What Company Is Offering:
Trusty’s is a FREE services network: a localized directory where service providers and small business owners create profiles, cultivate their reputations, and encourage references (reviews and ratings) from clients. Everyone who joins can provide feedback and share knowledge about who provides good service (and who doesn't).
How It Works:
Members can search, browse and sort for service providers based on a reputation, location, price, quality of service, and specialties. They can communicate, share advice, seek referrals or build relationships across the community. Trusty's replicates traditional, small-town, word-of-mouth recommendations for help, but on a much broader scale.Trusty’s relies on a simple truth: service businesses are built on reputations. By building a transparent system for comparing the relative strengths of service businesses, and a social network for sharing recommendations and reviews, members can make informed decisions about who they hire.
More at:http://www.trustys.com/
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Castpost--Video hosting services for user-generated content
What Company Is Offering:
Video hosting services for user-generated content.People all over the world use Castpost to share their personal video and audio clips with friends and family.
How It Works:
With Castpost, it's easy to share your personal media with others:
• Point them to your Castpost media blog (ex: http://yourname.castpost.com).
• Point them to your Castpost RSS feed.
• Point them to the page for a specific item (with the permalink).
• Post the item to an existing blog.
• Post the item to an existing Web page.
More at:http://castpost.com/
Video hosting services for user-generated content.People all over the world use Castpost to share their personal video and audio clips with friends and family.
How It Works:
With Castpost, it's easy to share your personal media with others:
• Point them to your Castpost media blog (ex: http://yourname.castpost.com).
• Point them to your Castpost RSS feed.
• Point them to the page for a specific item (with the permalink).
• Post the item to an existing blog.
• Post the item to an existing Web page.
More at:http://castpost.com/
thinqfitness.com
What Company Is Offering:
You decide what you would like to try * You decide what level suits you * You click on the fitness video to play and join in
They then show you what other fitness videos are similar to the one you have chosen, matching the level you have selected. So you never have to watch the same fitness video twice to get healthy, unless of course you want to.
More at:http://thinqfitness.com/
You decide what you would like to try * You decide what level suits you * You click on the fitness video to play and join in
They then show you what other fitness videos are similar to the one you have chosen, matching the level you have selected. So you never have to watch the same fitness video twice to get healthy, unless of course you want to.
More at:http://thinqfitness.com/
Code Riser is a catalog of pre-built web engines
What Company Is Offering:
Code Riser is a catalog of pre-built web engines and apps that amplify you web presence faster and more affordably than custom development.
More at:http://www.coderiser.com/
Code Riser is a catalog of pre-built web engines and apps that amplify you web presence faster and more affordably than custom development.
More at:http://www.coderiser.com/
Friday, January 9, 2009
Eleven Strategies That Will Make Your Company Boom
Every day we hear doom and gloom in the markets and the media. “The sky is falling” appears to be the refrain repeated around the world. Entrepreneurs, business owners, and their senior executive teams could easily succumb to the fear factor generated by all this coverage of market changes.
Market corrections can be a superb time for companies to take advantage of incredible opportunities to not just thrive, but to grow and succeed beyond their wildest dreams. David J. Greer surveyed over two hundred entrepreneurs with experience in downturns to discover the best ways to manage through the current business cycle. In this article, he provides eleven strategies that you can use today to make your company successful, not despite the current market conditions, but because of them.
We may not have all the answers, but in this article we have tried to ask the right questions. The eleven business strategies we focus on are:
1.
Business Cycles
2.
Leadership
3.
Strategy and Focus
4.
Cash Is King
5.
Business Model
6.
Communications
7.
Human Capital
8.
Marketing
9.
Customers
10.
Layoffs
11.
Product Innovation
Business Cycle
Remember that these business cycles have been repeated many times in the past several decades. We don’t know when the current downturn will hit the bottom, how long before growth starts, and how fast markets will grow once they have recovered. If this downturn follows previous ones, markets will recover and they will start growing. While you need to survive through the downturn, make sure that your planning window includes the hoped for return of the good times. Entrepreneurs I spoke with for this article say that the good times will return.
In the short term, you do need to manage through the short term adjustments, especially cash (which we cover in Cash Is King). It will take hyper focus on Eleven Strategies That Will Make Your Company Boom 1
customers and revenue, along with careful management of expenses. Gordon Smythe of Propel Partners says “Running out of cash is the only way that companies go out of business.”
You are not the only one impacted by the changing market landscape. Your suppliers, partners, competitors, and especially your customers are also being impacted by lowering GDP and spending. When you are planning on future corporate directions, keep this in mind. There may be an equal set of opportunities to go along with the challenges of the market changes.
All of these impacts and all of the changes you instigate will take time. Probably more time than you realize. Be realistic about your timelines and how hard it will be to make changes. Monitor your progress carefully (weekly even) to see if you are staying on track.
Leadership
Recent market changes have all of us attempting to figure out what it means to our companies. As the downturn accelerates, you must act now to plan your future. The key is getting into action, but doing so with a plan that recognizes the new reality.
For entrepreneurs and senior executives there is a tendency to try and make all the decisions. In challenging times, mine your human capital for creativity and ideas. Someone will have the answer. Find ways to brainstorm and get ideas on the table. Are there individuals who are showing creativity and leadership? Put them together as a team with a deadline for coming up with five ideas from the eleven strategies listed here in the next week.
Look around your organization. Who is rising to the current challenges? Who look like they are running away or burying their heads in the sand? The leaders will rise to the top. Look for those individuals and support them.
In crisis situations, leaders often feel the world on their shoulders, especially if you are the entrepreneur or business owner. All those employees. All those customers. You can’t support the whole world. Do you usually go to the gym three times a week? Go five times a week in the crisis. If you don’t have peak physical performance, you can’t have peak work performance. Do you go to yoga once a week? Go more, both for the physical and mental aspects. Look after yourself, so that you can be there for your families, your friends, your employees, and your customers.
Work on teamwork. This is a time for everyone to pull together and work as a team. Stay positive. You will get through this time and you and your teams will be more experienced people for having risen to the challenges. Karen Luniw, founder of the Law of Attraction Center says it well. “The most crucial area of focus for entrepreneurs is on keeping a positive mindset. This is not just about positive thinking but really about believing in yourself and your product or service. It's important to keep asking ‘what's the opportunity’ as opposed to 'how am I going to survive'. These are two completely different mindsets that will create different outcomes in one's business. If you can keep your eye towards opportunity - you can see it and create it.”
Strategy and Focus
The changes in the market have been so large and so fast that pretty much every plan needs to be thrown out the window. It’s time to start with a clean piece of paper and rethink the whole strategic plan for the business. It’s time to reevaluate your positioning, competitors, services, products, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
The downturn in the business cycle will end. Start your thinking three years from now. When the cycle is over where do you want to be? What will your company look like then? Focus on where you can win. What goods and services will you be offering? What will your markets be? How much market share will you have?
After you are clear on where you want to be in three years, focus on what you need to do in the next year to be positioned for where you want to be in three years. Once that is clear, figure out your detailed plans for the next quarter. Make those decisions that will get you through the near term, but keep your company strong for the medium and long term.
Read More..
Market corrections can be a superb time for companies to take advantage of incredible opportunities to not just thrive, but to grow and succeed beyond their wildest dreams. David J. Greer surveyed over two hundred entrepreneurs with experience in downturns to discover the best ways to manage through the current business cycle. In this article, he provides eleven strategies that you can use today to make your company successful, not despite the current market conditions, but because of them.
We may not have all the answers, but in this article we have tried to ask the right questions. The eleven business strategies we focus on are:
1.
Business Cycles
2.
Leadership
3.
Strategy and Focus
4.
Cash Is King
5.
Business Model
6.
Communications
7.
Human Capital
8.
Marketing
9.
Customers
10.
Layoffs
11.
