What Company Is Offering:
ProxyDemocracy provides tools to help investors use their voting power to produce positive changes in the companies they own.
ProxyDemocracy aims to make proxy voting a more effective way of holding public corporations accountable to their shareholders and to society. We believe that society benefits when investors use their voting power, and we are building tools designed to make it much easier for them to do so.
It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan project supported by foundations that are themselves interested in being responsible investors.
ProxyDemocracy is supported by funding from the Panta Rhea Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation, the General Service Foundation, and RSF Social Finance.
More at:http://www.proxydemocracy.org/
Friday, June 20, 2008
IdeaSafe is a new way to protect this intellectual property against theft and misuse
What Company Is Offering:
What Company Is Offering:
Ideas and creativity are valuable assets in today’s world.
IdeaSafe is a new way to protect this intellectual property against theft and misuse.
It is an online safe for all forms of creative work. Use it to upload, back-up and safeguard electronic copies of your artwork, designs, ideas, scripts and manuscripts, music, photographs, website content, software, films, entertainment formats, pitches and strategies.
How It Works:
Quick and easy to use, it creates a sophisticated record of your electronic files, which IdeaSafe can independently verify. We can provide you with legally-recognised evidence confirming when you uploaded the files to your safe — thereby proving when you had an idea or created your work.
IdeaSafe provides you with peace of mind that your valuable property is securely locked away until you need to access it.
Log each stage of an idea or project development to protect your work from conception to completion. Also store memos and notes from meetings to create a full record of any disclosures of your ideas.
More at:http://www.theideasafe.com/
What Company Is Offering:
Ideas and creativity are valuable assets in today’s world.
IdeaSafe is a new way to protect this intellectual property against theft and misuse.
It is an online safe for all forms of creative work. Use it to upload, back-up and safeguard electronic copies of your artwork, designs, ideas, scripts and manuscripts, music, photographs, website content, software, films, entertainment formats, pitches and strategies.
How It Works:
Quick and easy to use, it creates a sophisticated record of your electronic files, which IdeaSafe can independently verify. We can provide you with legally-recognised evidence confirming when you uploaded the files to your safe — thereby proving when you had an idea or created your work.
IdeaSafe provides you with peace of mind that your valuable property is securely locked away until you need to access it.
Log each stage of an idea or project development to protect your work from conception to completion. Also store memos and notes from meetings to create a full record of any disclosures of your ideas.
More at:http://www.theideasafe.com/
MinuteFix makes it easy for anyone to get instant tech support anytime of the day for any tipe of computer help you may need
What Company Is Offering:
MinuteFix makes it easy for anyone to get instant tech support anytime of the day for any tipe of computer help you may need. The first service of its kind, MinuteFix charges per-minute, making it easy for you to get the tech support you need no matter what the computer repair might be. And, because they believe in their service so much, if they can't help you fix your computer, it's free. It is easy and fast, and best of all, you can get 24 hour tech support, every day of the year. You will always have access to a friendly online comnputer technican who can help you with any pc repair or laptop repair problem you may have.
How It Works:
After signing up for a free account, you will instantly be able to get computer support. Simply click on the "Get help now" button any time you have a technical question or problem and a live technician will call your number within 30 seconds of sending your request. Start now and get your first 5 minutes of support for free. No credit card required.
You'll be connected over the phone to a technician who will help you solve the issue. If necessary, and with your permission, they can request to see your screen remotely, and walk you through as if we were sitting right next to you.
You simply pay $0.99 per minute of support given. If they can't fix it, you don't pay. It's easy. Start now and get your first 5 minutes free.
More at:http://www.minutefix.com/
MinuteFix makes it easy for anyone to get instant tech support anytime of the day for any tipe of computer help you may need. The first service of its kind, MinuteFix charges per-minute, making it easy for you to get the tech support you need no matter what the computer repair might be. And, because they believe in their service so much, if they can't help you fix your computer, it's free. It is easy and fast, and best of all, you can get 24 hour tech support, every day of the year. You will always have access to a friendly online comnputer technican who can help you with any pc repair or laptop repair problem you may have.
How It Works:
After signing up for a free account, you will instantly be able to get computer support. Simply click on the "Get help now" button any time you have a technical question or problem and a live technician will call your number within 30 seconds of sending your request. Start now and get your first 5 minutes of support for free. No credit card required.
