Jul 14, 2011

Ever since I discovered Pandora, I have not strayed from my preferred music provider. Other services have come along, but none with the qualities that mattered most to me: finding new music, giving some feedback (thumbs up or down) and creating new stations. But last week I was turned on to turntable.fm; it not only has all the great qualities of Pandora, but...

Jul 13, 2011

I admit it: I’m a new-notebooks-and-pens nerd. I always wanted to purchase my school supplies for the next school year as soon as the list came out, which was typically with the final report card of the previous year. Had Lost Crates been around back then, I probably would have had a whole array of paper products delivered to my door on a regular basis. And...

Jul 12, 2011

Nathan Pettyjohn was at a hardware store when he heard a customer ask for help finding grommets. The clerk said he had no idea what those were; the customer started yelling in frustration and walked out. As the hardware store lost a sale and the customer did not get what he wanted, Nathan saw something that would change his life: a problem he could solve. Out...

Jul 7, 2011

Have the next big idea, but don’t know where to start?  Junto is a new organization that helps grow ideas and make them into reality. Dedicated to helping early stage startups, Junto helps fund, build, and promote new business ideas. Although not an incubator itself, Junto is an incubator-like environment, providing a creative space for its “juntors.”...

Jul 5, 2011

Which is worse? Finding out that you have to undergo surgery or finding out how much the surgery will cost you? If you’re like me, the cost is probably worse.  Now, imagine if you could hop online and find a doctor with equivalent skill, equipment, and knowledge in another country that will do the procedure for a fraction of the cost.  That is the premise...

Jul 2, 2011

Awkward, uncomfortable conversations waste a lot of time. Hi, how are you? So what do you do? Nice weather today, huh? Oh yeah, baseball, terrible season. Social Tables, a website launched by DC-based co-founders Dan Berger and Matt Tendler, has come on the scene with the intent of banishing those meaningless conversations in favor of something a little more...