Product Innovation
Business Cycle
Remember that these business cycles have been repeated many times in the past several decades. We don’t know when the current downturn will hit the bottom, how long before growth starts, and how fast markets will grow once they have recovered. If this downturn follows previous ones, markets will recover and they will start growing. While you need to survive through the downturn, make sure that your planning window includes the hoped for return of the good times. Entrepreneurs I spoke with for this article say that the good times will return.
In the short term, you do need to manage through the short term adjustments, especially cash (which we cover in Cash Is King). It will take hyper focus on Eleven Strategies That Will Make Your Company Boom 1
customers and revenue, along with careful management of expenses. Gordon Smythe of Propel Partners says “Running out of cash is the only way that companies go out of business.”
You are not the only one impacted by the changing market landscape. Your suppliers, partners, competitors, and especially your customers are also being impacted by lowering GDP and spending. When you are planning on future corporate directions, keep this in mind. There may be an equal set of opportunities to go along with the challenges of the market changes.
All of these impacts and all of the changes you instigate will take time. Probably more time than you realize. Be realistic about your timelines and how hard it will be to make changes. Monitor your progress carefully (weekly even) to see if you are staying on track.
Leadership
Recent market changes have all of us attempting to figure out what it means to our companies. As the downturn accelerates, you must act now to plan your future. The key is getting into action, but doing so with a plan that recognizes the new reality.
For entrepreneurs and senior executives there is a tendency to try and make all the decisions. In challenging times, mine your human capital for creativity and ideas. Someone will have the answer. Find ways to brainstorm and get ideas on the table. Are there individuals who are showing creativity and leadership? Put them together as a team with a deadline for coming up with five ideas from the eleven strategies listed here in the next week.
Look around your organization. Who is rising to the current challenges? Who look like they are running away or burying their heads in the sand? The leaders will rise to the top. Look for those individuals and support them.
In crisis situations, leaders often feel the world on their shoulders, especially if you are the entrepreneur or business owner. All those employees. All those customers. You can’t support the whole world. Do you usually go to the gym three times a week? Go five times a week in the crisis. If you don’t have peak physical performance, you can’t have peak work performance. Do you go to yoga once a week? Go more, both for the physical and mental aspects. Look after yourself, so that you can be there for your families, your friends, your employees, and your customers.
Work on teamwork. This is a time for everyone to pull together and work as a team. Stay positive. You will get through this time and you and your teams will be more experienced people for having risen to the challenges. Karen Luniw, founder of the Law of Attraction Center says it well. “The most crucial area of focus for entrepreneurs is on keeping a positive mindset. This is not just about positive thinking but really about believing in yourself and your product or service. It's important to keep asking ‘what's the opportunity’ as opposed to 'how am I going to survive'. These are two completely different mindsets that will create different outcomes in one's business. If you can keep your eye towards opportunity - you can see it and create it.”
Strategy and Focus
The changes in the market have been so large and so fast that pretty much every plan needs to be thrown out the window. It’s time to start with a clean piece of paper and rethink the whole strategic plan for the business. It’s time to reevaluate your positioning, competitors, services, products, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
The downturn in the business cycle will end. Start your thinking three years from now. When the cycle is over where do you want to be? What will your company look like then? Focus on where you can win. What goods and services will you be offering? What will your markets be? How much market share will you have?
After you are clear on where you want to be in three years, focus on what you need to do in the next year to be positioned for where you want to be in three years. Once that is clear, figure out your detailed plans for the next quarter. Make those decisions that will get you through the near term, but keep your company strong for the medium and long term.
Read More..
SonicPages.com --Business Owners Contact Information
What Company Is Offering:
SonicPages.com began, providing a platform for business owners to share their contact information, industry type, hours of business and a map to their location.
With the basic system in place, feature after feature was added. Soon business owners could customize their listings to include accepted methods of payment, products sold, services provided, upcoming events, job vacancies, coupons and more. The list continues to grow.
SonicPages.com is concentrating on small businesses, providing the opportunity to create a rich online presence in a time when more people are using the Internet to research their purchases and the companies they do business with.
More at:http://sonicpages.com/
SonicPages.com began, providing a platform for business owners to share their contact information, industry type, hours of business and a map to their location.
With the basic system in place, feature after feature was added. Soon business owners could customize their listings to include accepted methods of payment, products sold, services provided, upcoming events, job vacancies, coupons and more. The list continues to grow.
SonicPages.com is concentrating on small businesses, providing the opportunity to create a rich online presence in a time when more people are using the Internet to research their purchases and the companies they do business with.
More at:http://sonicpages.com/
Klout allows you to track the impact of your opinions, links and recommendations
What Company Is Offering:
Klout allows you to track the impact of your opinions, links and recommendations across your social graph. It collect data about the content you create, how people interact with that content and the size and composition of your network. From there, they analyze the data to find indicators of influence and then provide you with innovative tools to interact with and interpret the data.
More at:http://www.klout.net/
Klout allows you to track the impact of your opinions, links and recommendations across your social graph. It collect data about the content you create, how people interact with that content and the size and composition of your network. From there, they analyze the data to find indicators of influence and then provide you with innovative tools to interact with and interpret the data.
More at:http://www.klout.net/
The Resumator --Applicant Tracking System
What Company Is Offering:
Replace your recruiting email address with The Resumator widget to instantly gain access to a simple, yet surprisingly robust applicant tracking system.The Resumator is an elegantly-designed applicant tracking system (ATS) that publishes your open jobs to the Web while also recommending job boards to help drive traffic.
Unique Features:
It manages all the jobs you need to advertise on the Web.
It parses all your resumes and helps you engage applicants.
It helps you advertise on job boards that best fit your job.
It’s installed with one line of code and saves you time and money.
More at:http://www.theresumator.com/
Replace your recruiting email address with The Resumator widget to instantly gain access to a simple, yet surprisingly robust applicant tracking system.The Resumator is an elegantly-designed applicant tracking system (ATS) that publishes your open jobs to the Web while also recommending job boards to help drive traffic.
Unique Features:
It manages all the jobs you need to advertise on the Web.
It parses all your resumes and helps you engage applicants.
It helps you advertise on job boards that best fit your job.
It’s installed with one line of code and saves you time and money.
More at:http://www.theresumator.com/
Microsoft Tag --for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life
What Company Is Offering:
Microsoft Tag creates unlimited possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life. They tranform physical media (print advertising, billboards,product packages, information signs, in-store merchandising, or even video images)—into live links for accessing information and entertainment online.
With the Microsoft Tag application, just aim your camera phone at a Tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, and more. Nothing to type, no browsers to launch!
More at:http://www.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Tag creates unlimited possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life. They tranform physical media (print advertising, billboards,product packages, information signs, in-store merchandising, or even video images)—into live links for accessing information and entertainment online.
With the Microsoft Tag application, just aim your camera phone at a Tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, and more. Nothing to type, no browsers to launch!
More at:http://www.microsoft.com/
Simplweb --Instant Website That Works For Your Business
What Company Is Offering:
Simplweb offers turnkey hosting and instant website creation. It has various templates you can choose from.
More at: http://www.simplweb.com
Simplweb offers turnkey hosting and instant website creation. It has various templates you can choose from.
More at: http://www.simplweb.com
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Widgetfinger
What Company Is Offering:
Widgetfinger is a CMS made for web design firms who provide maintenance and hosting for their clients' "brochure-style" websites (sites with 'Home,' 'About,' 'Service' and 'Contact us' pages -- and not much else). The application handles all of the things you're currently doing yourself to host these sites, while giving your clients the one simple thing they ask for -- the ability to edit their website content without emailing you.
More at:http://www.widgetfinger.com/
Widgetfinger is a CMS made for web design firms who provide maintenance and hosting for their clients' "brochure-style" websites (sites with 'Home,' 'About,' 'Service' and 'Contact us' pages -- and not much else). The application handles all of the things you're currently doing yourself to host these sites, while giving your clients the one simple thing they ask for -- the ability to edit their website content without emailing you.
