What Company Is Saying:
Sutori is a place where customers can rate companies, share experiences, build consensus and reach companies to affect positive change.
They help companies get closer to their customers by creating experiences (mostly delivered online) that meet the real needs of real people. They believe that customers now hold the reins of power. And they think most companies need to work on their listening skills. Because ultimately the meaning and value of their products and their brand is not determined by engineers, designers or marketers, but by customers—based on their own experiences.
How It Works:
On Sutori, you can rate companies by posting stories about your experiences with them.
Each story is accompanied by a "goodwill rating", which contributes to the goodwill meter—an aggregated view of how the Sutori community feels about each company.
When other users read your story, they have the option of leaving a comment or voting to agree or disagree with you.
To reflect the power of consensus, stories with many "agree" votes have a stronger impact on the goodwill meter. Similarly, stories with many "disagree" votes have less of an impact.
In addition to a centralized goodwill meter where companies can track how customers feel about them and why, Sutori also includes a mechanism whereby companies can post official responses to any story.
Sutori was conceived and developed by a small team of Blast Radius employees who wanted to turn these ideas into something real.
More at:http://sutori.com/
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Foranu lets you save money as well as time in finding the best car insurance rate
What Company Says:
Foranu was born out of the need for better car insurance shopping experience. ForAnu lets you save money as well as time in finding the best insurance rate.
How It Works:
Users will input their basic car insurance related data like age, marital status, credit score, etc. (they do not collect personal information like name, address, phone number, etc. ) Users can query based on age, marital status, location, etc. and they show following results.
1.Car Insurance Company.
2.Car Insurance Company Service rating.
3.Insurance rate (computed for 6 months).
4.Car Insurance Company website link.
Users can get educated on car insurance matters and they also answers numbers of user’s questions.
More at:http://www.foranu.com/
Foranu was born out of the need for better car insurance shopping experience. ForAnu lets you save money as well as time in finding the best insurance rate.
How It Works:
Users will input their basic car insurance related data like age, marital status, credit score, etc. (they do not collect personal information like name, address, phone number, etc. ) Users can query based on age, marital status, location, etc. and they show following results.
1.Car Insurance Company.
2.Car Insurance Company Service rating.
3.Insurance rate (computed for 6 months).
4.Car Insurance Company website link.
Users can get educated on car insurance matters and they also answers numbers of user’s questions.
More at:http://www.foranu.com/
DesignFlavr to deliver the latest and freshest art and design straight to you
What Company Is Offering:
DesignFlavr is a breed of website that hopes to deliver the latest and freshest art and design straight to you with no frills and no hassle. The concept behind this website is to help support the vast and ever growing number of Designers and Artists that reside here on the World Wide Web.
How It Works:
By creating a user friendly and regularly updated portal we hope that our efforts will help the many talented people out there get some well deserved recognition for their hard work.
They do not in any way take credit for the artwork and designs that appears on their site. They do not seek to profit or gain recognition for others people work - they are simply a medium for communicating an artist directory in a visual form.
This website is not designed to be used as a portfolio for artists or any person seeking free image hosting. All images submitted are moderated for quality and content as well as checked for any infringing copyright issues.
They encourage user submitted content and believe that the original artist retains the right to request their artwork removed at any time for any reason they deem sufficient.
More at:http://www.designflavr.com/
DesignFlavr is a breed of website that hopes to deliver the latest and freshest art and design straight to you with no frills and no hassle. The concept behind this website is to help support the vast and ever growing number of Designers and Artists that reside here on the World Wide Web.
How It Works:
By creating a user friendly and regularly updated portal we hope that our efforts will help the many talented people out there get some well deserved recognition for their hard work.
They do not in any way take credit for the artwork and designs that appears on their site. They do not seek to profit or gain recognition for others people work - they are simply a medium for communicating an artist directory in a visual form.
This website is not designed to be used as a portfolio for artists or any person seeking free image hosting. All images submitted are moderated for quality and content as well as checked for any infringing copyright issues.
They encourage user submitted content and believe that the original artist retains the right to request their artwork removed at any time for any reason they deem sufficient.
More at:http://www.designflavr.com/
DrUpload allow's you to upload images quickly, and freely on fast servers.
What Company Is Offering:
DrUpload allow's you to upload images quickly, and freely on fast servers.
How It Works:
They limit all files to a max of 10mb per file, however you may upload as many file's as you want. all you do is select your file click on upload and when its ready you will see your image! They allow most image type's such as .jpg .jpeg .png .bmp .gif .psd.
More at:http://drupload.com/
DrUpload allow's you to upload images quickly, and freely on fast servers.
How It Works:
They limit all files to a max of 10mb per file, however you may upload as many file's as you want. all you do is select your file click on upload and when its ready you will see your image! They allow most image type's such as .jpg .jpeg .png .bmp .gif .psd.
More at:http://drupload.com/
Lat49 is the online mapvertising system that brings geographically relevant advertising to users of online maps
What Company Is Offering:
Lat49 is the online mapvertising system that brings geographically relevant advertising to users of online maps. Lat49 is a new mapvertising system that finally enables advertisers to reach the enormous number of people who use online, interactive mapping technologies such as MapQuest, Google Maps, and the long tail of "map mashups". Lat49 provides a revenue strategy to the thousands of online publishers that have included interactive maps as a feature on their Web sites.
How It Works:
Lat49 puts your ad right where you know the user is looking — on the map. As users travel to different regions on lat49's partner map sites, your geo-targeted ad appears where it matters to your business. Your lat49 ad provides users with locally relevant, interactive map content. There is no competition for the user's attention. You own every block or region of the map that you buy — and you own it across a worldwide network of map sites that cater directly to your target market. To learn more about our publisher network, visit our featured publisher page.
With lat49, you purchase the exclusive advertising rights for regions of the map. Anytime someone visits your real estate across the lat49 publisher network, your ad is guaranteed to show.
With lat49, you can buy parcels of land at multiple zoom levels to suit the goals of your advertising campaign. Build your regional branding campaign by owning the map's most zoomed out views. Or, finely tune your messaging to target the local street, neighborhood, or urban level audiences. Action oriented or branding focused... lat49 offers a variety of ad formats to accommodate your needs.
