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TC Cribs: Quirky, The NYC Startup Where Unique Inventions Are Brought To Life - TechCrunch


TC Cribs: Quirky, The NYC Startup Where Unique Inventions Are Brought To Life
TechCrunch
So for this episode of TechCrunch Cribs, we jetted over to New York City to check out the headquarters of Quirky, a startup founded back in 2009 with the aim of “making invention accessible.” Quirky is a company that crowdsources ideas for unique ...

Meeting Startup Investors at a Bigger SXSW - Wall Street Journal (blog)


Wall Street Journal (blog)

Meeting Startup Investors at a Bigger SXSW
Wall Street Journal (blog)
SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN, WSJ reporter: Guy Wolcott, co-founder of an app startup called Homesnap, met billionaire Steve Case around this time last year at the annual South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Five months later, Mr. Case's venture-capital ...

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Home Security Startup Raises $180000 With Its Own Crowd Funding Platform - Forbes


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Home Security Startup Raises $180000 With Its Own Crowd Funding Platform
Forbes
LC: Scout came out of the Sandbox Industries startup foundry in Chicago, IL. We had some initial seed money from Sandbox to do the research and development on the project. We used that money to complete the market research, create our initial ...
Can crowdfunding resources like Kickstarter offer long-term sustainability for ...Boston.com (blog)

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Step 1 for a Successful Startup: Identifying a Need in Your Community - Forbes


Step 1 for a Successful Startup: Identifying a Need in Your Community
Forbes
For example, Community Elf, an innovative startup, found that among the community of small businesses there was confusion and trepidation with regards to the use of social media and then developed a highly successful solution for these businesses.

500 Startups announces Parker Thompson as partner, has plans for SF office - GigaOM


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500 Startups announces Parker Thompson as partner, has plans for SF office
GigaOM
500 Startups has named a new partner and has opened an office in New York, and has plans to add a San Francisco office in the future. Dave McClure 500 Startups demo day Mountain View accelerator. A new partner will be joining 500 Startups, the startup ...

GE and StartUp Health Select 13 Companies For Its Three Year Health ... - TechCrunch


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GE and StartUp Health Select 13 Companies For Its Three Year Health ...
TechCrunch
Back in January, we reported that GE would be partnering up with healthtech startup incubator StartUp Health and selecting 13 consumer healthcare startups (originally 10) to participate in a three year program designed to nurture and accelerate their ...
Caremerge selected for GE startup programChicago Business Journal
Big data, mobile health entrepreneurs in StartUp Health's new class get GE ...MedCity News
StartUp, GE reveal 13 startups in new classmobihealthnews
MarketWatch (press release) -Mobile World Live
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SEBI clears Startup village Angel fund - Deccan Chronicle


SEBI clears Startup village Angel fund
Deccan Chronicle
Kochi: Startup Village, here, which is completing one year on Monday, will soon launch an angel fund to help 'incubatees'. “All formalities are over and we have also received Sebi approval for the fund,” Startup Village chairman Sanjay Vijayakumar told ...

Student startup marketplace opens in bottom floor of Michigan Union - AnnArbor.com


Student startup marketplace opens in bottom floor of Michigan Union
AnnArbor.com
Student startup companies showed off their products at the first VEX Venture Expo in the Michigan Union. Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com. Student startup companies have a new a stepping-stone to bring their products and ideas to market. The VEX Venture ...

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Supporting Startup Communities: Some Reflections on 'Brant's Rant' - Xconomy


Supporting Startup Communities: Some Reflections on 'Brant's Rant'
Xconomy
I've had the pleasure of being part of San Diego's entrepreneurial tech community since the '70s when, armed with my fresh Harvard doctorate, I joined a little company called Linkabit (the practice run for Qualcomm). I quickly learned what a start-up ...

Silicon Valley Crash Pad Becomes Crash Course for Global Startups - Bloomberg


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Silicon Valley Crash Pad Becomes Crash Course for Global Startups
Bloomberg
There's a United Nations feel to Silicon Valley's Plug and Play Tech Center. Amid people speaking French and Russian, a group from Hong Kong recently toured the startup accelerator, where more than a dozen foreign flags hung prominently in the lobby.
Asha Motwani Funds India-US Entrepreneurial ProgramIndia West

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