A startup for startups: How one company is antiquating Priceline and Expedia with blockchain
In 2016 the global travel and tourism industry reached a value of $7.6 trillion. Unsurprisingly, many startups have been trying to find out how they...
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I-Fourth’s HyperGenerator provides power, clean air, and water in a single device
I-Fourth, a multicultural startup at the heart of the Colombian Andes, is developing a single technological solution for several of the world’s...
17-year old dropout aims to change the face of DIY customer service
Recently, chatbots have been getting a lot of attention about how they can help businesses with various customer-facing tasks -- particularly,...
Forget the Whole Foods price cuts, get your groceries for free instead
Amazon, in a bid to dominate the retail food industry, has slashed prices by up to 43 percent across its recently acquired Whole Foods grocery...
Why the marijuana industry is the only proper startup industry
The legal marijuana industry is expected to expand to nearly $8 billion by 2020, meanwhile the industry is in a nervous place. (more…)...
Sarahah, the app encouraging honesty in Saudi Arabia
On any given day, the average person is lied to between 10 and 200 times, according to deception detecting expert Pamela Meyer. As is the case...
Bureo: A skateboard company riding the wave of sustainability
Back in 2013, as I sat looking for a job for the upcoming summer, I asked myself the question: What interests me? Of my responses, two stood out:...
3 startups for coffee lovers
If you are anything like me then your brain probably doesn't wake up until about 30 minutes after your eyes open, just after the first coffee of the...
3 startups saving trees and the planet
Every day since 1979, a man named Payeng has planted a tree on his home island of Majuli and the neighboring Jorhat. Once upon a time, both islands...
Startups ride Nigeria’s economic rise
Breaking the chain of unsuccessful economic quarters, Nigeria rejoices as it officially ends its worst recession in 29 years. Among several economic...
4 startups at the forefront of alternative blockchain applications
It is no secret that interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have surged to unprecedented levels, especially considering Bitcoin's recent...
Datum: The startup that lets you monetize your data
In our modern world of prodigious data production, the phrase “knowledge is power” has probably never been more applicable. Data has emerged as...