Unique Features:
1.Lat49 provides advertisers with access to an engaged and interactive audience that is currently unreachable with existing ad engines.
2.Lat49 does NOT rely on keyword search. The user's interest is determined by interaction with the map. All ads are geo-targeted and contextually relevant.
3.Lat49 is NOT another pushpin on the map — it is an on-map display ad.
4.Lat49 suits any kind of retail, product, or service business. It is not dependent on a specific address, just the area(s) of the map that you choose.
More at:http://lat49.com/
Lat49 is the online mapvertising system that brings geographically relevant advertising to users of online maps. Lat49 is a new mapvertising system that finally enables advertisers to reach the enormous number of people who use online, interactive mapping technologies such as MapQuest, Google Maps, and the long tail of "map mashups". Lat49 provides a revenue strategy to the thousands of online publishers that have included interactive maps as a feature on their Web sites.
How It Works:
Lat49 puts your ad right where you know the user is looking — on the map. As users travel to different regions on lat49's partner map sites, your geo-targeted ad appears where it matters to your business. Your lat49 ad provides users with locally relevant, interactive map content. There is no competition for the user's attention. You own every block or region of the map that you buy — and you own it across a worldwide network of map sites that cater directly to your target market. To learn more about our publisher network, visit our featured publisher page.
With lat49, you purchase the exclusive advertising rights for regions of the map. Anytime someone visits your real estate across the lat49 publisher network, your ad is guaranteed to show.
With lat49, you can buy parcels of land at multiple zoom levels to suit the goals of your advertising campaign. Build your regional branding campaign by owning the map's most zoomed out views. Or, finely tune your messaging to target the local street, neighborhood, or urban level audiences. Action oriented or branding focused... lat49 offers a variety of ad formats to accommodate your needs.
Unique Features:
1.Lat49 provides advertisers with access to an engaged and interactive audience that is currently unreachable with existing ad engines.
2.Lat49 does NOT rely on keyword search. The user's interest is determined by interaction with the map. All ads are geo-targeted and contextually relevant.
3.Lat49 is NOT another pushpin on the map — it is an on-map display ad.
4.Lat49 suits any kind of retail, product, or service business. It is not dependent on a specific address, just the area(s) of the map that you choose.
More at:http://lat49.com/
FyreBall is developing a gaming-influenced alternative to email, has raised around $1.1 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
Fyreball is a rich and playful alternative to email for sending stuff to your friends. It's being developed by a team of game industry veterans, internet addicts and Spartan warriors. They think Fyreball will be a great way to track, send and receive cool content on the web.
How Much They Got From VCs:
FyreBall Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that is developing a gaming-influenced alternative to email, has raised around $1.1 million in Series A funding led by Labrador Ventures. It is run by former members of the Halo development team.
More at:www.fyreball.com
Fyreball is a rich and playful alternative to email for sending stuff to your friends. It's being developed by a team of game industry veterans, internet addicts and Spartan warriors. They think Fyreball will be a great way to track, send and receive cool content on the web.
How Much They Got From VCs:
FyreBall Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that is developing a gaming-influenced alternative to email, has raised around $1.1 million in Series A funding led by Labrador Ventures. It is run by former members of the Halo development team.
More at:www.fyreball.com
DevonWay is provider of on-demand web services for improving work processesraised $6.5 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
DevonWay On-Demand is a web services offering representing a new generation of solutions designed to improve work processes while supplying budget relief across the enterprise.
How It Works:
DevonWay puts an end to the rigid monolithic ERP system approach to software that force the user to think in foreign terms, requiring endless training. Devon-Way web-services improve your user experiences, end the hassle with IT support and simplify your work day… and our no-license fee — no maintenance-fee — on-demand model saves you money. Sit down. Log on. Begin working... no additional software or server required! Checkout our feature set – unavailable from any other software vendor.
Their service offerings are designed to be additive to client/server systems of record commonly in use. These offer incremental change to departmental functions improving the end-user experience and work performance of engineering, operations and maintenance disciplines. When fully deployed, they represent a new generation of browser class computing that can replace existing client/sever software products in use.
How Much They Got From VCs:
DevonWay is provider of on-demand web services for improving work processes, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by Crosslink Capital.
More at:http://www.devonway.com/
DevonWay On-Demand is a web services offering representing a new generation of solutions designed to improve work processes while supplying budget relief across the enterprise.
How It Works:
DevonWay puts an end to the rigid monolithic ERP system approach to software that force the user to think in foreign terms, requiring endless training. Devon-Way web-services improve your user experiences, end the hassle with IT support and simplify your work day… and our no-license fee — no maintenance-fee — on-demand model saves you money. Sit down. Log on. Begin working... no additional software or server required! Checkout our feature set – unavailable from any other software vendor.
Their service offerings are designed to be additive to client/server systems of record commonly in use. These offer incremental change to departmental functions improving the end-user experience and work performance of engineering, operations and maintenance disciplines. When fully deployed, they represent a new generation of browser class computing that can replace existing client/sever software products in use.
How Much They Got From VCs:
DevonWay is provider of on-demand web services for improving work processes, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by Crosslink Capital.
More at:http://www.devonway.com/
LiveMocha is provider of online language education raised $6 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
LiveMocha is a language-learning tool that combines fun self-study lessons, motivational tools and community to help you learn the language of your choice. Unlike CDs and books that contain stale academic content, LiveMocha brings to you useful everyday language from actual native speakers.
How It Works:
LiveMocha has a goal setting and friendly leader board competition system to help you stay engaged and active in your foreign language-learning goal. Through competitions, point sharing and community involvement LiveMocha gives you the tools to stay motivated and on track.At LiveMocha they encourage you to learn with and teach other members of your community. Submit a writing sample or an audio sample of a lesson and have a native speaker correct your work. Do the same for someone else when you get the chance and together you can build a strong language community.
LiveMocha also gives you the opportunity to work with native language speakers and other students learning the same language as you. Practicing with other students and native language speakers gives you the opportunity to learn real conversational language instead of the stuffy language you learn in CD’s and books.