More at:http://www.widgetfinger.com/
DontBreakTheChain is a motivational tool
What Company Is Offering:
DontBreakTheChain is a motivational tool developed by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Use the app to set yourself a goal and a date to achieve it by then mark off the days on the calendar that you work towards your goal.
More at:http://dontbreakthechain.com/
DontBreakTheChain is a motivational tool developed by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Use the app to set yourself a goal and a date to achieve it by then mark off the days on the calendar that you work towards your goal.
More at:http://dontbreakthechain.com/
IAC-EZ is to manage your books easily and affordably
What Company Is Offering:
IAC-EZ is the perfect choice if you want to manage your books easily and affordably without having to learn a thing about bookkeeping. It's the one and only web-based application that lets you do your bookkeeping without any special skills or knowledge required.
How It Works:
Take care of your bookkeeping quickly, easily and accurately without wasting time, struggling with numbers or worrying whether you've made a costly mistake. IAC-EZ helps you stay in control of your business with no accounting skills or knowledge required. Manage your books confidently without an accountant and generate easy-to-understand, useful reports.
More at:https://www.iacez.com/
IAC-EZ is the perfect choice if you want to manage your books easily and affordably without having to learn a thing about bookkeeping. It's the one and only web-based application that lets you do your bookkeeping without any special skills or knowledge required.
How It Works:
Take care of your bookkeeping quickly, easily and accurately without wasting time, struggling with numbers or worrying whether you've made a costly mistake. IAC-EZ helps you stay in control of your business with no accounting skills or knowledge required. Manage your books confidently without an accountant and generate easy-to-understand, useful reports.
More at:https://www.iacez.com/
HopToad
What Company Is Offering:
HopToad is an online application that plugs directly into your Rails application and collects all errors that are thrown in your app in a neat and readable UI. Send your Rails application errors to their hosted service and reclaim your inbox.
More at:http://www.hoptoadapp.com/
HopToad is an online application that plugs directly into your Rails application and collects all errors that are thrown in your app in a neat and readable UI. Send your Rails application errors to their hosted service and reclaim your inbox.
More at:http://www.hoptoadapp.com/
WhosTalkin.com is a social media search tool
What Company Is Offering:
WhosTalkin.com is a social media search tool that allows users to search for conversations surrounding the topics that they care about most. Whether it be your favorite sport, favorite food, celebrity, or your company’s brand name; Whostalkin.com can help you join in on the conversations that you care about most. It aims to deliver the most relevant and current conversations happening in the world of social media.
How It Works:
Their search and sorting algorithms combine data taken from over 60 of the internet’s most popular social media gateways. They take this data and display it to you through carefully designed interface that harnesses the power of AJAX to give you a seamlessly well organized user experience.
More at:http://www.whostalkin.com/
WhosTalkin.com is a social media search tool that allows users to search for conversations surrounding the topics that they care about most. Whether it be your favorite sport, favorite food, celebrity, or your company’s brand name; Whostalkin.com can help you join in on the conversations that you care about most. It aims to deliver the most relevant and current conversations happening in the world of social media.
How It Works:
Their search and sorting algorithms combine data taken from over 60 of the internet’s most popular social media gateways. They take this data and display it to you through carefully designed interface that harnesses the power of AJAX to give you a seamlessly well organized user experience.
More at:http://www.whostalkin.com/
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
EasyPushButtonTraffic.com has become the latest high profile service provider to offer substantial discounts to JointWinWin members
What Company Is Offering:
JointWinWin.com is a growing business community whose aim is to shink poverty.JointWinWin is a free business directory offering businesses and consumers alike special offers whilst at the same time ensuring charities around the world benefit.
Recent Updates:
EasyPushButtonTraffic.com has become the latest high profile service provider to offer substantial discounts to JointWinWin members. Discounts for the service are available only to JointWinWin members through the JointWinWin Advantage Rewards club which is free to join. The services offered by EasyPushButtonTraffic allow website owners to publish their content to a variety of distribution points across the internet in a simple, reliable fashion. Rather than logging into individual content syndication sites, now a website owner need only setup the login accounts once, upload their content once and broadcast their content to many syndication sites. EasyPushButtonTraffic grew out of the video distribution service TrafficMom.com to include extra syndication options to leverage the Web 2.0 marketing model.
More at:http://jointwinwin.com
JointWinWin.com is a growing business community whose aim is to shink poverty.JointWinWin is a free business directory offering businesses and consumers alike special offers whilst at the same time ensuring charities around the world benefit.
Recent Updates:
EasyPushButtonTraffic.com has become the latest high profile service provider to offer substantial discounts to JointWinWin members. Discounts for the service are available only to JointWinWin members through the JointWinWin Advantage Rewards club which is free to join. The services offered by EasyPushButtonTraffic allow website owners to publish their content to a variety of distribution points across the internet in a simple, reliable fashion. Rather than logging into individual content syndication sites, now a website owner need only setup the login accounts once, upload their content once and broadcast their content to many syndication sites. EasyPushButtonTraffic grew out of the video distribution service TrafficMom.com to include extra syndication options to leverage the Web 2.0 marketing model.
More at:http://jointwinwin.com
Team and a Dream helps Internet entrepreneurs accelerate the launch of their web business
What Company Is Offering:
Team and a Dream helps Internet entrepreneurs accelerate the launch of their web business by providing Internet Strategies and Virtual Marketing Teams tailored to its clients’ needs. Using a model-based approach, Team and a Dream creates a holistic Web marketing strategy and a corresponding metrics dashboard for its clients to manage their progress.
New Updates
Team and a Dream, a service company that helps web startups and young Internet businesses accelerate the launch of their web business, is announcing a Teleseminar workshop on January 12, 2009 entitled “Is your Web Business Failing to Capture Clients?.” In partnership with Transformation Coach Rob Scott of Fundamental Shift, the teleseminar is designed to help entrepreneurs choose the right goals and build the right habits to pursue their web business objectives.
Team and a Dream noticed an opportunity while working with Internet startups. “It’s not always easy to pursue the vision you want on a budget – and it can be a very lonely process.” stated Skip Shuda, founder of Team and a Dream. “We decided to initiate this project to help Web entrepreneurs tackle their web business dreams with support and at an affordable price-point. The New Year is the right time to start thinking about how to increase the odds for building your web business and this teleseminar will do just that.”
Using a proprietary mixture of Web business coaching and proven habit-building skills, the teleseminar provides the framework for achieving goals to accomplish the mission of the business, adapts targeted metrics to track progress, and also identifies the habits necessary to achieve those goals. Working with execution coach, Rory Cohen of Take10Now, the team plans to provide ongoing “Accountability Circles” to support the work Web business owners perform as part of this workshop. The Circles allow business owners to be held accountable for their actions and progress which increases the likelihood of achieving their goals.
More at:www.TeamAndADream.com
Team and a Dream helps Internet entrepreneurs accelerate the launch of their web business by providing Internet Strategies and Virtual Marketing Teams tailored to its clients’ needs. Using a model-based approach, Team and a Dream creates a holistic Web marketing strategy and a corresponding metrics dashboard for its clients to manage their progress.
New Updates
Team and a Dream, a service company that helps web startups and young Internet businesses accelerate the launch of their web business, is announcing a Teleseminar workshop on January 12, 2009 entitled “Is your Web Business Failing to Capture Clients?.” In partnership with Transformation Coach Rob Scott of Fundamental Shift, the teleseminar is designed to help entrepreneurs choose the right goals and build the right habits to pursue their web business objectives.
Team and a Dream noticed an opportunity while working with Internet startups. “It’s not always easy to pursue the vision you want on a budget – and it can be a very lonely process.” stated Skip Shuda, founder of Team and a Dream. “We decided to initiate this project to help Web entrepreneurs tackle their web business dreams with support and at an affordable price-point. The New Year is the right time to start thinking about how to increase the odds for building your web business and this teleseminar will do just that.”