You'll be connected over the phone to a technician who will help you solve the issue. If necessary, and with your permission, they can request to see your screen remotely, and walk you through as if we were sitting right next to you.
You simply pay $0.99 per minute of support given. If they can't fix it, you don't pay. It's easy. Start now and get your first 5 minutes free.
More at:http://www.minutefix.com/
OurSignal.com looks at currently popular items on the top social news sites and mashes it all together
What Company Is Offering:
OurSignal.com looks at currently popular items on the top social news sites and mashes it all together.
The idea is to allow users (you especially) to get a rapid overview of what the latest breaking headlines are at the frontline of the intermatubes.
The bigger the box, the more relative votes a story has.
The warmer the color, the quicker the story is on the rise. Cooler colors denote negative velocity.Sources are refreshed every 15 minutes.
More at:http://www.oursignal.com/
OurSignal.com looks at currently popular items on the top social news sites and mashes it all together.
The idea is to allow users (you especially) to get a rapid overview of what the latest breaking headlines are at the frontline of the intermatubes.
The bigger the box, the more relative votes a story has.
The warmer the color, the quicker the story is on the rise. Cooler colors denote negative velocity.Sources are refreshed every 15 minutes.
More at:http://www.oursignal.com/
OrganizedWisdom.com, a New York-based provider of health-related online search services, has raised around $2.3 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
OrganizedWisdom is a Human-Powered, Physician-Guided Search Service for Health
Their goal is simple...to provide the best search service in the world for health by hand-crafting search results that physicians and consumers will recommend to their family and friends.
It shouldn't be a time-consuming process to quickly find links to the very best resources when searching for health information. So, they are solving this problem by adding the wisdom of trained expert search guides and physician reviewers to the power of algorithmic-only search tools and social bookmarking sites. This human-powered model helps us deliver far superior health search results by eliminating search index spam from low-quality websites, links to duplicative libraries of licensed health content or potentially dangerous web sites.
How Much They Got From VCs:
OrganizedWisdom.com, a New York-based provider of health-related online search services, has raised around $2.3 million in Series A funding led by ETF Venture Fund, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.organizedwisdom.com
OrganizedWisdom is a Human-Powered, Physician-Guided Search Service for Health
Their goal is simple...to provide the best search service in the world for health by hand-crafting search results that physicians and consumers will recommend to their family and friends.
It shouldn't be a time-consuming process to quickly find links to the very best resources when searching for health information. So, they are solving this problem by adding the wisdom of trained expert search guides and physician reviewers to the power of algorithmic-only search tools and social bookmarking sites. This human-powered model helps us deliver far superior health search results by eliminating search index spam from low-quality websites, links to duplicative libraries of licensed health content or potentially dangerous web sites.
How Much They Got From VCs:
OrganizedWisdom.com, a New York-based provider of health-related online search services, has raised around $2.3 million in Series A funding led by ETF Venture Fund, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.organizedwisdom.com
Mochi Media is dedicated to fueling the creativity of the gaming community got $10 million Series B round
What Company Is Offering:
Mochi Media is dedicated to fueling the creativity of the gaming community. The core product, MochiAds, is the largest online games advertising network for developers, advertisers and publishers. The network provides game developers with monetization, distribution and analytics while providing advertisers with turnkey opportunities to reach the one in three Internet users playing games online. The thousands of online games available in the game catalog provide publishers with engaging content to attract, entertain and retain their users.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mochi Media announced the close of a $10 million Series B round of financing, led by Shasta Ventures with support from previous investor Accel Partners. Mochi Media will use the money to continue to grow and scale its platform of tools and services for the game development community.
"Since Mochi Media entered the marketplace in 2005, they have been a disruptive and driving force in the Web gaming space," said Jason Pressman, partner at Shasta Ventures. "We see tremendous promise in the solutions they offer to brand advertisers and game developers. Mochi Media has cracked the code in the gaming market by providing these developers with tools to monetize and distribute games to a highly desirable audience."
Mochi Media has seen significant momentum since its initial round of funding. MochiAds, the company's flagship game distribution and ad network, now reaches over 60 million unique users per month since its October 2007 launch. MochiBot, the company's Flash analytics product, tracks over 650 million views per month for thousands of users. Mochi Media also recently announced MochiAds For Publishers, a free service that allows publishers to search, add and make money from the company's catalog of high quality games. In less than a month, more than 700 publishers have signed up for the service.