How Much They Got From VCs:
LiveMocha Inc., is provider of online language education, has nearly $6 million in Series A funding led by Maveron Equity Partners.
http://www.livemocha.com/help/onlinehelp
LiveMocha is a language-learning tool that combines fun self-study lessons, motivational tools and community to help you learn the language of your choice. Unlike CDs and books that contain stale academic content, LiveMocha brings to you useful everyday language from actual native speakers.
How It Works:
LiveMocha has a goal setting and friendly leader board competition system to help you stay engaged and active in your foreign language-learning goal. Through competitions, point sharing and community involvement LiveMocha gives you the tools to stay motivated and on track.At LiveMocha they encourage you to learn with and teach other members of your community. Submit a writing sample or an audio sample of a lesson and have a native speaker correct your work. Do the same for someone else when you get the chance and together you can build a strong language community.
LiveMocha also gives you the opportunity to work with native language speakers and other students learning the same language as you. Practicing with other students and native language speakers gives you the opportunity to learn real conversational language instead of the stuffy language you learn in CD’s and books.
How Much They Got From VCs:
LiveMocha Inc., is provider of online language education, has nearly $6 million in Series A funding led by Maveron Equity Partners.
http://www.livemocha.com/help/onlinehelp
ArcMail is provider of email archiving and management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses got $3 million in VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
ArcMail Technology is a cutting-edge provider of simple, secure, and cost-effective email archiving and management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s ArcMail appliance is easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to use, and improves the end-user experience, reduces the load on IT resources, and safely and securely retains the business information contained in emails.
How It Works:
The company has a global channel program to help deliver its products to organizations worldwide. ArcMail's product strategy is to provide an email archive product that improves the end-user experience, reduces the load on IT resources, and safely and securely retains the business information contained in emails. By packaging the operating system and software with the database, on-board storage, and RAID disk management, ArcMail has provided a product that is reliable, easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to use. The Defender product line has also been designed to meet the archiving requirements of companies with as few as 5 mailboxes all the way up to 2000+ mailboxes, providing broad coverage for the SMB market space.
The company's distribution strategy is to develop and fully support channel sales through Value Added Resellers (VARs).
It offers a no-obligation 30-day free trial on all its products.ArcMail’s flagship product, ArcMail Defender captures all inbound, outbound and internal email using the journaling function of companies’ mail servers, which indexes the email header and text information. ArcMail Defender allows easy storage and retrieval giving organizations a simple way to manage email.
How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:
With the use of email continuing to explode (many companies saw a 25%-50% increase in their email stores in just the past 12 months, according to Ostermann Research) and companies starting to recognize the importance of the business information contained in emails, we expect the email archive market will experience tremendous growth in the next 5 years.
How Much They Got From VCs:
ArcMail Technology, a leading provider of email archiving and management technologies, announced a $3 million investment from Advantage Capital Partners, the Louisiana Technology Fund and other investors. This new funding will be used to add staff and implement an aggressive marketing campaign to take advantage of quickly expanding market opportunities and to provide additional support for channel sales and product development.
More at:www.arcmailtech.com
ArcMail Technology is a cutting-edge provider of simple, secure, and cost-effective email archiving and management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s ArcMail appliance is easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to use, and improves the end-user experience, reduces the load on IT resources, and safely and securely retains the business information contained in emails.
How It Works:
The company has a global channel program to help deliver its products to organizations worldwide. ArcMail's product strategy is to provide an email archive product that improves the end-user experience, reduces the load on IT resources, and safely and securely retains the business information contained in emails. By packaging the operating system and software with the database, on-board storage, and RAID disk management, ArcMail has provided a product that is reliable, easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to use. The Defender product line has also been designed to meet the archiving requirements of companies with as few as 5 mailboxes all the way up to 2000+ mailboxes, providing broad coverage for the SMB market space.
The company's distribution strategy is to develop and fully support channel sales through Value Added Resellers (VARs).
It offers a no-obligation 30-day free trial on all its products.ArcMail’s flagship product, ArcMail Defender captures all inbound, outbound and internal email using the journaling function of companies’ mail servers, which indexes the email header and text information. ArcMail Defender allows easy storage and retrieval giving organizations a simple way to manage email.
How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:
With the use of email continuing to explode (many companies saw a 25%-50% increase in their email stores in just the past 12 months, according to Ostermann Research) and companies starting to recognize the importance of the business information contained in emails, we expect the email archive market will experience tremendous growth in the next 5 years.
How Much They Got From VCs:
ArcMail Technology, a leading provider of email archiving and management technologies, announced a $3 million investment from Advantage Capital Partners, the Louisiana Technology Fund and other investors. This new funding will be used to add staff and implement an aggressive marketing campaign to take advantage of quickly expanding market opportunities and to provide additional support for channel sales and product development.
More at:www.arcmailtech.com
DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail
What Company is Offering:
DailyLit brings books right into your inbox in convenient small messages that take less than 5 minutes to read. This works incredibly well not just on your computer but also on a Treo, Blackberry, Sidekick or whatever the PDA of your choice. In the words of Dr. Seuss: Try it, you might like it! (Oops -- it would appear that the actual quote from Green Eggs and Ham is "You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may.")
How it Works:
DailyLit aims to combine the best of both worlds by delivering great books in bite-sized chunks via email and RSS.
DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail. DailyLit currently offers over 400 classic public domain titles that can be subscribed to and read in their entirety for free. Popular titles include "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen Readers can choose how often and at what time they want the e-mails sent to them (e.g. every weekday at 6:30am). Books on DailyLit can be read any place that a reader receives e-mail, including on a PDA, Blackberry, Trio, etc. Each installment of a book can be read in under 5 minutes, and if a reader is done with a particular installment, a reader can receive the next installment immediately in his/her e-mail Inbox. DailyLit has recently added forums where readers can discuss their favorite books and authors.
All you need to do is pick a book (browse the collection or use the search box), select how often and when you want to receive messages, and provide your email address. Click on the big Subscribe button. DailyLit does the rest.
More at:http://www.dailylit.com/faq#why
DailyLit brings books right into your inbox in convenient small messages that take less than 5 minutes to read. This works incredibly well not just on your computer but also on a Treo, Blackberry, Sidekick or whatever the PDA of your choice. In the words of Dr. Seuss: Try it, you might like it! (Oops -- it would appear that the actual quote from Green Eggs and Ham is "You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may.")