Using a proprietary mixture of Web business coaching and proven habit-building skills, the teleseminar provides the framework for achieving goals to accomplish the mission of the business, adapts targeted metrics to track progress, and also identifies the habits necessary to achieve those goals. Working with execution coach, Rory Cohen of Take10Now, the team plans to provide ongoing “Accountability Circles” to support the work Web business owners perform as part of this workshop. The Circles allow business owners to be held accountable for their actions and progress which increases the likelihood of achieving their goals.
More at:www.TeamAndADream.com
A Kizzog is a semi-custom personal blog for parents who want to write about their kids
What Company Is Offering:
A Kizzog is a semi-custom personal blog for parents who want to write about their kids, but don't have the time to set-up a blog all by themselves! The name "Kizzog" came from the combining of the words "kids" and "blog." For $49.95 per year, parents purchase all of the following: A custom domain name, one year of web hosting, all of the semi customizable Kizzog Themes already installed and pre-installed WordPress blogging software. Parents can upload up to three photos of their children to be plugged in to the blog's header and sidebar design. The Kizzog hosting account comes with built in security features like the option to password-protect the site, making it available to only those who are given the password.
Kizzogs are perfect for parents who want to share their children's milestones with their friends and families especially those that don't live nearby. WordPress allows users to upload photos and video into blog posts without hassle. The Kizzog helps parents capture and share life's most precious moments to look back on forever.
"A Kizzog will help capture the memories that will soon fade. Whether it's capturing your son's first steps or your daughter's first soccer game the Kizzog helps you do this via your child's own personal website. Kizzogs are the best way to share these memories with your family and friends." Says Stuart McHenry.
More at: www.mckremie.com
A Kizzog is a semi-custom personal blog for parents who want to write about their kids, but don't have the time to set-up a blog all by themselves! The name "Kizzog" came from the combining of the words "kids" and "blog." For $49.95 per year, parents purchase all of the following: A custom domain name, one year of web hosting, all of the semi customizable Kizzog Themes already installed and pre-installed WordPress blogging software. Parents can upload up to three photos of their children to be plugged in to the blog's header and sidebar design. The Kizzog hosting account comes with built in security features like the option to password-protect the site, making it available to only those who are given the password.
Kizzogs are perfect for parents who want to share their children's milestones with their friends and families especially those that don't live nearby. WordPress allows users to upload photos and video into blog posts without hassle. The Kizzog helps parents capture and share life's most precious moments to look back on forever.
"A Kizzog will help capture the memories that will soon fade. Whether it's capturing your son's first steps or your daughter's first soccer game the Kizzog helps you do this via your child's own personal website. Kizzogs are the best way to share these memories with your family and friends." Says Stuart McHenry.
More at: www.mckremie.com
Binding.com announces the addition of Trade Show Displays
What Company Is Offering:
Binding.com offers a new line of binding machines, binding supplies and binding solutions at competitive prices.
New Updates:
Binding.com announces the addition of Trade Show Displays to their expanding line of expo, office, business and retail display products.
Trade show displays are perfect for trade shows, expositions, exhibits, booths, large business meetings or conventions. Portable trade show displays are excellent for branding, special events or new product launches.
More at:http://www.binding.com/
Binding.com offers a new line of binding machines, binding supplies and binding solutions at competitive prices.
New Updates:
Binding.com announces the addition of Trade Show Displays to their expanding line of expo, office, business and retail display products.
Trade show displays are perfect for trade shows, expositions, exhibits, booths, large business meetings or conventions. Portable trade show displays are excellent for branding, special events or new product launches.
More at:http://www.binding.com/
Tvosz.com
What Company Is Offering:
Tvosz.com is a place for people who love videos. It lets anyone upload, download, view, share and experience everything from short clips captured on mobile phones all the way up to full-length, high-definition feature films.
More at:www.Tvosz.com
Tvosz.com is a place for people who love videos. It lets anyone upload, download, view, share and experience everything from short clips captured on mobile phones all the way up to full-length, high-definition feature films.
More at:www.Tvosz.com
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
SCOTBLOG Launched By 13 Year Old BoyEntrepreneur
A young tech-savvy entrepreneur has announced his latest venture. Scott Campbell, 13, is launching his first startup, ScotBlog.net. The site is one of the internet’s first socially focused blogging sites, a community to produce and share new content with others. ScotBlog has many features, including allowing the user to create a profile, join user created groups, send private messages, add friends and most importantly, blog.
However, the site has one additional twist. ScotBlog is for anyone who has Scottish ancestory or lives in Scotland.
“Our user base is very diverse,” says Scott, who has the official title ‘Creative Randomist’ on the website. “We have some users in Glasgow, while we have some from South Carolina and even California”.
“The main aim of the website is to create a safe, fun community for anybody to use, from tech savvy users to silver surfers.”
Clearly, users are finding the site easy to use and very enjoyable. One user, Jason Clark, said, “ScotBlog has a very easy, simple user interface! It’s one of the best and most helpful communities around,” while another user thought that “ScotBlog is the best website to have your views and make friends at the same time.”
More at:www.ScotBlog.net
However, the site has one additional twist. ScotBlog is for anyone who has Scottish ancestory or lives in Scotland.
“Our user base is very diverse,” says Scott, who has the official title ‘Creative Randomist’ on the website. “We have some users in Glasgow, while we have some from South Carolina and even California”.
“The main aim of the website is to create a safe, fun community for anybody to use, from tech savvy users to silver surfers.”
Clearly, users are finding the site easy to use and very enjoyable. One user, Jason Clark, said, “ScotBlog has a very easy, simple user interface! It’s one of the best and most helpful communities around,” while another user thought that “ScotBlog is the best website to have your views and make friends at the same time.”
More at:www.ScotBlog.net
Minimum Noise is a service that enables musicians to help each other create great music
What Company Is Offering:
Minimum Noise is a service that enables musicians to help each other create great music.It lets you have customized beats, vocals or accompaniments made to match your specifications.
How It Works:
Simply create a project with your request on Minimum Noise.
Describe the details and state a prize that you are willing to pay for the audio. Producers can now participate in your project, either by uploading actual suggestions to the completed work or examples of previous work to illustrate their style.
When you have found a submission that you like, declare it to be the winner. Transfer the prize to the producer and receive audio material along with all rights to use it.
If you sing, play instruments or have other music production skills, you can put your creative abilities to use and make a profit.
Participate in the projects that fit your talents by uploading audio material that either illustrates your style or suggests a completed version of the requested material.
If the project owner chooses your work, you will receive the prize and transfer the audio material along with all rights to the project owner.
More at:http://www.minimumnoise.com/
Minimum Noise is a service that enables musicians to help each other create great music.It lets you have customized beats, vocals or accompaniments made to match your specifications.
How It Works:
Simply create a project with your request on Minimum Noise.
Describe the details and state a prize that you are willing to pay for the audio. Producers can now participate in your project, either by uploading actual suggestions to the completed work or examples of previous work to illustrate their style.
When you have found a submission that you like, declare it to be the winner. Transfer the prize to the producer and receive audio material along with all rights to use it.
If you sing, play instruments or have other music production skills, you can put your creative abilities to use and make a profit.
Participate in the projects that fit your talents by uploading audio material that either illustrates your style or suggests a completed version of the requested material.
If the project owner chooses your work, you will receive the prize and transfer the audio material along with all rights to the project owner.
More at:http://www.minimumnoise.com/
People Ripple
What Company Is Offering:
People Ripple was setup as an offline event management system. It has evolved to include online components, tracking and prizes for these real world.
More at:http://www.peopleripple.com/
People Ripple was setup as an offline event management system. It has evolved to include online components, tracking and prizes for these real world.
More at:http://www.peopleripple.com/
SkyGrid For Traders And Investors
What Company Is Offering:
SkyGrid continuosly searches & analyzes millions of news sources to delivers comprehensive, filtered, and personalized content to institutional investors.
More at:http://www.skygrid.com/
SkyGrid continuosly searches & analyzes millions of news sources to delivers comprehensive, filtered, and personalized content to institutional investors.
