Startup Q&As

Founded last Spring and now armed with $1.5m in Series A funding, MixRank is giving ‘performance advertisers’ a new level of ad data for higher quality results

A Q&A with MixRank co-founder and CEO Ilya Lichtenstein. The San Francisco–based company was founded in May 2011. SUB: Please describe what...

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January 3, 2012

Startup Q&As

Ecwid, which offers instant integrated ecommerce for SMBs, is using its recently raised $1.5 million in Series A for international expansion

A Q&A with Ecwid CEO Ruslan Fazlyev. The startup is a spinoff of Ulyanovsk, Russia–based Qualiteam Software, which was founded in 2001. Ecwid...

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January 2, 2012

Startup Q&As

After a huge $54 million funding injection, CouponCabin is ramping up its coupon and deals hub

A Q&A with CouponCabin COO Tim Fagan. The Whiting, Indiana–based company was founded in 2003. SUB: Please describe CouponCabin, and the...

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December 22, 2011

Startup Q&As

Backed by a recent $1.2 million Seed funding round, Own is giving merchants the social tools to build customer loyalty at the point-of-sale

A Q&A with Own founder and chairman Verdi Erel Ergün. The San Francisco–based company was founded in 2009. SUB: Please describe Own, and...

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December 19, 2011

Startup Q&As

HealthRally is creating a social space with a crowdsourced approach to health and wellness

A Q&A with HealthRally co-founder and CEO Zack Lynch. The San Francisco–based company was founded in March of 2010. SUB: Please describe...

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December 15, 2011

Startup Q&As

OwnLocal has a lofty goal—to empower traditional local media outlets to become their own digital marketing agencies

A Q&A with OwnLocal founder and CEO Lloyd W. Armbrust, II. The Austin, Texas-based company was founded in early 2010. SUB: Please explain...

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December 12, 2011

Startup Q&As

VoteIt combines online polling and collaboration in a unified decision-making engine

A Q&A with VoteIt co-founder and CEO Taylor Beery. The New Orleans–based company was founded in March of this year and recently secured $800K...

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December 8, 2011

Startup Q&As

Armed with $620K in seed funding, Hojoki has jumped into the cloud apps productivity space with a social integration and sharing platform

A Q&A with Hojoki co-founder and CEO Martin Böhringer. The company is based in Germany and was founded in March of this year. SUB: Please...

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December 6, 2011

Startup Q&As

With its in-store navigation and shopping platform, aisle411 seeks to make trips to the market a breeze

A Q&A with aisle411 co-founder and CEO Nathan Pettyjohn. The company was a Featured Startup on StartUp Beat back in July, and has since released...

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December 5, 2011

Startup Q&As

Flowdock, which just raised $650K in seed funding, connects group chat and other communication tools for seamless online collaboration

A Q&A with Flowdock co-founder and CEO Otto Hilska. The Helsinki, Finland–based company was founded in late 2009. SUB: Please describe...

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November 30, 2011

Startup Q&As

ConnectYard is bringing an integrated social media platform to colleges and universities, with an eye on expansion to other markets

  A Q&A with ConnectYard co-founder and CEO Don Doane. The Wayne, New Jersey-based company was founded in 2007. SUB: Please describe...

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November 28, 2011

Startup Q&As

Flow enables cross-platform data sharing for apps, backed up by $3 million in seed funding and an experienced team

A Q&A with Flow co-founder and CEO Eric Alterman. The New York City–based company was founded in early 2010. SUB: Please describe Flow, and...

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November 23, 2011