How it Works:
DailyLit aims to combine the best of both worlds by delivering great books in bite-sized chunks via email and RSS.
DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail. DailyLit currently offers over 400 classic public domain titles that can be subscribed to and read in their entirety for free. Popular titles include "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen Readers can choose how often and at what time they want the e-mails sent to them (e.g. every weekday at 6:30am). Books on DailyLit can be read any place that a reader receives e-mail, including on a PDA, Blackberry, Trio, etc. Each installment of a book can be read in under 5 minutes, and if a reader is done with a particular installment, a reader can receive the next installment immediately in his/her e-mail Inbox. DailyLit has recently added forums where readers can discuss their favorite books and authors.
All you need to do is pick a book (browse the collection or use the search box), select how often and when you want to receive messages, and provide your email address. Click on the big Subscribe button. DailyLit does the rest.
More at:http://www.dailylit.com/faq#why
Trulia--Real Estate Search has announced the Trulia Publisher Platform,become partner and earn
What Company is Offering:
They are a real estate search engine that helps you find homes for sale and provides real estate information at the local level to help you make better decisions in the process.
They aim to be a delightfully smart partner when you are looking to buy a home. The smart part should help you find your dream home (or at least the dream home within your budget) and arm you with data and information about local real estate (without too much work). The delightful part should make you smile and keep you coming back.
How It Works:
Whether you are moving down the street or clear across the country, they're here to help you understand real estate trends at the local level. When you are about to make the biggest financial decision of your life, they help you understand how your future home stacks up compared to similar homes on the market, and similar homes that have recently sold. They show you how sales prices have been trending where it matters—in your county, city, ZIP code and neighborhood.
Recent Updates:
The real estate web site, has announced the Trulia Publisher Platform, which allows other web sites to offer real estate listings under their own brand. Early partners include Kiplinger, Village Voice Media, and AmericanTowns. Trulia provides partners with software and listings, while partners provide Trulia with additional traffic. Additionally, Trulia shares advertising revenue with publishing partners that participate in the program.
More at:http://www.trulia.com/
They are a real estate search engine that helps you find homes for sale and provides real estate information at the local level to help you make better decisions in the process.
They aim to be a delightfully smart partner when you are looking to buy a home. The smart part should help you find your dream home (or at least the dream home within your budget) and arm you with data and information about local real estate (without too much work). The delightful part should make you smile and keep you coming back.
How It Works:
Whether you are moving down the street or clear across the country, they're here to help you understand real estate trends at the local level. When you are about to make the biggest financial decision of your life, they help you understand how your future home stacks up compared to similar homes on the market, and similar homes that have recently sold. They show you how sales prices have been trending where it matters—in your county, city, ZIP code and neighborhood.
Recent Updates:
The real estate web site, has announced the Trulia Publisher Platform, which allows other web sites to offer real estate listings under their own brand. Early partners include Kiplinger, Village Voice Media, and AmericanTowns. Trulia provides partners with software and listings, while partners provide Trulia with additional traffic. Additionally, Trulia shares advertising revenue with publishing partners that participate in the program.
More at:http://www.trulia.com/
Jingle Networks which bring you free directory assistance via the phone got $13 million in funding
What Company is Offering:
1-800-FREE411 is free nationwide directory assistance. And it’s free from any phone. Cell. Home. Work. Wherever. Of course, you may get charged minutes on your cell phone (like most calls), but we won’t charge you a penny.
How It Works:
Simply dial 1-800-FREE411 and get the listing you need for free. It’s just like 411, only better because it doesn’t cost anything. At Free411.com, you’ll get the most accurate residential and business listings on the Web. That’s because they use the same real-time data as the phone companies.
Recent Updates:
The first company to bring you free directory assistance via the telephone, Jingle Networks, has raised nearly $13 million in Series C-1 funding. With return investors Goldman Sachs, IDG Ventures Boston, Liberty Associated Partners and First Round Capital, this most recent round follows a $30 million Series C round from just a few months ago. That round also included a few media companies including Comcast Interactive Capital and Hearst, as well as Lead Dog Ventures.
http://www.free411.com/
1-800-FREE411 is free nationwide directory assistance. And it’s free from any phone. Cell. Home. Work. Wherever. Of course, you may get charged minutes on your cell phone (like most calls), but we won’t charge you a penny.
How It Works:
Simply dial 1-800-FREE411 and get the listing you need for free. It’s just like 411, only better because it doesn’t cost anything. At Free411.com, you’ll get the most accurate residential and business listings on the Web. That’s because they use the same real-time data as the phone companies.
Recent Updates:
The first company to bring you free directory assistance via the telephone, Jingle Networks, has raised nearly $13 million in Series C-1 funding. With return investors Goldman Sachs, IDG Ventures Boston, Liberty Associated Partners and First Round Capital, this most recent round follows a $30 million Series C round from just a few months ago. That round also included a few media companies including Comcast Interactive Capital and Hearst, as well as Lead Dog Ventures.
http://www.free411.com/
ClipSyndicate--Video Search Tool For Social Networks
What Company Is Offering:
ClipSyndicate enables broadcasters and other video content producers to realize new revenue streams and extend their brand into the "Long Tail" of the Internet by syndicating video clips to thousands of vertical web sites looking for specific content of interest for their end-users.
Video news syndication is a win-win-win for the broadcaster, the Web publisher and the advertiser. As a result of these new distribution opportunities provided by ClipSyndicate, broadcasters can further monetize their clips, web publishers have a new source for fresh, relevant content, and advertisers have access to a highly targeted audience.
How It Works:
Once you have found your clip, click on publish this clip and you will be taken to the publish page. You will see a drop down menu to select "My First Channel." The clip will be added to your first channel. You may add more clips to your channel or copy code to publish your clip to your site. Click "Get Code" and a screen will offer several integration methods.
A channel is a collection of clips (one or more) organized into a playlist called a channel. You can create as many channels as you choose for as many different topics as you choose to integrate onto your site.
A smart channel is a "saved search" that automatically updates your channel's playlist as new clips become available that meet your search criteria.