More at:http://www.skygrid.com/
Woosabi is a web based relationship management and activity collaboration resource
What Company Is Offering:
Woosabi is a web based relationship management and activity collaboration resource that can serve any new or existing business. Designed to streamline the needs of small business individuals, partners and teams, Woosabi will supply meaningful real-time information and dynamic features that eliminate make shift tools, isolated activity and static documents. Collaborate with your colleagues around a single easy to use application that automates and simplifies essential day-to-day business management, all without time, location or security limitations.
How It Works:
With Woosabi, it's easy to view where your money is coming from and when it should be paid. Track services you perform and quickly create, send and track quotes, invoices, part payments and refunds all in one place.In one click Woosabi will allow you to convert a message in your inbox in to an auto-scheduled job. Team members stay aware of each other's activities which makes it simple and easy for the business to track overall progress.
More at:http://www.woosabi.com/
Woosabi is a web based relationship management and activity collaboration resource that can serve any new or existing business. Designed to streamline the needs of small business individuals, partners and teams, Woosabi will supply meaningful real-time information and dynamic features that eliminate make shift tools, isolated activity and static documents. Collaborate with your colleagues around a single easy to use application that automates and simplifies essential day-to-day business management, all without time, location or security limitations.
How It Works:
With Woosabi, it's easy to view where your money is coming from and when it should be paid. Track services you perform and quickly create, send and track quotes, invoices, part payments and refunds all in one place.In one click Woosabi will allow you to convert a message in your inbox in to an auto-scheduled job. Team members stay aware of each other's activities which makes it simple and easy for the business to track overall progress.
More at:http://www.woosabi.com/
BlogTalkRadio allows users to create free online radio stations
What Company Is Offering:
BlogTalkRadio allows users to create free online radio stations and listen to thousands of original internet radio shows. Join the social media podcast revolution.
How It Works:
BlogTalkRadio is the social radio network that allows users to connect quickly and directly with their audience. Using an ordinary telephone and computer hosts can create free, live, call-in talk shows with unlimited participants that are automatically archived and made available as podcasts. No software download is required. Listeners can subscribe to shows via RSS into iTunes and other feed readers.
More at:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
BlogTalkRadio allows users to create free online radio stations and listen to thousands of original internet radio shows. Join the social media podcast revolution.
How It Works:
BlogTalkRadio is the social radio network that allows users to connect quickly and directly with their audience. Using an ordinary telephone and computer hosts can create free, live, call-in talk shows with unlimited participants that are automatically archived and made available as podcasts. No software download is required. Listeners can subscribe to shows via RSS into iTunes and other feed readers.
More at:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
Monday, January 5, 2009
Voice From God Predicts U.S. will embrace socialism, economy will recover in ’09
Citing information he says is from God, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said Friday that America is headed for veritable socialism as well as an economic rebound under President-elect Barack Obama in 2009. "What the Lord was saying, the people are willing to accept socialism to alleviate their pain," Robertson said on a broadcast of "The 700 Club." Robertson hosts the program, which is aired from the Christian Broadcasting Network studios in Virginia Beach. Robertson...Robertson said the economy, particularly the stock market, could start rebounding by the second quarter.
Cast off the gloom and the doom because things are getting ready to turn around," he said. "I’m flying in the face of all of the experts or most of the experts who say, ’Oh no, no, no, it’s going to get worse,’ but I don’t think so."
Robertson’s prophecies are an annual tradition at CBN and Regent University, where he unveils his predictions at a New Year’s Day chapel service. Robertson is founder, president and chancellor of Regent.
More at:http://hawk.heraldinteractive.com/news/us_politics/view/2009_01_03_Pat_Robertson_predicts_U_S__will_embrace_socialism__economy_will_recover_in__09/
Cast off the gloom and the doom because things are getting ready to turn around," he said. "I’m flying in the face of all of the experts or most of the experts who say, ’Oh no, no, no, it’s going to get worse,’ but I don’t think so."
Robertson’s prophecies are an annual tradition at CBN and Regent University, where he unveils his predictions at a New Year’s Day chapel service. Robertson is founder, president and chancellor of Regent.
More at:http://hawk.heraldinteractive.com/news/us_politics/view/2009_01_03_Pat_Robertson_predicts_U_S__will_embrace_socialism__economy_will_recover_in__09/
Who are you - Where are you is a photographic search library
What Company Is Offering:
The site where you can search for anyone and anything. Upload a photo and you can use the search box to define who or what you want to find.Who are you - Where are you is a photographic search library and an online photo sharing community. It allows you to upload a photo to ask who are you and where are you. It also enables you to search and respond to any image on the site. Free Membership Registration gives you FULL access to the site, enabling you to search and respond to any image and add your own. By registering you receive 10 FREE photo uploads to get you started.
More at:http://www.whoareyou-whereareyou.com/
The site where you can search for anyone and anything. Upload a photo and you can use the search box to define who or what you want to find.Who are you - Where are you is a photographic search library and an online photo sharing community. It allows you to upload a photo to ask who are you and where are you. It also enables you to search and respond to any image on the site. Free Membership Registration gives you FULL access to the site, enabling you to search and respond to any image and add your own. By registering you receive 10 FREE photo uploads to get you started.
More at:http://www.whoareyou-whereareyou.com/
LinkLike gives you a place to build cross promotion partnerships with like-minded web sites
What Company Is Offering:
LinkLike gives you a place to build cross promotion partnerships with like-minded web sites. It also provides a metered ad exchange service that you and your partners can use to pool online traffic. LinkLike's metered ad exchange service lets you and your partners confidently link to each other online. It works by maintaining a balanced click flow between you and each of your partners. For every customer you send to your partner, you can be sure that she will send a customer to you.
More at:http://www.linklike.com/
LinkLike gives you a place to build cross promotion partnerships with like-minded web sites. It also provides a metered ad exchange service that you and your partners can use to pool online traffic. LinkLike's metered ad exchange service lets you and your partners confidently link to each other online. It works by maintaining a balanced click flow between you and each of your partners. For every customer you send to your partner, you can be sure that she will send a customer to you.
More at:http://www.linklike.com/
WatchThatPage--- Automatically collect new information from your favorite pages on the Internet
What Company Is Offering:
WatchThatPage is a service that enables you to automatically collect new information from your favorite pages on the Internet. You select which pages to monitor, and WatchThatPage will find which pages have changed, and collect all the new content for you. The new information is presented to you in an email and/or a personal web page. You can specify when the changes will be collected, so they are fresh when you want to read them.
How It Works:
With WatchThatPage you can make your own newsletter customized with the information important to you, from the sources of your choice. Competitors, partners, online news and magazines, reports, events. Any page on the Internet can be watched. There is nothing to download to use WatchThatPage. All the heavy work is done on our server. All you have to do is to register your profile, and add the pages you want to watch. From now on, just lean back and let the updates come to you.
More at:http://www.watchthatpage.com/
WatchThatPage is a service that enables you to automatically collect new information from your favorite pages on the Internet. You select which pages to monitor, and WatchThatPage will find which pages have changed, and collect all the new content for you. The new information is presented to you in an email and/or a personal web page. You can specify when the changes will be collected, so they are fresh when you want to read them.
How It Works:
With WatchThatPage you can make your own newsletter customized with the information important to you, from the sources of your choice. Competitors, partners, online news and magazines, reports, events. Any page on the Internet can be watched. There is nothing to download to use WatchThatPage. All the heavy work is done on our server. All you have to do is to register your profile, and add the pages you want to watch. From now on, just lean back and let the updates come to you.
More at:http://www.watchthatpage.com/
Viximo that connects content creators, brands and publishers across the Internet
What Company Is Offering:
Viximo is the only digital goods platform that connects content creators, brands and publishers across the Internet.
Viximo enables content creators like you to create compelling digital goods and upload them for distribution across Viximo's network of online and mobile communities.
