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How this Startup is Building a Fortune 500 Client List

Published March 31, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: The Web, Investing, StartupsTagged innovative, startup, Fortune 500 company, social media, IPO, search engine optimization, professional bloggers, monetize, communicate with your customer, Percolate, James Gross, Noah Brier, The Barbarian Group, Likemind, Federated Media Publishing, Feedster, Social Media Brand Management, target audience, raising venture capital, Sequoia Capital, blue chip clientele list
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Automating social media posts was the ‘it’ technology for businesses and professional bloggers about 4 years ago; but now it takes a hell of a lot more than simple automation to efficiently promote your message. Navigating social media, content platforms and every other communication channel …

Never Partner With Someone in Business Just Because They Have Deep Pockets

Published March 24, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Investing, StartupsTagged reputation, startup tech investments, tech startup, tech company, alternative energy, G8 Government, R&D stage, commercialization, joint venture partnership, Minority partners, start-up phase, silent partners
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I was awoken around 5AM to a text message from my business partner. It read “spoke to Bob… sounds like he’s given up.” Translation: My business partner was informing me that one of our startup tech investments, which combined we had roughly $150,000 of our …

HealthTap Garners $38 Million for Online Checkup Business

Published March 15, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: The Web, StartupsTagged competition, startups, HealthTap, patient diagnosing, doctors who are online, fee-based model, premium services, health monitoring devices, doctor-patient relationships, unique visitors, medical services, Series B investment, Khosla Ventures, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Ron Gutman, health issues, medical issues, Health 2.0
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I am not old enough to remember the days of doctor’s house calls, but I can only imagine how convenient that would have been. Falling ill these days has become a major pain, even if it’s just for allergies, or the flu, or for anything …

The Next Major Retail IPO

Published March 13, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: The Web, Investing, StartupsTagged entrepreneur, venture capitalists, entrepreneurial spirit, e-commerce, Online retail, Series C placement, IPO, Wayfair.com, online retail store, Steve Conine, Niraj Shah, websites of dedicated products, fragmented sites, Wayfair, start-up, commodotization of retailing, key success factor, brand recognition, T. Rowe Price, search engine optimization
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Online retail is not exclusively the domain of Amazon.com. There are others out there. One in particular that I like is a company which started up just a few years ago, and just this week received a hefty valuation of $2 billion. That valuation was …

Titan Aerospace’s Drones Are the Next Facebook Acquisition Target?

Published March 12, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged innovation, Facebook, competition, startups, Mark Zuckerberg, Titan Aerospace, atmospheric satellites, internet connectivity, Titan Aerospace's viability, big audacious goals, Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation, product offering, legislation for UAVs, heavy regulation, James Reiner, Nano satellites, multi-billion dollar technology, Legislative risk, liberalizing communications, crowdfunding
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By this point, most of you have probably heard the rumor that Facebook is contemplating the purchase of drone maker Titan Aerospace. Indeed, if true, it is a stroke of genius on the part of the folks at Facebook. After all, according to Mark Zuckerberg‘s …

Reflektion Creates Technology That Predicts What You Will Buy Next

Published March 11, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged technology, innovator, startups, first to market, Internet of Things, Reflektion, Predictive Analytics Platform, Intel Ventures, big data, Sean Moran, SaaS, Series B investors, predictive analytics, behaviour data, Hamid Savoj
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Imagine a world with 9 billion people forming the largest marketplace ever seen. Imagine the Internet of Things being able to identify and locate every product on this planet, in real time - forming the largest inventory of goods. Imagine the potential. However, with that …

Raising Millions for a New Kind of Mayonnaise

Published March 10, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Service, StartupsTagged Bill Gates, competition, venture capitalists, niche, Great startup ideas, raw eggs, processed food products, new product, Hampton Creek Foods, Just Mayo, plant-based ingredients, health conscious, Horizon Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Josh Tetrick, socially responsible, vegan market, first to market
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I’m no Rocky Balboa. I find raw eggs repulsive and studies have shown that they are not meant to be consumed by humans. Unfortunately, there are a number of processed food products that taste brilliant, but they contain unsavory things such as raw eggs. Take …

Lock8’s Bike Technology - A Hipster’s Dream

Published March 3, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Transport, StartupsTagged entrepreneurs, innovation, competition, reputation, a great startup, Franz Salzmann. startup, Daniel Zajarias-Fainsod, Lock8, Lock8's technology, bike sharing, Foxconn, bike sharing concept, low barrier to entry, Lock8’s remote bike lock, scalable
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It takes more than just great ideas to chisel a great startup. It’s immensely important to have strong people driving it too, and every once in a while you come across a startup with a great idea, driven by great people. That’s what we have …

Open Utility Creates Disruptive Platform for Global Energy Market

Published February 27, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Service, StartupsTagged startup, free market, business model, global warming, energy producers, greener solution, cogen plants, micro producers, Open Utility, independent power producers, p2p, cloud technology, James Johnston, Andy Kilner, Renewable Energy Systems, Climate-KIC Accelerator Program, micro energy producers, prime candidate for a buyout
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Whether your brand of politics advances or retards your belief in global warming and pollution, the one thing the numbers are clear about, is that old world energy producers are beginning to take a hit where it matters most - their bottom line. This is …

Boxbee Business Model Capitalizes on Urbanization

Published February 25, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Real Estate / For the Home, StartupsTagged entrepreneur, startup, startups, Kristoph Mathews, angel funds, Boxbee's unique value proposition, Dropbox, space management, space optimization, Boxbee's signature yellow boxes, growth phase, customer adoption curve, Boxbee’s reputation
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Kristoph Mathews is a jet-set, globe-trotting entrepreneur who is a recent recipient of angel funds to advance the development of his brainchild, Boxbee, Simple Urban Storage. If you think his company’s name says it all, you’re wrong. There is a lot more to Boxbee than …

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