More at:http://www.clipsyndicate.com/
ClipSyndicate enables broadcasters and other video content producers to realize new revenue streams and extend their brand into the "Long Tail" of the Internet by syndicating video clips to thousands of vertical web sites looking for specific content of interest for their end-users.
Video news syndication is a win-win-win for the broadcaster, the Web publisher and the advertiser. As a result of these new distribution opportunities provided by ClipSyndicate, broadcasters can further monetize their clips, web publishers have a new source for fresh, relevant content, and advertisers have access to a highly targeted audience.
How It Works:
Once you have found your clip, click on publish this clip and you will be taken to the publish page. You will see a drop down menu to select "My First Channel." The clip will be added to your first channel. You may add more clips to your channel or copy code to publish your clip to your site. Click "Get Code" and a screen will offer several integration methods.
A channel is a collection of clips (one or more) organized into a playlist called a channel. You can create as many channels as you choose for as many different topics as you choose to integrate onto your site.
A smart channel is a "saved search" that automatically updates your channel's playlist as new clips become available that meet your search criteria.
More at:http://www.clipsyndicate.com/
Zotero is an easy-to-use yet powerful online research tool
What Company Is Offering:
Zotero is an easy-to-use yet powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways.
How It Works:
Zotero integrates tightly with online resources; it can sense when users are viewing a book, article, or other object on the web, and—on many major research and library sites—find and automatically save the full reference information for the item in the correct fields. Since it lives in the web browser, it can effortlessly transmit information to, and receive information from, other web services and applications; since it runs on one’s personal computer, it can also communicate with software running there (such as Microsoft Word). And it can be used offline as well (e.g., on a plane, in an archive without WiFi).
Zotero users will gain the ability to share and collaborate on their collections with other users through an exchange server, and receive recommendations and feeds of new resources that might be of interest to them. In short, over the next year Zotero will expand from an already helpful browser extension into a full-fledged tool for digital research and collaboration.
More at:http://www.zotero.org/
Zotero is an easy-to-use yet powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways.
How It Works:
Zotero integrates tightly with online resources; it can sense when users are viewing a book, article, or other object on the web, and—on many major research and library sites—find and automatically save the full reference information for the item in the correct fields. Since it lives in the web browser, it can effortlessly transmit information to, and receive information from, other web services and applications; since it runs on one’s personal computer, it can also communicate with software running there (such as Microsoft Word). And it can be used offline as well (e.g., on a plane, in an archive without WiFi).
Zotero users will gain the ability to share and collaborate on their collections with other users through an exchange server, and receive recommendations and feeds of new resources that might be of interest to them. In short, over the next year Zotero will expand from an already helpful browser extension into a full-fledged tool for digital research and collaboration.
More at:http://www.zotero.org/
FULLPIX is a powerful and easy-to-use software for enhancing mobile phone and internet videos
What Company Is Offering:
FULLPIX is a powerful and easy-to-use software for enhancing mobile phone and internet videos.
Full Image, the only European company fully dedicated to professional film and video digital restoration, used all his know-how and his in-house research and development team to offer to web community the simple and necesseary FULLPIX freeware.
How It Works:
You can get a new unlock code from the contact page.
Input and output video formats supported: 3gp, 3g2, avi, flv, mov, mpeg1, mpeg2, mp4, asf. In only: wmv 1, wmv 2, wmv 3, and many others...
• Input and output audio formats supported: mp2, mp3, aac, ac3, amr-nb, amr-wb. In only: wav, ogg, wma, and many others...
More at:http://www.fullpix.tv/
FULLPIX is a powerful and easy-to-use software for enhancing mobile phone and internet videos.
Full Image, the only European company fully dedicated to professional film and video digital restoration, used all his know-how and his in-house research and development team to offer to web community the simple and necesseary FULLPIX freeware.
How It Works:
You can get a new unlock code from the contact page.
Input and output video formats supported: 3gp, 3g2, avi, flv, mov, mpeg1, mpeg2, mp4, asf. In only: wmv 1, wmv 2, wmv 3, and many others...
• Input and output audio formats supported: mp2, mp3, aac, ac3, amr-nb, amr-wb. In only: wav, ogg, wma, and many others...
More at:http://www.fullpix.tv/
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
iVerify is interactive video monitoring company, has raised $21 million in private funding
What Company Is Offering:
iVerify, one of the largest dedicated video monitoring centers in the country services national retailers, financial institutions, and public utilities. It operates its National Video Monitoring Center from Charlotte, North Carolina. They deliver verified business data to help companies increase revenue and profitability. Their unique, interactive solution integrates real-time audio, remote video and motion detection with web-based displays and reporting.
How It Works:
Their Video Monitoring Center (VMC) serves as your information hub and control center. There, specially trained operators monitor and verify on-site activities, and respond accordingly: collecting information, creating reports and taking action when necessary. Their unique system combines audio/video intelligence with human interaction to provide their customers an unprecedented level of control and verification.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The iVerify system can benefit every department within a company. Merchandising, operations, human resources, construction and senior management can put the system to work for their own needs by way of online reporting and live camera views. We work one-on-one with each customer to design a system that best achieves that business’ goals.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iVerify is interactive video monitoring company, has raised $21 million in private funding from RBC Century Bank and a "private equity sponsor." The company also announced the $8.5 million cash acquisition of Smart Interactive Systems Inc., the video monitoring business of Magal Security Systems (Nasdaq: MAGS).
More at:http://www.iverify.us/
iVerify, one of the largest dedicated video monitoring centers in the country services national retailers, financial institutions, and public utilities. It operates its National Video Monitoring Center from Charlotte, North Carolina. They deliver verified business data to help companies increase revenue and profitability. Their unique, interactive solution integrates real-time audio, remote video and motion detection with web-based displays and reporting.
How It Works:
Their Video Monitoring Center (VMC) serves as your information hub and control center. There, specially trained operators monitor and verify on-site activities, and respond accordingly: collecting information, creating reports and taking action when necessary. Their unique system combines audio/video intelligence with human interaction to provide their customers an unprecedented level of control and verification.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The iVerify system can benefit every department within a company. Merchandising, operations, human resources, construction and senior management can put the system to work for their own needs by way of online reporting and live camera views. We work one-on-one with each customer to design a system that best achieves that business’ goals.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iVerify is interactive video monitoring company, has raised $21 million in private funding from RBC Century Bank and a "private equity sponsor." The company also announced the $8.5 million cash acquisition of Smart Interactive Systems Inc., the video monitoring business of Magal Security Systems (Nasdaq: MAGS).