More at:http://www.mochimedia.com/
Mochi Media is dedicated to fueling the creativity of the gaming community. The core product, MochiAds, is the largest online games advertising network for developers, advertisers and publishers. The network provides game developers with monetization, distribution and analytics while providing advertisers with turnkey opportunities to reach the one in three Internet users playing games online. The thousands of online games available in the game catalog provide publishers with engaging content to attract, entertain and retain their users.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mochi Media announced the close of a $10 million Series B round of financing, led by Shasta Ventures with support from previous investor Accel Partners. Mochi Media will use the money to continue to grow and scale its platform of tools and services for the game development community.
"Since Mochi Media entered the marketplace in 2005, they have been a disruptive and driving force in the Web gaming space," said Jason Pressman, partner at Shasta Ventures. "We see tremendous promise in the solutions they offer to brand advertisers and game developers. Mochi Media has cracked the code in the gaming market by providing these developers with tools to monetize and distribute games to a highly desirable audience."
Mochi Media has seen significant momentum since its initial round of funding. MochiAds, the company's flagship game distribution and ad network, now reaches over 60 million unique users per month since its October 2007 launch. MochiBot, the company's Flash analytics product, tracks over 650 million views per month for thousands of users. Mochi Media also recently announced MochiAds For Publishers, a free service that allows publishers to search, add and make money from the company's catalog of high quality games. In less than a month, more than 700 publishers have signed up for the service.
More at:http://www.mochimedia.com/
Hanger Network In-Home Media provides leading national & regional marketers with advertising, promotion & sampling programs delivered directly
What Company Is Offering:
Hanger Network In-Home Media provides leading national & regional marketers with advertising, promotion & sampling programs delivered directly into the home through its proprietary network of 35,000 dry cleaners. Replacing billions of wire and plastic hangers, its patented EcoHangers have established an efficient and effective national marketing platform that's great for business and great for the environment. EcoHangers are 100% recycled and recyclable, manufactured in EPA-regulated factories in the U.S., and have proven to be stronger than wire hangers in laboratory strength tests.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Capitalizing on strong market traction with advertisers and strategic partners, Hanger Network (hangernetwork.com) announced a $10 million Series B Financing round, led by ABS Ventures with participation from existing investors Sigma Partners and Kodiak Venture Partners. Scott Yaphe of ABS Ventures will join Bob Davoli and Chip Meakem, Series A lead investors for Sigma and Kodiak, respectively, as members of the Hanger Network’s Board of Directors.
Hanger Network In-Home Media provides national and regional marketers with advertising, promotion, and sampling programs delivered directly into the home via its patented EcoHangers and through its proprietary network of 35,000 dry cleaners. The result is a highly targeted and efficient in-home marketing platform that is invited into the home, viewed in an uncluttered environment, and good for business and for the environment.
More at:www.hangernetwork.com
Hanger Network In-Home Media provides leading national & regional marketers with advertising, promotion & sampling programs delivered directly into the home through its proprietary network of 35,000 dry cleaners. Replacing billions of wire and plastic hangers, its patented EcoHangers have established an efficient and effective national marketing platform that's great for business and great for the environment. EcoHangers are 100% recycled and recyclable, manufactured in EPA-regulated factories in the U.S., and have proven to be stronger than wire hangers in laboratory strength tests.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Capitalizing on strong market traction with advertisers and strategic partners, Hanger Network (hangernetwork.com) announced a $10 million Series B Financing round, led by ABS Ventures with participation from existing investors Sigma Partners and Kodiak Venture Partners. Scott Yaphe of ABS Ventures will join Bob Davoli and Chip Meakem, Series A lead investors for Sigma and Kodiak, respectively, as members of the Hanger Network’s Board of Directors.
Hanger Network In-Home Media provides national and regional marketers with advertising, promotion, and sampling programs delivered directly into the home via its patented EcoHangers and through its proprietary network of 35,000 dry cleaners. The result is a highly targeted and efficient in-home marketing platform that is invited into the home, viewed in an uncluttered environment, and good for business and for the environment.
More at:www.hangernetwork.com
Mad Mimi is a simple, intelligent and powerful email marketing utility that anyone can use
What Company Is Offering:
Mad Mimi is a simple, intelligent and powerful email marketing utility that anyone can use. Mad Mimi makes email marketing easy for the creator, and easier on the eyes for the receiver. With ground-breaking technology, Mad Mimi is the simplest way to create branded, well-designed newsletters and promotions. Sign up free today and get started with simple, lovely email marketing.