How It Works:
It basically works like this: You upload and track your good in Viximo's Creator Community. People buy and send your items to their friends via Facebook apps, social networks, gaming sites and more. And you rake in the royalties! Yep, you get 20% of every sale of your items. Maybe not enough to buy an island but it might just support your coffee addiction.
More at:http://viximo.com/
Viximo is the only digital goods platform that connects content creators, brands and publishers across the Internet.
Viximo enables content creators like you to create compelling digital goods and upload them for distribution across Viximo's network of online and mobile communities.
How It Works:
It basically works like this: You upload and track your good in Viximo's Creator Community. People buy and send your items to their friends via Facebook apps, social networks, gaming sites and more. And you rake in the royalties! Yep, you get 20% of every sale of your items. Maybe not enough to buy an island but it might just support your coffee addiction.
More at:http://viximo.com/
Closet Assistant is an online wardrobe management system
What Company Is Offering:
Closet Assistant is an online wardrobe management system equipped with a number of solid professional features to help anyone constructively manage their wardrobe. It lets you upload and manage as many articles of clothing as you like.
More at:www.closetassistant.com
Closet Assistant is an online wardrobe management system equipped with a number of solid professional features to help anyone constructively manage their wardrobe. It lets you upload and manage as many articles of clothing as you like.
More at:www.closetassistant.com
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Own-Id is a free service that lets you use your own domain name as your OpenId Identifier
What Company Is Offering:
Own-Id is a free service that lets you use your own domain name (eg. id.example.com) as your OpenId Identifier. The advantages are similar to those for using your own domain in an email address: you can change provider while keeping the same OpenId, and; it looks neat.
More at: http://www.own-id.com
Own-Id is a free service that lets you use your own domain name (eg. id.example.com) as your OpenId Identifier. The advantages are similar to those for using your own domain in an email address: you can change provider while keeping the same OpenId, and; it looks neat.
More at: http://www.own-id.com
Delivr is the biggest free ecards site on the internet with over 6,000,000 images to choose from
What Company Is Offering:
Delivr might just be the biggest free ecards site on the internet with over 6,000,000 images to choose from. If you want something a bit more unique than your average animated clip art then browse all the images on Delivr and create your own personalized greeting card. Select an image from the most popular displayed on the home page, navigate through the categories below or search all images to create unique free ecards. Just click on the image and fill in the fields to send your e-card.
How It Works:
Select an image from the most popular displayed on the home page, navigate through the categories below or search all images to create unique free ecards. Just click on the image and fill in the fields to send your e-card.
More at:http://www.delivr.net/
Delivr might just be the biggest free ecards site on the internet with over 6,000,000 images to choose from. If you want something a bit more unique than your average animated clip art then browse all the images on Delivr and create your own personalized greeting card. Select an image from the most popular displayed on the home page, navigate through the categories below or search all images to create unique free ecards. Just click on the image and fill in the fields to send your e-card.
How It Works:
Select an image from the most popular displayed on the home page, navigate through the categories below or search all images to create unique free ecards. Just click on the image and fill in the fields to send your e-card.
More at:http://www.delivr.net/
Koblo is global music system
What Company Is Offering:
Koblo offers affordable software plugins to make and master your music, and a great network and tools to promote it!
More at:http://koblo.com/
Koblo offers affordable software plugins to make and master your music, and a great network and tools to promote it!
More at:http://koblo.com/
iSellMyTextbook is to allow college students to buy textbooks for less and sell them for more
What Company Is Offering:
iSellMyTextbook is to allow college students to buy textbooks for less and sell them for more (compared to bookstore prices and buy back offers) by allowing buyers to connect directly with sellers within your school. Without the middleman students transacting directly with each other SAVE ON AVERAGE 53% on purchases and EARN DOUBLE the amount they would selling back to a bookstore. Stop letting middleman bookstores rip you off, save your money for more important stuff.
More at:http://www.isellmytextbook.com/
iSellMyTextbook is to allow college students to buy textbooks for less and sell them for more (compared to bookstore prices and buy back offers) by allowing buyers to connect directly with sellers within your school. Without the middleman students transacting directly with each other SAVE ON AVERAGE 53% on purchases and EARN DOUBLE the amount they would selling back to a bookstore. Stop letting middleman bookstores rip you off, save your money for more important stuff.
More at:http://www.isellmytextbook.com/
Dropcash is a simple way to organize a fundraiser
What Company Is Offering:
Dropcash is a simple way to organize a fundraiser. Dropcash lets you set up a page so everyone can follow your progress as you near your goal.
How It Works:
To create a campaign, you'll need to provide a few details about you and your goal: how much you want to raise, information your donors need to know, and your email address.Once you've signed in and created a campaign, promote it by emailing the URL to friends and family, posting it to your weblog, or in your organization's print newsletter. Visitors to your page can donate, find out more about your campaign, leave comments, and follow the progress as the goal approaches.
More at:http://www.dropcash.com/
Dropcash is a simple way to organize a fundraiser. Dropcash lets you set up a page so everyone can follow your progress as you near your goal.
How It Works:
To create a campaign, you'll need to provide a few details about you and your goal: how much you want to raise, information your donors need to know, and your email address.Once you've signed in and created a campaign, promote it by emailing the URL to friends and family, posting it to your weblog, or in your organization's print newsletter. Visitors to your page can donate, find out more about your campaign, leave comments, and follow the progress as the goal approaches.
More at:http://www.dropcash.com/
Friday, January 2, 2009
ScreenReach is a web-based 'software as a service' (SaaS) Digital Signage Platform
What Company Is Offering:
ScreenReach is a web-based 'software as a service' (SaaS) Digital Signage Platform enabling remote update and monitoring of attached ScreenReach devices over a standard Internet connection.
More at:http://www.screenreach.com
ScreenReach is a web-based 'software as a service' (SaaS) Digital Signage Platform enabling remote update and monitoring of attached ScreenReach devices over a standard Internet connection.
More at:http://www.screenreach.com
Daymix shows the latest information on any topic
What Company Is Offering:
Daymix shows the latest information on any topic. Description, talk, news, blogs, photos, videos, related sections, everything all in one place. You can also search for top content of certain sites by using its search feature.
More at: http://www.daymix.com
Daymix shows the latest information on any topic. Description, talk, news, blogs, photos, videos, related sections, everything all in one place. You can also search for top content of certain sites by using its search feature.
More at: http://www.daymix.com
WizeHive is an online collaboration tool
What Company Is Offering:
WizeHive is an online collaboration tool that lets you manage your activities and organize your life (or business) all in one integrated platform.
More at: http://www.wizehive.com
WizeHive is an online collaboration tool that lets you manage your activities and organize your life (or business) all in one integrated platform.
More at: http://www.wizehive.com
Buzzup .com
What Company Is Offering:
Buzzup is a web application that allows you to submit an article that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page. When a user submits a news article it will be placed in the "unpublished" area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page.
More at: http://www.buzzup.com
Buzzup is a web application that allows you to submit an article that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page. When a user submits a news article it will be placed in the "unpublished" area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page.
More at: http://www.buzzup.com
JobVent is the web site for anyone who has ever said 'I hate my job'
What Company Is Offering:
JobVent is the web site for anyone who has ever said 'I hate my job', or 'I love my job'. JobVent is the web site for people who are about to start a new job, and want to see what other people think of working there.
Points, for any given company, are cumulative. So if a company has 2 reviews, and both reviews assign -10 to the company, then the company now has -20 points.
More at:http://www.jobvent.com/
JobVent is the web site for anyone who has ever said 'I hate my job', or 'I love my job'. JobVent is the web site for people who are about to start a new job, and want to see what other people think of working there.
Points, for any given company, are cumulative. So if a company has 2 reviews, and both reviews assign -10 to the company, then the company now has -20 points.
More at:http://www.jobvent.com/
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Gvisit
About Company :
Register your website. It is free and they don't collect any personal information - not even an email address.
Copy and paste a single line of JavaScript to your website. It is easy and doesn't change the way your website works or looks.
You will be given your own URL that lets you track the visitors to your website using Google Maps.