More at:http://www.iverify.us/
MyMapCards
Share your business cards, present your company, find new business contacts, and zoom in to find local contacts.
More at:http://www.mymapcards.com/
More at:http://www.mymapcards.com/
Morale-O-Meter
What Company Says:
This is just a silly site where you can keep track of your morale and display it on your websicle. It was created by Buster McLeod.
How It Works:
It will get you an email every morning reminding you to report your morale for the previous day. It will also tell you the day's average morale and who had the craziest day.
Unique Features:
1. Keep track of, and share, your morale, health, sleep, alcohol consumption, and caffeine consumption.
2. Compare your day with the days of others.
3. Customize a free graph of your morale trends to put on your own site.
4. Get (optional) daily email reminders about each day.
More at:http://morale.erikbenson.com/
This is just a silly site where you can keep track of your morale and display it on your websicle. It was created by Buster McLeod.
How It Works:
It will get you an email every morning reminding you to report your morale for the previous day. It will also tell you the day's average morale and who had the craziest day.
Unique Features:
1. Keep track of, and share, your morale, health, sleep, alcohol consumption, and caffeine consumption.
2. Compare your day with the days of others.
3. Customize a free graph of your morale trends to put on your own site.
4. Get (optional) daily email reminders about each day.
More at:http://morale.erikbenson.com/
alaTEST is a free and independent product quality comparison engine
What Company Is Offering:
alaTEST is a free and independent product quality comparison engine created for consumers who look for simple and objective product information.
alaTEST is a unique service helping consumers with their shopping decisions by objectively informing them about product quality. They are totally independent towards product manufacturers, retailers and review sources.
How It Works:
Today’s vast array of products can be overwhelming. Questions such as what product, what brand, what version and for what price are not longer easy to answer. Therefore, alaTEST wants to help by providing unbiased product quality information. They do not test any product themselves; instead, they have developed one of the fastest growing databases in the world with professional tests. This database is continuously updated with new tests and reviews that are matched with product specifications and prices provided by their network partners - all with the purpose of informing consumers un a simple, effective and objective way.
Unique Features:
alaSCORE is a complex algorithm that recollects different product quality ratings from reliable sources, standardizes them and develops them into the most unbiased result currently available in the market.
More at:http://alatest.com/
alaTEST is a free and independent product quality comparison engine created for consumers who look for simple and objective product information.
alaTEST is a unique service helping consumers with their shopping decisions by objectively informing them about product quality. They are totally independent towards product manufacturers, retailers and review sources.
How It Works:
Today’s vast array of products can be overwhelming. Questions such as what product, what brand, what version and for what price are not longer easy to answer. Therefore, alaTEST wants to help by providing unbiased product quality information. They do not test any product themselves; instead, they have developed one of the fastest growing databases in the world with professional tests. This database is continuously updated with new tests and reviews that are matched with product specifications and prices provided by their network partners - all with the purpose of informing consumers un a simple, effective and objective way.
Unique Features:
alaSCORE is a complex algorithm that recollects different product quality ratings from reliable sources, standardizes them and develops them into the most unbiased result currently available in the market.
More at:http://alatest.com/
SEONIK Is A Search Engine Friendly Link Generator
What Company Is Offering:
SEONIK is not tool that will make your URLs shorter.SEONIK is a search engine friendly link generator.SEONIK is a tool that helps you to convert dynamic URLs into SEO Frendly looking html URLs. SEONIK URLs automatically redirect to destinations that you choose. Also SEONIK has special algorithm that give you ability to know the best suitable keywords for your web page.
How It Works:
SEONIK will crawl the given URL, extract text as a search engine would and analyses the density of the keywords. As a result the 20 most common words and phrases in the webpage can be seen.The keywords have been generated based on the content of your web page. SEONIK defines the so called Keyword Density. Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.
The keywords have been generated based on the content of your web page. SEONIK defines the so called Keyword Density. Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.
Unique Features:
Its based on Static URLs.
1. Static URLs typically Rank better in Search Engines.
2. Search Engines are known to index the content of dynamic pages a lot slower compared to static pages.
3. Static URLs are always more friendlier looking to the End Users.
More at:http://seonik.com/
SEONIK is not tool that will make your URLs shorter.SEONIK is a search engine friendly link generator.SEONIK is a tool that helps you to convert dynamic URLs into SEO Frendly looking html URLs. SEONIK URLs automatically redirect to destinations that you choose. Also SEONIK has special algorithm that give you ability to know the best suitable keywords for your web page.
How It Works:
SEONIK will crawl the given URL, extract text as a search engine would and analyses the density of the keywords. As a result the 20 most common words and phrases in the webpage can be seen.The keywords have been generated based on the content of your web page. SEONIK defines the so called Keyword Density. Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.
The keywords have been generated based on the content of your web page. SEONIK defines the so called Keyword Density. Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.
Unique Features:
Its based on Static URLs.
1. Static URLs typically Rank better in Search Engines.
2. Search Engines are known to index the content of dynamic pages a lot slower compared to static pages.
3. Static URLs are always more friendlier looking to the End Users.
More at:http://seonik.com/
EmployeeSuggestionBox.com
What Company Says:
EmployeeSuggestionBox.com provides everyone in your organization—from your department managers, your salespeople to your warehouse staff— an on-demand platform to capture, develop and incorporate good ideas companywide.
How It Works:
The first step is to bring in promising ideas. Solicit and capture ideas from your employees. Inspire fresh and creative thinking where each individual can tap into his/her imagination.
Create, distribute and report on an online opinion poll straight from your desktop. Build consensus among co-workers and have the group vote on ideas to consider and tally the results to get a priority of feelings of the group.
The facilitator can open the idea campaign by posing a question or an existing submitted idea and then letting the group brainstorm the idea. This brainstorming session provides a method for your company to build upon ideas into full-blown concepts.
Employees excel when you present them with on-the-job challenges. Match the right people with the right projects and quickly turn ideas into a real product, service, or business model.