How It Works:
1. Create Your AccountFill in their scaled-back signup form. If it’s a paid account, enter your credit card. Mimi is secured with 128-bit SSL (same as banks use. ) Creating an account is simple and safe.
2. Add The AddressesCopy and paste your email address list(s) into Mad Mimi. You’ll be amazed and relieved at how easy it is – duplicates and common spacing issues are auto-corrected. Later you’ll store, target and organize your list in every way imaginable.
3. Design your promotionAdd, modify and move things around as your promo comes to life in front of your eyes. No design skills necessary – Mimi gently guides the process.
4. Send Your EmailsMad Mimi shows the viewing and clicking behavior of your mail recipients in real time! Plus Mimi stores every metric imaginable so that you can modify your marketing approach to improve results.
More at:http://www.madmimi.com/
Mad Mimi is a simple, intelligent and powerful email marketing utility that anyone can use. Mad Mimi makes email marketing easy for the creator, and easier on the eyes for the receiver. With ground-breaking technology, Mad Mimi is the simplest way to create branded, well-designed newsletters and promotions. Sign up free today and get started with simple, lovely email marketing.
How It Works:
1. Create Your AccountFill in their scaled-back signup form. If it’s a paid account, enter your credit card. Mimi is secured with 128-bit SSL (same as banks use. ) Creating an account is simple and safe.
2. Add The AddressesCopy and paste your email address list(s) into Mad Mimi. You’ll be amazed and relieved at how easy it is – duplicates and common spacing issues are auto-corrected. Later you’ll store, target and organize your list in every way imaginable.
3. Design your promotionAdd, modify and move things around as your promo comes to life in front of your eyes. No design skills necessary – Mimi gently guides the process.
4. Send Your EmailsMad Mimi shows the viewing and clicking behavior of your mail recipients in real time! Plus Mimi stores every metric imaginable so that you can modify your marketing approach to improve results.
More at:http://www.madmimi.com/
Blogrolled provides natural search benefits by linking from blogs
What Company Is Offering:
Blogrolled provides natural search benefits by linking from blogs.
Blogrolled is not a contextually based ad product and is compatible with all other ad systems.
How It Works:
As an advertiser, it's an easy process. They have an inventory of publishing sites available to you which you can search, sort through, and find publishers related to your product or service. Once you have found a listing you like, enter the details for your site and then checkout. Within a few business days of making the purchase, the selected publisher will place your ad live on their site.
As a publisher, it's just as easy. Once an advertiser makes a purchase from your listing, you will be notified of the sale. Once you've received the notification, you will be asked to place the ad on your site into your blogroll.
More at:http://www.blogrolled.com/
Blogrolled provides natural search benefits by linking from blogs.
Blogrolled is not a contextually based ad product and is compatible with all other ad systems.
How It Works:
As an advertiser, it's an easy process. They have an inventory of publishing sites available to you which you can search, sort through, and find publishers related to your product or service. Once you have found a listing you like, enter the details for your site and then checkout. Within a few business days of making the purchase, the selected publisher will place your ad live on their site.
As a publisher, it's just as easy. Once an advertiser makes a purchase from your listing, you will be notified of the sale. Once you've received the notification, you will be asked to place the ad on your site into your blogroll.
More at:http://www.blogrolled.com/
Wikiloc is a completely free web app to help you discover, post and share GPS data on the web easily and quickly
What Company Is Offering:
Wikiloc is a completely free web app to help you discover, post and share GPS data on the web easily and quickly. The goal of Wikiloc is to become a global repository of GPS data where we all can freely find, post, share and download GPS tracks and waypoints from all around the planet.
Unique Features;
With Wikiloc you can:
Find tracks and waypoints nearby addresses, provinces, countries or known places around the World.
Get information about locations like elevation profile, distances, accumulated altitude, images, links to other web sites with additional information etc...
Visualize tracks and waypoints over multiple base maps and satellite imagery
Switch maps and base imagery if available for the area you are viewing.
Visualize tracks and waypoints in 3D with Google Earth™
Get driving directions to the place where a location begins (e.g: start of track)
- And if you are a Wikiloc member:
You can use Wikiloc as your personal database of tracks and waypoints, accessible from any computer anywhere with Internet access.