More at:http://www.gvisit.com/
Register your website. It is free and they don't collect any personal information - not even an email address.
Copy and paste a single line of JavaScript to your website. It is easy and doesn't change the way your website works or looks.
You will be given your own URL that lets you track the visitors to your website using Google Maps.
More at:http://www.gvisit.com/
Placeopedia, a simple site where you can connect Wikipedia articles with places, and then make use of their database
What Company Is Offering:
Placeopedia, a simple site where you can connect Wikipedia articles with places, and then make use of their database either to browse, or syndicate the whole lot. They hope that lots of people will connect places they know with their corresponding Wikipedia article, and then their syndicated data can be used as a general geographic lookup table for Wikipedia.
More at:http://www.placeopedia.com/
Placeopedia, a simple site where you can connect Wikipedia articles with places, and then make use of their database either to browse, or syndicate the whole lot. They hope that lots of people will connect places they know with their corresponding Wikipedia article, and then their syndicated data can be used as a general geographic lookup table for Wikipedia.
More at:http://www.placeopedia.com/
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Lab21, a specialist diagnostic services and products healthcare company has closed a £2.2m round of financing
What Company Is Offering:
Lab21 is a global provider of state-of-the-art diagnostic products and services, supporting drug discovery and healthcare. Its customers include healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
The Company has a growing test portfolio providing companion diagnostics and high technology assays for the growing integration of personalised medicine into healthcare. These services and products are currently in infectious diseases, oncology and pharmacogenetics areas with emerging interests in cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
Lab21's clinical reference laboratory and corporate office is based in Cambridge, UK and the Company's investors include Merlin Biosciences and Kreos Capital
How Much They Got From VCs:
Lab21, a specialist diagnostic services and products healthcare company is pleased to announce that it has closed a £2.2m round of financing from leading international private equity investors. The new funds will be used to progress its acquisition plan and to establish its US operations in South Carolina to expand its presence in the North American market.
Graham Mullis, CEO of Lab21 commented: “Given the very difficult financial markets of the past 6 months, I am delighted to welcome two new investors to Lab21 which is a significant endorsement to the growth strategy of Lab21. With new capital, we anticipate closing a number of company acquisitions. This investment will also allow Lab21 to commence its expansion plans overseas where we believe our brand and strong focus on quality and service will be well received”.
Nexus Medical Partners, based in Boston and South Carolina, USA and Rowan Dartington of the UK join Merlin Biosciences and Kreos capital as shareholders. Maddy Kennedy, CFO Lab21 explained: “I am pleased to be working with investors who understand healthcare markets and diagnostics specifically. Merlin Biosciences, now part of the Excalibur Group have continued to support Lab21 and advised the Company with this finance round. We are also delighted that Dr Ed Snape, who is co-founder and head of the healthcare practice at Nexus Medical Partners has agreed to join the Board of Lab21”
Dr Snape commented: “I am pleased to accept the Board position at Lab21 and support the establishment of its South Carolina operations to facilitate its entry into the US market. The diagnostic market is changing rapidly and Lab21 is well placed with its management and product portfolio to be a serious consolidator in the sector. Lab21’s business model which combines the technology and distribution capabilities of both a service provider and product developer makes for an exciting investment opportunity.”
Jonathan Beatson-Hird, Managing Director of Rowan Dartington and also fund manager for the Isambard Fund, said: “Our strategy has been to build our investment portfolio around three sectors, one of which is the In vitro diagnostics market. This is a dynamic industry displaying strong defensive characteristics. We are delighted to be able to invest in Lab 21 which is a core holding for us. We believe that the current economic environment is ideal for the corporate strategy of consolidation and with their state of the art products and services makes the company well positioned for growth in these uncertain times.”
The Company will not reveal details of its acquisition plans and US market strategy today but expects to complete on two European company acquisitions during H1 next year.
More at:www.lab21.com
Lab21 is a global provider of state-of-the-art diagnostic products and services, supporting drug discovery and healthcare. Its customers include healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
The Company has a growing test portfolio providing companion diagnostics and high technology assays for the growing integration of personalised medicine into healthcare. These services and products are currently in infectious diseases, oncology and pharmacogenetics areas with emerging interests in cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
Lab21's clinical reference laboratory and corporate office is based in Cambridge, UK and the Company's investors include Merlin Biosciences and Kreos Capital
How Much They Got From VCs:
Lab21, a specialist diagnostic services and products healthcare company is pleased to announce that it has closed a £2.2m round of financing from leading international private equity investors. The new funds will be used to progress its acquisition plan and to establish its US operations in South Carolina to expand its presence in the North American market.
Graham Mullis, CEO of Lab21 commented: “Given the very difficult financial markets of the past 6 months, I am delighted to welcome two new investors to Lab21 which is a significant endorsement to the growth strategy of Lab21. With new capital, we anticipate closing a number of company acquisitions. This investment will also allow Lab21 to commence its expansion plans overseas where we believe our brand and strong focus on quality and service will be well received”.
Nexus Medical Partners, based in Boston and South Carolina, USA and Rowan Dartington of the UK join Merlin Biosciences and Kreos capital as shareholders. Maddy Kennedy, CFO Lab21 explained: “I am pleased to be working with investors who understand healthcare markets and diagnostics specifically. Merlin Biosciences, now part of the Excalibur Group have continued to support Lab21 and advised the Company with this finance round. We are also delighted that Dr Ed Snape, who is co-founder and head of the healthcare practice at Nexus Medical Partners has agreed to join the Board of Lab21”
Dr Snape commented: “I am pleased to accept the Board position at Lab21 and support the establishment of its South Carolina operations to facilitate its entry into the US market. The diagnostic market is changing rapidly and Lab21 is well placed with its management and product portfolio to be a serious consolidator in the sector. Lab21’s business model which combines the technology and distribution capabilities of both a service provider and product developer makes for an exciting investment opportunity.”
Jonathan Beatson-Hird, Managing Director of Rowan Dartington and also fund manager for the Isambard Fund, said: “Our strategy has been to build our investment portfolio around three sectors, one of which is the In vitro diagnostics market. This is a dynamic industry displaying strong defensive characteristics. We are delighted to be able to invest in Lab 21 which is a core holding for us. We believe that the current economic environment is ideal for the corporate strategy of consolidation and with their state of the art products and services makes the company well positioned for growth in these uncertain times.”
The Company will not reveal details of its acquisition plans and US market strategy today but expects to complete on two European company acquisitions during H1 next year.
More at:www.lab21.com
Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications has received funding of $6 million
What Company Is Offering:
Motion Computing is a mobile computing and wireless communications leader, combining world-class innovation and industry experience so professionals in vertical industries such as healthcare, field sales and service and government can use computing technology in new ways and places. The company’s enhanced line of tablet PCs, mobile clinical assistants and accessories are designed to increase productivity for on-the-go users while providing portability, security, power and versatility. Motion combines those products with services and unique vertical market knowledge to deliver robust solutions – platforms, peripherals, services and wireless – customized for the needs of a particular industry.
Motion Computing and Motion are registered trademarks of Motion Computing, Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, announced today that it has received funding of $6 million from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), G-51 Capital, and other new investors. The funds will be used to drive continued expansion into the healthcare market and support international growth opportunities.
NEA, an investor in Motion’s earlier funding rounds, is a leading venture capital firm focused on the information technology and healthcare sectors and has funded approximately 550 companies to date. IVP, one of the premier later-stage venture capital firms and previous investor in Motion is also participating in the current funding round, as is Austin-based G-51 Capital.
What VCs Says About Company:
“Since our first investment in Motion we have watched it develop through the introduction of innovative products and solutions, establishing a leadership position in the markets it serves,” said Paul Hsiao, NEA Partner. “We are committed to helping the company build on its success.”
“Motion continues to bring cutting-edge solutions and products to the healthcare industry and we are pleased to be able to assist in Motion’s continued expansion,” said Norm Fogelsong, IVP General Partner.
