Do’s and don’ts for the globe-trotting international entrepreneur
By Scott L. Girard Jr., editor-in-chief, Expert Business Advice Doing business internationally is very exciting. It can also be overwhelming. Not...
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Chubbies Shorts is on a mission to own the men’s shorts market and define the ‘weekend lifestyle’
A Q&A with Chubbies Shorts co-founder Kyle Hency. The San Francisco-based startup, which designs and sells men’s shorts, announced the...
Beepi has big name backers for its big idea on how to make buying or selling a used car ‘delightful’
A Q&A with Beepi co-founder and CEO Ale Resnik. The Los Altos, California-based startup, which has built an end-to-end used car selling and...
Featured Startup Pitch: Uber for lawn mowing: GreenPal wants to make lawn care simple for homeowners and more profitable for service providers
By Bryan Clayton, GreenPal co-founder and CEO Elevator Pitch: GreenPal is lawn care made easy. Now a busy homeowner can order lawn mowing from...
Autonomous robotics startup Knightscope wants to dramatically cut urban crime by combining robots, data and crowdsourcing
A Q&A with Knightscope co-founder and VP of marketing and sales Stacy Stephens. The Mountain View, California-based startup, which has developed...
Featured Startup Pitch: Petnostics’ iOS app enables pet parents to check on their dog’s or cat’s health from home
By Stephen Chen, Petnostics founder Elevator Pitch: Petnostics allows pet owners to check their pet’s health, instantly. Pet parents simply...
Featured Startup Pitch: Y Combinator-backed SimplyInsured wants to tame the healthcare monster for small businesses and their employees
By Vivek Shah, SimplyInsured co-founder and CEO Elevator Pitch: SimplyInsured is 100 percent paperless and online health insurance for small...
A message to venture capitalists: I reject your reality and substitute my own
By Paul Proffitt, SunDown RunDown founder Venture capitalists, your days are numbered. This isn’t a threat leveled by me. It’s not even an...
Stitch launches public beta of its mobile productivity platform for salespeople
A Q&A with Stitch co-founder and CEO Somrat Niyogi. The San Francisco-based startup, which is a mobile productivity platform for salespeople, is...
Queue has developed a virtual solution that just may do away with physical lines for in-demand products
A Q&A with Queue co-founder Joe Sanchis. The San Francisco-based company, which has developed a dynamic virtual ‘smart line’ for customers...
Featured Startup Pitch: Mash Machine has reinvented the DJing experience for simpler music mashups
By Guy Gross, Mash Machine CEO Elevator Pitch: Mash Machine is a new multimedia platform bringing audio and visual controls into a single tangible...
Utrip launches its AI-based trip planner out of beta with $750K in new funding
A Q&A with Utrip founder and CEO Gilad Berenstein. The Seattle-based startup, which offers a travel planner that utilizes predictive technology...