More at:https://www.employeesuggestionbox.com/
EmployeeSuggestionBox.com provides everyone in your organization—from your department managers, your salespeople to your warehouse staff— an on-demand platform to capture, develop and incorporate good ideas companywide.
How It Works:
The first step is to bring in promising ideas. Solicit and capture ideas from your employees. Inspire fresh and creative thinking where each individual can tap into his/her imagination.
Create, distribute and report on an online opinion poll straight from your desktop. Build consensus among co-workers and have the group vote on ideas to consider and tally the results to get a priority of feelings of the group.
The facilitator can open the idea campaign by posing a question or an existing submitted idea and then letting the group brainstorm the idea. This brainstorming session provides a method for your company to build upon ideas into full-blown concepts.
Employees excel when you present them with on-the-job challenges. Match the right people with the right projects and quickly turn ideas into a real product, service, or business model.
More at:https://www.employeesuggestionbox.com/
TimeBridge has created the first personal scheduling manager
What Company Is Offering:
TimeBridge has created the first personal scheduling manager to give busy professionals a faster, more efficient way to schedule meetings and manage their time. TimeBridge's one-step scheduling is the most efficient way to schedule meetings with large groups or individuals across time zones, calendaring systems and companies.
How It Works:
TimeBridge allows users to easily schedule meetings, share their availability with others, and connect directly with calendars including Outlook and Google Calendar.
While online calendars help users track their time, TimeBridge facilitates the social, and often complex process of getting busy people together— in person, on the phone or online.
More at:http://www.timebridge.com/
TimeBridge has created the first personal scheduling manager to give busy professionals a faster, more efficient way to schedule meetings and manage their time. TimeBridge's one-step scheduling is the most efficient way to schedule meetings with large groups or individuals across time zones, calendaring systems and companies.
How It Works:
TimeBridge allows users to easily schedule meetings, share their availability with others, and connect directly with calendars including Outlook and Google Calendar.
While online calendars help users track their time, TimeBridge facilitates the social, and often complex process of getting busy people together— in person, on the phone or online.
More at:http://www.timebridge.com/
SoonR--making computer files available and useful to people anytime, through any mobile phone or Internet connected device got $9.5 million
What Company Is Offering:
SoonR is a global innovator dedicated to making computer files available and useful to people anytime, through any mobile phone or Internet connected device.
How It Works:
The SoonR service continuously and securely backs up computer files and allows users to easily search for, view, forward and share documents from wherever they are, and on whatever connected device they prefer. The company provides carriers and other partners with a branded, premium service and a compelling revenue model. The service works across worldwide carrier networks and major handset operating systems.
Unique Features:
SoonR’s platform brings the computer desktop and mobile worlds together as never before. Through SoonR, users can easily access, back up and share files on their desktop computer while on the go, right from their mobile phone or Internet-enabled device -- and even when the computer is turned off.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SoonR announced that it has closed a strategic $9.5 million Series B investment led by Cisco, intended to help the company expand its mobile platform and advance its new partner-driven distribution strategy. Previous investors Intel Capital and Clearstone Venture Partners also participated in the round. Total investment in the two-year old company now stands at $15.5 million.
More at: www.soonr.com
SoonR is a global innovator dedicated to making computer files available and useful to people anytime, through any mobile phone or Internet connected device.
How It Works:
The SoonR service continuously and securely backs up computer files and allows users to easily search for, view, forward and share documents from wherever they are, and on whatever connected device they prefer. The company provides carriers and other partners with a branded, premium service and a compelling revenue model. The service works across worldwide carrier networks and major handset operating systems.
Unique Features:
SoonR’s platform brings the computer desktop and mobile worlds together as never before. Through SoonR, users can easily access, back up and share files on their desktop computer while on the go, right from their mobile phone or Internet-enabled device -- and even when the computer is turned off.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SoonR announced that it has closed a strategic $9.5 million Series B investment led by Cisco, intended to help the company expand its mobile platform and advance its new partner-driven distribution strategy. Previous investors Intel Capital and Clearstone Venture Partners also participated in the round. Total investment in the two-year old company now stands at $15.5 million.
More at: www.soonr.com
STEP Labs produces crystal-clear voice communications even in the noisiest environments received $6.5 million in Series B funding
What Company Is Offering:
STEP Labs is venture-backed, Silicon Valley-based acoustic software company whose technology produces crystal-clear voice communications even in the noisiest environments. Unlike traditional noise cancelation technologies, STEP's patented technology uses an understanding of the physics of sound wave propagation to isolate voice from ambient noise. This approach offers a broad applicability to a wide range of wireless telecommunications and consumer electronic devices. Working with leading global manufacturers, STEP Labs is designing some of the industry's most advanced hands-free products, including Bluetooth headsets, stereo headphones, helmets and eyewear.
How It Works:
STEP Labs develops and licenses advanced voice separation technology and acoustic design services to manufacturers. Bluetooth headsets enabled with STEPware allow clear, consistent voice communications in even the most severe, high-decibel noise environments - such as a rock concert or a tradeshow. STEPware-enabled devices also make human-to-machine communications clear and concise, enabling near-perfect speech recognition in any noise environment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
STEP Labs announced that it received $6.5 million in Series B funding, led by Gabriel Venture Partners and supported by Individuals' Venture Fund, Garage Technology Ventures, Garage Canada, and private investors.
STEP will use the new funds to expand its acoustic expertise to support its manufacturing partners worldwide in the design of new products and the acceleration of their market introduction.
What VCs Says About Company:
"STEP's patented acoustic technology is a giant leap forward in voice recognition," said Scott Chou, partner at Gabriel Venture Partners. "STEP surpasses any technology out there today in noise elimination at very high decibels, maintaining voice fidelity - which means when you talk on a STEP-enabled Bluetooth device, your voice is always clear and natural."
For more : www.step-labs.com
STEP Labs is venture-backed, Silicon Valley-based acoustic software company whose technology produces crystal-clear voice communications even in the noisiest environments. Unlike traditional noise cancelation technologies, STEP's patented technology uses an understanding of the physics of sound wave propagation to isolate voice from ambient noise. This approach offers a broad applicability to a wide range of wireless telecommunications and consumer electronic devices. Working with leading global manufacturers, STEP Labs is designing some of the industry's most advanced hands-free products, including Bluetooth headsets, stereo headphones, helmets and eyewear.