The Motion® C5 is the world’s first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), now deployed in more than 4,000 healthcare organizations worldwide. Additionally, Motion recently entered new markets with the F5 rugged field tool, which is being used across vertical industries that require a highly durable device in a lightweight and portable design.
Motion provides mobile computing products and services for the healthcare industry and across other vertical markets, and is the leading provider of slate tablet PCs, with more than 40 percent market share worldwide, according to the IDC Market Analysis, Worldwide Tablet PC 2007-2011 Forecast. Founded in 2001, Motion has relationships with hundreds of valued software and hardware partners worldwide, and sells through over 1300 leading resellers in 25 countries across North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
More at: www.motioncomputing.com
Motion Computing is a mobile computing and wireless communications leader, combining world-class innovation and industry experience so professionals in vertical industries such as healthcare, field sales and service and government can use computing technology in new ways and places. The company’s enhanced line of tablet PCs, mobile clinical assistants and accessories are designed to increase productivity for on-the-go users while providing portability, security, power and versatility. Motion combines those products with services and unique vertical market knowledge to deliver robust solutions – platforms, peripherals, services and wireless – customized for the needs of a particular industry.
Motion Computing and Motion are registered trademarks of Motion Computing, Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, announced today that it has received funding of $6 million from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), G-51 Capital, and other new investors. The funds will be used to drive continued expansion into the healthcare market and support international growth opportunities.
NEA, an investor in Motion’s earlier funding rounds, is a leading venture capital firm focused on the information technology and healthcare sectors and has funded approximately 550 companies to date. IVP, one of the premier later-stage venture capital firms and previous investor in Motion is also participating in the current funding round, as is Austin-based G-51 Capital.
What VCs Says About Company:
“Since our first investment in Motion we have watched it develop through the introduction of innovative products and solutions, establishing a leadership position in the markets it serves,” said Paul Hsiao, NEA Partner. “We are committed to helping the company build on its success.”
“Motion continues to bring cutting-edge solutions and products to the healthcare industry and we are pleased to be able to assist in Motion’s continued expansion,” said Norm Fogelsong, IVP General Partner.
The Motion® C5 is the world’s first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), now deployed in more than 4,000 healthcare organizations worldwide. Additionally, Motion recently entered new markets with the F5 rugged field tool, which is being used across vertical industries that require a highly durable device in a lightweight and portable design.
Motion provides mobile computing products and services for the healthcare industry and across other vertical markets, and is the leading provider of slate tablet PCs, with more than 40 percent market share worldwide, according to the IDC Market Analysis, Worldwide Tablet PC 2007-2011 Forecast. Founded in 2001, Motion has relationships with hundreds of valued software and hardware partners worldwide, and sells through over 1300 leading resellers in 25 countries across North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
More at: www.motioncomputing.com
Exalead CloudView automatically collects, structures and contextualizes high volumes of unstructured and structured content
What Company Is Offering:
Exalead CloudView automatically collects, structures and contextualizes high volumes of unstructured and structured content scattered across the enterprise information cloud, helping customers around the globe improve information search, discovery, management, security, and storage.
Unique Features:
CloudView provides unified, universal access to unstructured and structured content from virtually any source inside or outside your firewall, breaking down knowledge silos and tapping into new content resources.
CloudView's advanced semantic technologies automatically analyze, categorize, enhance and align structured and unstructured data, enabling unprecedented options for global information search, access and display.
The powerful CloudView text analytics connect the dots in the enterprise cloud, revealing hidden meanings and relationships in data, powering more successful search and discovery, and enabling fully contextualized, 360° views of your data.
CloudView's modular, service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides endless flexibility in accessing, searching and exploring your complete, contextualized data. You can deploy Exalead's award-winning, out-of-the-box search interface, or you can create completely customized search interfaces, content presentations and smart applications to meet specialized business needs.
More at:
Exalead CloudView automatically collects, structures and contextualizes high volumes of unstructured and structured content scattered across the enterprise information cloud, helping customers around the globe improve information search, discovery, management, security, and storage.
Unique Features:
CloudView provides unified, universal access to unstructured and structured content from virtually any source inside or outside your firewall, breaking down knowledge silos and tapping into new content resources.
CloudView's advanced semantic technologies automatically analyze, categorize, enhance and align structured and unstructured data, enabling unprecedented options for global information search, access and display.
The powerful CloudView text analytics connect the dots in the enterprise cloud, revealing hidden meanings and relationships in data, powering more successful search and discovery, and enabling fully contextualized, 360° views of your data.
CloudView's modular, service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides endless flexibility in accessing, searching and exploring your complete, contextualized data. You can deploy Exalead's award-winning, out-of-the-box search interface, or you can create completely customized search interfaces, content presentations and smart applications to meet specialized business needs.
More at:
Podango----Where Marketers And Show Producers Come To Get Heard
What Company Is Offering:
Podango lets podcasters host and manage their own shows or stations using the company’s hosting, syndication, audience measurement and Web site creation tools. The company also offers publishers an embeddable podcast player for use in websites. Hosting their programs at Podango for free, station owners earn income by sharing advertising revenue from the aggregate of Podango-hosted stations. Podango also owns and operates a state-of-the-art production studio in the Bay Area.
How It Works:
Publishers: The Podango Network offers a robust suite of services spanning production, hosting, distribution and monetization through a 50/50 revenue share on advertising.
Advertisers/Marketers: Podango stations enable advertisers to access today’s hard-to-reach, niche audiences and align their marketing messages with highly relevant content. The network’s 1,000+ shows give advertisers a tool for identifying and targeting enthusiasts to build awareness and foster brand evangelism.
Listeners/Viewers: Podango’s wide-ranging content stations afford listeners a wide choice of episodic video and audio programs mapped to individual tastes and interests, no matter how specific or diverse.
PLATFORM TOOLS Podango’s exclusive “P2 Platform” tools enable publishers to deliver a fully integrated experience to their audiences. Publishers can seamlessly embed media across Web sites. Advertising and performance measurement tools help publishers monitor the effectiveness of their stations.
More at: http://www.podango.com/
Podango lets podcasters host and manage their own shows or stations using the company’s hosting, syndication, audience measurement and Web site creation tools. The company also offers publishers an embeddable podcast player for use in websites. Hosting their programs at Podango for free, station owners earn income by sharing advertising revenue from the aggregate of Podango-hosted stations. Podango also owns and operates a state-of-the-art production studio in the Bay Area.
How It Works:
Publishers: The Podango Network offers a robust suite of services spanning production, hosting, distribution and monetization through a 50/50 revenue share on advertising.
Advertisers/Marketers: Podango stations enable advertisers to access today’s hard-to-reach, niche audiences and align their marketing messages with highly relevant content. The network’s 1,000+ shows give advertisers a tool for identifying and targeting enthusiasts to build awareness and foster brand evangelism.
Listeners/Viewers: Podango’s wide-ranging content stations afford listeners a wide choice of episodic video and audio programs mapped to individual tastes and interests, no matter how specific or diverse.
PLATFORM TOOLS Podango’s exclusive “P2 Platform” tools enable publishers to deliver a fully integrated experience to their audiences. Publishers can seamlessly embed media across Web sites. Advertising and performance measurement tools help publishers monitor the effectiveness of their stations.
More at: http://www.podango.com/
MarCom Is Marketing Community With Ranked News, Articles, Blogs, Tips
What Company Is Offering:
MarCom (mar.com) is a comprehensive web 2.0 community for offline and online markers with ranked news, articles and advice. Network with other online marketers and find out the latest in digital marketing, search engine optimization and advertising, social media marketing, online advertising, blogging, affiliate marketing and more.
More at:http://mar.com/
MarCom (mar.com) is a comprehensive web 2.0 community for offline and online markers with ranked news, articles and advice. Network with other online marketers and find out the latest in digital marketing, search engine optimization and advertising, social media marketing, online advertising, blogging, affiliate marketing and more.
More at:http://mar.com/
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
