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...

Aug 3, 2011

A few months ago we introduced Tech.li readers to Taxi Share Chicago, an Android app making its debut in the Windy City. Nearly 1,000 downloads later, we’re happy to share an update. We’ve all been there. Running from corner to corner hoping to catch a cab downtown. Sometimes you’d luck out and hail one with the first wave of your hand. But...

Aug 3, 2011

In these still unsteady economic times, everyone is trying to save a buck. And for those of us who have not jumped on the extreme couponing bandwagon quite yet, there is a place you can boast about that Banana Republic sweater you found on clearance for $10. Meet BragTaggs. Founder Christopher Sell had the idea for BragTaggs watching his mother, sister and...

Aug 2, 2011

I don’t know anyone who likes health insurance, not patients and not health care providers. Deal Me Health seeks to take advantage of that by offering a new way of paying for your medical costs. From my perspective as a patient or receiver of health care, I feel like I pay a lot of money for a lot of hassle and not a lot of benefit.  Each time I visit a...

Aug 1, 2011

Milwaukee-Area startup KnockDown Ninja employees seem to have a flair for the dramatic: they are not simply looking to help you save a few bucks on tickets to popular events; they want to cut them down ninja-style. Owners Zach Gohr and Dan Voell have developed a 2-step process for encouraging people like you to share their interest in events with your social...

Aug 1, 2011

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