Friday, July 4, 2008

Talent Maze is a talent acquisition marketplace

What Company Is Offering:

Talent Maze is a talent acquisition marketplace. Their goal is to provide a forum where Hiring Companies have easy access to exponentially more external talent while simultaneously enabling external Recruiters (Headhunters / Search Firms) to market great candidates with companies to which they would otherwise not be exposed. Talent Maze is the premier talent redistribution marketplace and is revolutionizing the way external search is conducted.


How It Works:

Talent Maze provides a forum and database leveraging literally hundreds of qualified, experienced, reliable search firms. These vendors are measured on engagement, quality, production and reputation. This service is provided at no additional cost above the normal fee the Hiring Company would pay and comes with industry standard payment terms and placement guarantees.

For reputable external Search Firms, Talent Maze facilitates the ability to systematically market qualified, interested candidates to otherwise inaccessible Hiring Companies. As they say in the recruiting business, the relationship is everything. Talent Maze allows hard-working external Recruiters to maximize identified internal talent and build new relationships with great companies.

Once a Hiring Company makes a placement using the marketplace, Talent Maze issues an invoice for the full placement fee agreed to by the Hiring Company at the time they posted their requisition. Talent Maze guarantees the placement for ninety (90) days after the Start Date of the hire. One hundred (100) days after the New Hire's Start Date, Talent Maze credits 80% of the placement fee to the Recruiter who referred the candidate. (The additional 10 days are given as a grace period to the Hiring Company to allow them to notify Talent Maze of terminations.) Talent Maze retains the remaining 20% of the placement fee as the cost of doing business. Placement fee checks (for Recruiters) and refund checks (for Hiring Companies) are processed on the 16th and last day of each month.

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

Vote and compete for college scholarships

What Company Is Offering:
CollegeNET, Inc. is focused on providing technologies that save institutions money and improve educational access and affordability for citizens. The company provides innovations in event and academic scheduling, decision support, admissions, web-based tuition processing, prospect management, alumni development, and email management to colleges, universities, and nonprofits worldwide. More than 1,000 institutions use CollegeNET software and e-solutions. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

How It Works:
1. Click the Sign Up tab at the top of any page.
2. Enter your information in each field. Fields marked with * are required.
Note: We use your cell phone number to send you an account activation code or a voting security code via text message.
3. Select "Make me a candidate in the CollegeNET scholarship election" if you're a current or future college student and want to win a scholarship. If you're not signing up to be a candidate, leave the box blank.
To qualify as a candidate, you must be currently attending a college or university, or expect to be enrolled at a college or university within one year of creating an account on this site.
4. Type the characters you see in the box at the bottom of the page. This procedure verifies that you're a human being--not a bot-- reading this web page.
5. Click Sign Up.
6. In the Success! popup window, click OK.
You now have an account, but it won't be activated until you receive a text message on your cell phone containing an activation code. Once you receive this code, return to the site to activate your account.

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

Encyclopedia and forums on management methods and business models---12manage.com

What Company Is Offering:

12manage provides for each management method, model or concept: a concise description, its history, calculation, usage and application, process steps, strengths and benefits, limitations and disadvantages, assumptions and conditions, references, as well as an interactive user forum. Premium users have additional access to expert tips, resources, news and videos for each method.Free learning communities on management. Encyclopedia and forums on management methods and business models.

Their explanations focus on concepts that are both scientifically accepted and applicable in management practice. Hence: 'rigor and relevance in management'.

More at:http://www.12manage.com/

IzyMail enables you to access webmail from major providers such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, Windows Live, Fastmail or Gmail with any eMail

What Company Is Offering:

IzyMail enables you to access webmail from major providers such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, Windows Live, Fastmail or Gmail with any eMail application.

Whether you want to use Gmail, Outlook, Thunderbird, Evolution, iPhone, Palm PDA, Pocket PC, Smartphone or other applications, whether you want to automate eMail processing with rules or use advanced anti-virus or spam protection, IzyMail provides the technology you need.

IzyMail can fully support your folders, including the system-provided ones like 'Trash' or even 'Junk Mail'. You can create, rename, delete folders from within your favorite application and move messages around at your discretion.

More at:http://v3.izymail.com/

Sendible lets you connect with people by scheduling and receiving messages at a time you choose

What Company Is Offering:
Sendible lets you connect with people by scheduling and receiving messages at a time you choose. Sendible allows you to create targeted ads that will appear in the messages that their users are sending. Your ads will appear in Email, SMS, Facebook and other social messages that people are sending to you.

Unique Features:

Sendible is a free tool you can use to...
Send messages to your friends, customers or colleagues in the future.
Schedule reminders for things you might forget.
Organise and manage your contacts.
Jot down notes and have them sent at a time you choose.
Schedule appointment reminders for your customers .
Subscribe to content that interests you most and choose how to receive.

More at:http://beta.sendible.com/

Nimbuzz , the comprehensive mobile VoIP and IM provider that also brings IM and voice to social networks, has raised $15 million

What Company Is Offering:
Nimbuzz offers a social interaction service combining presence, IM, and VoIP. The free application is available on the mobile phone, PC and Web, for (group)calling, instant messaging, (group)chat, file sharing across popular IM communities, including Skype, MSN, GTalk, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, plus 23 social networks including Facebook and MySpace.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Nimbuzz , the comprehensive mobile VoIP and IM provider that also brings IM and voice to social networks, has raised $15 million Second Round funding. The new round of funding was led by Naspers/MIH (http://www.naspers.com) with Nimbuzz's other major existing investor Mangrove Capital Partners (http://www.mangrove-vc.com) also participating.

