subway) and bus departure schedules. While this isn’t…
VegasTechFund portfolio company Zirtual officially launched their virtual assistant service this week to the general public. With plans ranging from $199 to $1199, you can get your own dedicated US-based “Zirtual Assistant” you can use to help offload tasks in order to make your life easier. They…
Fortune Senior Editor Dan Primack recently reported that True Ventures is raising their fourth fund at around $225M in capital. In the new fund, Washington, DC-based John Burke will apparently transition from General Partner to a Venture Partner. John has made investments in DC-based startups Spree…
Not all the innovation in downtown Las Vegas is happening in the Fremont East neighborhood. On Tuesday, The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino (both part of the historic Fremont Experience) announced they’ll be accepting bitcoin as payment. Patrons can use…
Elevation DC recently reported that DC-based Blue Tiger Labs just released a mobile comparison app called PriceSpotting. Soft-launched during CES, PriceSpotting reports the prices of products at local stores that have been scanned and contributed back-up into the greater PriceSpotting system. They claim that their community…
LivingSocial’s outgoing CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy recently did an interview with Fortune Magazine’s senior editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky about the state of the business that he’ll be leaving as soon as the company finds a replacement. In the interview, he reveals some interesting stats about LivingSocial: “This is…
Last Thursday at Tech Cocktail Week, Blackboard founder and former CEO, and Social Radar founder and CEO, Michael Chasen, shared some insight gleaned from his rich entrepreneurial experience. Here are five pieces of unconventional wisdom he learned while building Blackboard to become a company…
Yesterday, In The Capital reported that Joe Corbett is joining well-known DC design agency nclud. Joe will be relocating back to Washington, DC and reporting directly to CEO Kerry Gunther. He had moved to New Orleans earlier this year, where he started his own…
