Aug 16, 2011

How do you find or choose a new doctor?  I know I choose my doctors based on what family members, friends or current doctors recommend.  Sometimes though, you need to find a doctor and the above options may not be convenient or available.  Imagine if you relocated to a new city?  Where do you turn to reliably find a doctor or caregiver? Currently, most...

Aug 13, 2011

The t-shirt is a fashion trend that will never die. It is comfortable, it is casual and often, you can make a statement (sartorial or otherwise) simply by wearing it. Sleevecandy takes our love of t-shirts and brings it back full circle to offer unique pre-owned torso coverage to the masses, with the added benefit of doing some philanthropic good in the...

Aug 12, 2011

[Austin, TX] FeedMagnet is a web application that helps brands curate and display social media from 14 social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Foursquare, and more. Headquartered in the GoLab co-working space in Austin, TX, their team of five is working hard to help Fortune 500 companies add social layers to their websites and...

Aug 11, 2011

Many startups begin in the same fashion: bootstrapping until they can find funding. And while they seek out these elusive monetary gains, they often end up becoming contestants in the game….quite literally. Thousands of contests and competitions have been conceived for startups and tech businesses, with the chance to bring money to the table and breathe...

Aug 10, 2011

Everyday people browse the Internet and magazines looking to emulate the style of their favorite celebrities. Entire websites are devoted to identifying what celebrities are wearing and where to get that exact item or at the very least, a cheaper lookalike. But how about taking it one step further and having a Groupon-like place where proceeds from the sale go...

Aug 6, 2011

How often do you feel that if the retail price for an item were only a few dollars less, you’d be all over it? Pegwise, launched in April by co-founders Jarred Trost and Andy Powell, is an online marketplace that connects a customer’s perceived value of the product to the price they pay. Running multi-unit flash auctions (they coined and trademarked...