Saturday, March 29, 2008

Figuringout----To help you figure out what you need to do to achieve your true potential in your personal and professional goals

What Company Is Offering:
To help you figure out what you need to do to achieve your true potential in your personal and professional goals.

As a team of coaches their job satisfaction comes from helping others feel confident, assured and clear in who they are and what they can achieve.

They question, you talk and they listen to help you unravel your thoughts and identify options that you could take. They are independent to family and friends so they have no ulterior motive, they want what is best for you!

How It Works:

The coaching part of Figuring Out's service focuses on clarifying career goals, mastering interview techniques and learning new job search strategies, among other objectives. Such career coaching programmes can come in packages of three or more one-hour sessions in person or by phone or e-mail, and are priced on average between GBP 80 and GBP 100 per hour. The work experience portion of Figuring Out's services, however, is where clients can begin testing out their options. Tapping into its Striding Out network of businesses, Figuring Out identifies and connects clients with flexible, part-time work placement opportunities that can provide the right type of work experience for their needs. The work experience service is charged at an additional fee, depending on the range and type of placements required. The result, however, is a realistic, hands-on feel for what each career possibility would really be like.

Figuring Out is a sister company of Striding Out, a support network for entrepreneurs. It was through Striding Out that Figuring Out was born.

As a company they want to inspire and support their clients to make the right choices. They will keep you posted on relevant news and exciting opportunities which they feel will help you take the right steps.

More at:http://www.figuringout.co.uk/

SemanticHacker $1M Innovators' Challenge

SHIC is a unique opportunity to be awarded for a significant contribution to identifying and jumpstarting a new semantic discovery application for TextWise.

The judging panel will be selectively choosing up to 3 award recipients. That recipient is awarded:

$100,000 immediate payout.

Development and rollout of the software prototype and/or business plan by TextWise
Become a part of the team.

Up to an additional $900,000 during the first year after the application is released .

To qualify for the Challenge, participants must submit:

Software Prototype OR
Business Plan OR
Both a Software Prototype and a Business Plan
as well as a complete Challenge Entry Form.

More at:http://www.semantichacker.com/challenge

Billeo --- makes all online transactions convenient, simple and secure

What Company Says:

Whether you're paying bills, shopping online or need help managing passwords, Billeo combines three great tools into one convenient package to make your online life easier and more secure.

How It Works:

It provides consumers a free service that makes all online transactions convenient, simple and secure. Powered by the largest biller directory in the industry, Billeo offers consumers the greatest flexibility in managing their online bills, as well as their passwords or any other information involved in online transactions. Online Banking report has recognized Billeo with the ePayment "Best of the Web" award.



Billeo is a venture-backed firm that brings innovative features to make the online lives of our consumers hassle free. Their product helps users make payments, record receipts and access their online world in a safe and secure fashion. They have been in business for nearly three years and continually reinvented and reviewed our products to better fit our consumers needs and requests.

More at:http://www.billeo.com/

Classtools.net----Create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash

What Company Is Offering:

Create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash!
Host them on your own blog, website or intranet!

How It Works:

Each template can be saved as a stand-alone HTML file or as a Widget that can be embedded into a blog or wiki - as long as it is non-commercial.The templates need to run "live" from the server. An internet connection is therefore needed.There is no charge for creating or using any of these templates.

More at:http://www.classtools.net/

Skimbit is a fun web tool that makes it easy to make complicated and social decisions

What Company is Offering:
Skimbit is a fun web tool that makes it easy to make complicated and social decisions. Skimbit helps you: gather research on a project (e.g. picking a holiday house, deciding on a wedding dress), collaborate and get feedback from friends
make and act upon a decision.

How It Works:

Social decision-making is when you make a decision in a social way. Rather than deciding on something on your own, you seek advice and feedback from friends, family, colleagues, or the general public. Skimbit aims to make this process fun and easy. There are other sites that let you bookmark and share websites among friends, but only Skimbit is tailored to helping you make and act upon a decision. In addition to pooling together websites, Skimbit helps you sort, filter and analyse all the information you collect.

A project is how they refer to any decision you need to make, or research you need to do e.g. choosing a holiday house, researching which TV to buy or finding a venue for your wedding.

Login to Skimbit and click on 'Start a project'. Here you can enter all the information about your project, like the type of decision and the decision-making criteria. Once you have finished, Skimbit will create your own project webpage and you can begin your search process.

More at:http://skimbit.com/

Virb is a community website that combines social interaction

What Company Is Offering:

A place that lets you put all of the things that make you you – photos, videos, blogs – in one place. So you can find friends (and friends can find you). VIRB° is a website that combines you, your interests, your friends and the things you like with music, art, fashion, film and more. Stay connected with your friends. Find new music. View and upload good videos, photos and more.

How It Works:

Virb is a community website that combines social interaction with music and entertainment exploration. It's a great way to keep in touch and meet people with similar interests. Use Virb to discover music, videos, cool companies and organizations... then share what you find with your friends.


More at:http://virb.com/