Moving from concept to business: The eight principles of Zero to One
By Ross Beyeler, founder and CEO, Growth Spark I’ve met with hundreds of entrepreneurs all at varying stages in their ventures. The overwhelming...
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Metanautix emerges from stealth mode to help cut the complexity out of big data analysis
A Q&A with Metanautix co-founder and CEO Theo Vassilakis. The Palo Alto-based big data analytics startup launched out of stealth mode in early...
SwipeStation is an on-premise marketing solution built to ‘close-the-loop’ for marketers
A Q&A with SwipeStation co-founder Sam Fresco. The Hertfordshire, UK-based startup, which offers a mobile device-connected scanner and printer...
Pantry’s RFID-based technology powers vending machines with fresh food that you may actually want to buy
A Q&A with Pantry co-founder Alex Yancher. The San Francisco-based startup, which offers technology that enables fresh food vending machines,...
Featured Startup Pitch: RAZ Mobile wants to help nonprofits go mobile and make it easier for individuals to give
By Dale Knoop, RAZ Mobile founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH RAZ Mobile seeks to disrupt the philanthropy space first by delivering an iTunes model...
Advice Wallet plans for big expansion in Eastern Europe with its Settle mobile payments and loyalty app
A Q&A with Advice Wallet co-founder Stas Matvienko. The Kiev, Ukraine-based startup, which offers a combined payments and loyalty app for...
Featured Startup Pitch: By tapping into unused call center agent time, LiveAnswer offers small businesses access to live, 24/7 customer support
By Adam Boalt, LiveAnswer founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH LiveAnswer improves small business customer service and sales by answering their...
Recently-launched Tracksmith is a niche fashion brand for serious runners
A Q&A with Tracksmith co-founder and CEO Matt Taylor. The Wellesley, Massachusetts-based startup, which produces premium clothing and bags for...
Featured Startup Pitch: FirmPlay is out to upset the online job search paradigm by giving job seekers insight into companies’ cultural ‘DNA’
By Vasilios Alexiou, FirmPlay co-founder ELEVATOR PITCH FirmPlay is a new job search platform that takes job seekers behind-the-scenes at...
A dozen reasons why startups, and their investors, seek federal trademark registrations
By Timothy Engling, partner, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP StartUp Beat readers are visionaries who appreciate entrepreneurship and...
Featured Startup Pitch: dough has built a mobile financial trading platform with an eye on Millenials
By Kristi Ross, dough co-founder and co-CEO ELEVATOR PITCH dough is a free interactive mobile app for do-it-yourself investors of all ages and...
With a fresh round of funding in the bank, Thinknum seeks to wean Wall Street off of ad-hoc spreadsheets with its Cloud-based financial analysis platform
A Q&A with Thinknum co-founder Justin Zhen. The New York City-based startup, which is a Cloud-based financial analysis and research platform for...