Download tracks and waypoints shared by other users and upload them to your GPS receiver.
Upload your own tracks and waypoints to Wikiloc. Immediately you'll see them on Google Maps™ and you'll get information like distance, accumulated altitude, elevation profile, max/min elevation reached etc...
Group locations (for example a track together with waypoints recorded along it).
Add pictures to your tracks and waypoints.
Share your opinion and rating of tracks and waypoints.
Find tracks and waypoints nearby your current location.
More at:http://www.wikiloc.com/
Wikiloc is a completely free web app to help you discover, post and share GPS data on the web easily and quickly. The goal of Wikiloc is to become a global repository of GPS data where we all can freely find, post, share and download GPS tracks and waypoints from all around the planet.
Unique Features;
With Wikiloc you can:
Find tracks and waypoints nearby addresses, provinces, countries or known places around the World.
Get information about locations like elevation profile, distances, accumulated altitude, images, links to other web sites with additional information etc...
Visualize tracks and waypoints over multiple base maps and satellite imagery
Switch maps and base imagery if available for the area you are viewing.
Visualize tracks and waypoints in 3D with Google Earth™
Get driving directions to the place where a location begins (e.g: start of track)
- And if you are a Wikiloc member:
You can use Wikiloc as your personal database of tracks and waypoints, accessible from any computer anywhere with Internet access.
Download tracks and waypoints shared by other users and upload them to your GPS receiver.
Upload your own tracks and waypoints to Wikiloc. Immediately you'll see them on Google Maps™ and you'll get information like distance, accumulated altitude, elevation profile, max/min elevation reached etc...
Group locations (for example a track together with waypoints recorded along it).
Add pictures to your tracks and waypoints.
Share your opinion and rating of tracks and waypoints.
Find tracks and waypoints nearby your current location.
More at:http://www.wikiloc.com/
yourmediaplan.com---Media planning tool
What Company Is Offering:
There are some amazing resources out there to help you plan the perfect promotional campaign. Unfortunately, these resources aren't centralised and searching for specific information can all too often become a difficult and time consuming task - especially when you're not exactly sure what you're searching for in the first place! yourmediaplan.com is a FREE online resource designed to centralise links to all available media products and resources in a collected and organised format.
How It Works:
It is designed to give marketing departments quick access to the information they need to plan a successful campaign. The data is presented in a visually clear and simple, searchable format, which media companies can access and update in real-time. If complicated and costly media directories are not for you then you'll like what they have to offer. If you are looking for a quick media planning tool then look no further.
More at:http://www.yourmediaplan.com/
There are some amazing resources out there to help you plan the perfect promotional campaign. Unfortunately, these resources aren't centralised and searching for specific information can all too often become a difficult and time consuming task - especially when you're not exactly sure what you're searching for in the first place! yourmediaplan.com is a FREE online resource designed to centralise links to all available media products and resources in a collected and organised format.
How It Works:
It is designed to give marketing departments quick access to the information they need to plan a successful campaign. The data is presented in a visually clear and simple, searchable format, which media companies can access and update in real-time. If complicated and costly media directories are not for you then you'll like what they have to offer. If you are looking for a quick media planning tool then look no further.
More at:http://www.yourmediaplan.com/
Protonotes are notes that you add to your prototype that allow project team members to discuss system functionality, design, and requirements directly
What Company Is Offering:
Protonotes are notes that you add to your prototype that allow project team members to discuss system functionality, design, and requirements directly on the prototype. You can think of it like a discussion board/wiki in direct context of your prototype.
How It Works:
To enable Protonotes on your prototypes, all you have to do is copy and paste a few lines of JavaScript into your prototype. That's it. Once you do that, anyone who visits your prototype can add/edit/delete notes. They don't have to install anything or sign up for anything. You can even hook up Protonotes to your own MySQL database with a single line of JavaScript.
More at:http://www.protonotes.com/
Protonotes are notes that you add to your prototype that allow project team members to discuss system functionality, design, and requirements directly on the prototype. You can think of it like a discussion board/wiki in direct context of your prototype.
How It Works:
To enable Protonotes on your prototypes, all you have to do is copy and paste a few lines of JavaScript into your prototype. That's it. Once you do that, anyone who visits your prototype can add/edit/delete notes. They don't have to install anything or sign up for anything. You can even hook up Protonotes to your own MySQL database with a single line of JavaScript.
More at:http://www.protonotes.com/
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