Nimbuzz will use this latest funding to continue to develop its product offering into the most comprehensive and user friendly application for the widest range of handsets, across multiple IM and Social Network communities and in any country.

Founder and CEO Evert Jaap Lugt commented: "We are actively working on strategic distribution deals with leading social networks and mobile operators. It is our aim to blend our technology with existing mobile internet access to upgrade the value chain for business and consumers alike. Operators understand the need for services like Nimbuzz which provide traffic and drive the demand for mobile data plans, an ever more important revenue stream."

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

GameDuell is one of the fastest-growing skill game sites got $17 million in VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:
GameDuell is Germany's largest games community with 10 million members and the most widely visited German Internet games site. GameDuell members can test their skills against other players in exciting skill games, and win attractive prizes in the process. GameDuell numbers among Europe's most innovative Internet companies, winning the prestigious Red Herring 100 Europe Award in 2007.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Wellington Partners , one of the leading international venture capital firms, announced that it has invested over $17 million (euro 11 million) in GameDuell (http://www.gameduell.com), one of the fastest-growing skill game sites and the number one games community in Germany. This Series B funding will be used to accelerate the company's international expansion into other European countries and the United States, and build on the current 10 million members.

"Our results in France and Spain show that our marketing strategy is internationally successful and that our know-how in the development of online games and a games community drives international demand. We now intend to use our competitive edge to expand into further European markets as well as in the United States," explains GameDuell co-founder and CEO Kai Bolik.

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

Hire a Helper helps you in finding local help which is cheap

What Company Is Offering:
Hire a Helper helps you in finding local help which is cheap. Need help regarding Moving? Cleaning? Lawn help? Or any type or job that requires physical labor? Hire a Helper is here to assist you.


How It Works:
Start by entering the zip code of the location where you need the help. Select the type of help you need, and enter the date you’d like the help to arrive*

· If you do not have an exact date, or you think the date may change, enter an approximate date. Be sure to discuss any changes with your Helper. Rescheduling may conflict with a Helper’s schedule, so be sure to provide your Helper with as many details as possible.

Browse a list of Helpers in your area. Compare their personal descriptions, and rates to find the Helper best suited for your job.

Figure out how much your Helper would charge depending upon the amount of hours needed.

Place your order directly through the website by “hiring these Helpers.” Once the order is processed, you’ll receive an e-mail confirmation that includes the Authorization Code for your job, as well as the contact information for your Helper. Your Helper is notified immediately—you can contact your Helper at your soonest convenience, or allow 24 hours for your Helper to contact you.


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

E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website

What Company Is Offering:
E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, eBay, MySpace, Google Base, CraigsList and other websites using PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, 2CheckOut and ClickBank.

How It Works:

For merchants selling downloads, they automate and secure the digital delivery of files and codes. If you are selling tangible goods, we automate the shipping calculation and inventory management. Their shopping cart has a built in sales tax, VAT, packaging and shipping cost calculator.

You can sell ebooks, sell mp3 tracks and albums, sell software, icons, fonts, artwork, phone cards, event tickets, cds, posters, books, t-shirts and almost everything else you want to sell.

E-junkie has no transaction limit, no bandwidth limit, no setup fee and no transaction fee.

More at:http://www.e-junkie.com/

LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology

What Company Is Offering:

LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology. Their mission is to provide the ultimate personalize online experience, bringing together the most advanced web technologies and services in a customizable, easy to use interface.

LabPixies is a free online directory for web gadgets. Their gadgets are available for personalized homepages like Google, Live.com, Netvibes and Pageflakes, and can also be embedded on most blogs and web pages.

How It Works:

Simply click on the "add to" button of your favorite website and start personalizing your online experience!At LabPixies they create quality interactive components ("Gadgets") for the personalized environment. Their gadgets range from entertainment gadgets such as games and music to utilities such as search tools and calculators.

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

Cozi is designed for busy families who are juggling work and school activities, schedules, shopping, household chores and all the other things

What Company Is Offering:
Cozi is designed for busy families who are juggling work and school activities, schedules, shopping, household chores and all the other things that busy families do.Cozi makes life easier, less stressful and more fun for busy families by helping them stay organized, communicate more easily, and coordinate with each other throughout the day. Cozi includes a family calendar, shopping lists, reminders and a simple way to send quick messages to family members.

Unique Features:

With Cozi you can:

Easily manage all your family members' schedules.
Access your family calendar when away from home, using any Internet browser or mobile phone.
Collaborate with your partner to coordinate scheduling conflicts and handle chores.
Manage all the things your family needs and wants to purchase.
Send messages to all family members effortlessly.
Be reminded of upcoming appointments and activities.

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

Streamzy is a media search utility

What Company Is Offering:
Streamzy is a media search utility (powered by Seeqpod) that allows users to search for media, stream it, and create and save playlists. Streamzy merely provides search results for media being hosted elsewhere on the internet. These search results are provided to us by Seeqpod. They provide almost anyone with an Internet connection with instant playable search results. Clips, tracks, and presentations can be played, embedded, or shared immediately; related merchandise can be purchased in just a few keystrokes.

How It Works:

Their unique search and discover algorithm can be used in a number of categories and industries where precise, up-to-the-minute search results are important, such as financial hedge fund and trading opportunities.

They have built a powerful, proven algorithm that finds the hidden relationships between topics, not unlike the way the human mind makes relevant, useful associations. Uniquely, their technology mines the deepest crevices of the Web to return extremely relevant results.

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