Startup Q&As

With a big funding round ($6M+) completed, OnBeep looks to bring its wearable, real-time group communications device to market

A Q&A with OnBeep co-founder and CEO Jesse Robbins. The San Francisco-based startup, which is developing a wearable, gesture-based communications...

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September 12, 2014

Startup Q&As

JIBO shatters crowdfunding goal for its robot with ‘heart’

A Q&A with JIBO co-founder and CEO Cynthia Breazeal. The Boston-based robotics startup has passed the $2 million mark in its Indiegogo...

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September 11, 2014

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Brussels-based Point Shout has built a mobile app that enables instant consumer feedback for brick-and-mortar retailers

By Ionut Danifeld, Point Shout co-founder ELEVATOR PITCH Established in 2013, Point Shout is a subscription-based mobile and web app solution...

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September 10, 2014

Advice

Finding the sweet spot in pricing startup products and services

By Melissa Gelfand, SurePayroll Let’s face it. You started a business for a variety of reasons, and one reason was inevitably to make money....

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September 10, 2014

Startup Q&As

Indonesian startup Bridestory has its sights set on tapping into the huge Asia-Pacific wedding services market

A Q&A with Bridestory co-founder and CEO Kevin Mintaraga. The Jakarta, Indonesia-based wedding vendor marketplace announced in late August that...

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September 9, 2014

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Decorist wants to make interior design more affordable and personalized for the masses

By Gretchen Hansen, Decorist co-founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH Decorist is an interior design platform—consisting of an expert team of brand...

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September 8, 2014

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Originally founded in Poland, now Silicon Valley-based Sher.ly has built a private cloud network that makes security a priority

By Blazej Marciniak, Sher.ly co-founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH Sher.ly is a software-based, localized private cloud network that allows for...

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September 5, 2014

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: ClutchPrep’s textbook-specific videos are made to help college students get better grades

By Marcio Souza, ClutchPrep co-founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH Clutch Prep helps college students actually understand concepts and score higher...

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September 4, 2014

Advice

Sales and marketing funnel best practices: Tech startup perspective

By Greg Gretsch, Sigma West managing director At a recent summit hosted by Sigma West, sales and marketing leaders met to share best practices for...

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September 4, 2014

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: MartMobi’s ecommerce platform is built to enable more merchants to optimize for sales via mobile device

By Satya Krishna Ganni, MartMobi co-founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH MartMobi’s mobile ecommerce platform helps online retailers dramatically...

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September 3, 2014

Startup Q&As

Just launched in its first market, Roost is bringing peer-to-peer to the self-storage business

A Q&A with Roost co-founder and CEO Jonathan Gillon. The San Francisco-based peer-to-peer self-storage platform announced its launch in the San...

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September 2, 2014

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: The Baby Burp is a marketplace for independent baby- and mom-focused retailers that features an integrated gift registry

By Amy Lingawi, The Baby Burp founder and CEO ELEVATOR PITCH The Baby Burp is an online marketplace of everything baby, toddler and mommy. It...

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August 29, 2014