How It Works:
STEP Labs develops and licenses advanced voice separation technology and acoustic design services to manufacturers. Bluetooth headsets enabled with STEPware allow clear, consistent voice communications in even the most severe, high-decibel noise environments - such as a rock concert or a tradeshow. STEPware-enabled devices also make human-to-machine communications clear and concise, enabling near-perfect speech recognition in any noise environment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
STEP Labs announced that it received $6.5 million in Series B funding, led by Gabriel Venture Partners and supported by Individuals' Venture Fund, Garage Technology Ventures, Garage Canada, and private investors.
STEP will use the new funds to expand its acoustic expertise to support its manufacturing partners worldwide in the design of new products and the acceleration of their market introduction.
What VCs Says About Company:
"STEP's patented acoustic technology is a giant leap forward in voice recognition," said Scott Chou, partner at Gabriel Venture Partners. "STEP surpasses any technology out there today in noise elimination at very high decibels, maintaining voice fidelity - which means when you talk on a STEP-enabled Bluetooth device, your voice is always clear and natural."
For more : www.step-labs.com
Fancast--For Online Tv Viewing
What Company Is offering:
Fancast have created one all-inclusive escape that combines everything you want to know about TV, movies, and celebrities. More than just the latest entertainment buzz, Fancast is also your number one place to find what to watch, where to watch it, and when it's available.
How It Works:
With Fancast, you can watch the hits CSI: Miami, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, and plenty of other full-length TV series. You can also check out the latest movie trailers, clips, photos, news and reviews. And you can search for any movie and TV-related info you absolutely need at that moment.Fancast is your destination devoted to TV, movies and celebrities.
To browse the site, click one of the links on the site's main navigation bar to find content. Click Sign In so you can save content to Your Fancast Favorites and personalize your experience.
You can watch video on Fancast anytime without a subscription. In fact, they've created a special place where you can watch and search for movie, TV and other entertainment video. Their editors will let you know what's hot this week. Use the following pointers to get started.
More at:http://www.fancast.com/
Fancast have created one all-inclusive escape that combines everything you want to know about TV, movies, and celebrities. More than just the latest entertainment buzz, Fancast is also your number one place to find what to watch, where to watch it, and when it's available.
How It Works:
With Fancast, you can watch the hits CSI: Miami, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, and plenty of other full-length TV series. You can also check out the latest movie trailers, clips, photos, news and reviews. And you can search for any movie and TV-related info you absolutely need at that moment.Fancast is your destination devoted to TV, movies and celebrities.
To browse the site, click one of the links on the site's main navigation bar to find content. Click Sign In so you can save content to Your Fancast Favorites and personalize your experience.
You can watch video on Fancast anytime without a subscription. In fact, they've created a special place where you can watch and search for movie, TV and other entertainment video. Their editors will let you know what's hot this week. Use the following pointers to get started.
More at:http://www.fancast.com/
Earth Class Mail --Your Postal Mail Online Got funding of $13.3 million
What Company Is Offering:
Earth Class Mail is changing how postal mail is delivered, for the betterment of individuals, businesses, national post offices, and most importantly – the planet. Instead of making physical postal deliveries which are so dependent on fuel for planes and trucks, they deliver postal mail online - where people can deal with it instantly, anywhere in the world.
How It Works:
No matter where their customers are, they simply log-in to view pictures of their mail and decide what they want to do with each piece. For example, they can choose which pieces to have opened and scanned so they can read them online, and which to recycle, archive, or have sent to them in “snail mail” form wherever they are located – all with the click of a mouse.
For businesses, Earth Class Mail not only delivers employee mail regardless of where each employee happens to be, but they also handle standardized process mail such as claim forms, invoices, legal documents, mortgages, applications, tax documents and checks more efficiently and cost-effectively than ordinary document management and storage solutions.
By offering national posts the ability to deliver mail online, Earth Class Mail can move posts from their current energy-wasting physical-delivery model to clean electronic delivery for a significant portion of the mail they currently handle. Their patent-pending MegaSorter automated storage and retrieval system is a transformative technology capable of sorting mail faster and at a fraction of the cost of existing sorter technologies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Earth Class Mail, which allows people to view their postal mail online, has closed its first round of funding at $13.3 million.
More at:http://www.earthclassmail.com/
Earth Class Mail is changing how postal mail is delivered, for the betterment of individuals, businesses, national post offices, and most importantly – the planet. Instead of making physical postal deliveries which are so dependent on fuel for planes and trucks, they deliver postal mail online - where people can deal with it instantly, anywhere in the world.
How It Works:
No matter where their customers are, they simply log-in to view pictures of their mail and decide what they want to do with each piece. For example, they can choose which pieces to have opened and scanned so they can read them online, and which to recycle, archive, or have sent to them in “snail mail” form wherever they are located – all with the click of a mouse.
For businesses, Earth Class Mail not only delivers employee mail regardless of where each employee happens to be, but they also handle standardized process mail such as claim forms, invoices, legal documents, mortgages, applications, tax documents and checks more efficiently and cost-effectively than ordinary document management and storage solutions.
By offering national posts the ability to deliver mail online, Earth Class Mail can move posts from their current energy-wasting physical-delivery model to clean electronic delivery for a significant portion of the mail they currently handle. Their patent-pending MegaSorter automated storage and retrieval system is a transformative technology capable of sorting mail faster and at a fraction of the cost of existing sorter technologies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Earth Class Mail, which allows people to view their postal mail online, has closed its first round of funding at $13.3 million.
More at:http://www.earthclassmail.com/
PageOnce is the first Personal Internet Assistant web site,got $1.5 million round led by Valley entrepreneurs
What Company Is Offering:
PageOnce is the first Personal Internet Assistant web site.
They are an innovative Internet company located in the heart of the Silicon Valley in California.PageOnce adheres to the highest standards in security in order to keep your data private and secure. They work to bring you a great service, with the peace of mind that your information will be protected.
PageOnce is currently in an invitation only beta and is expecting to open its site soon.
How It Works:
They recognize that security is an important issue for you.
They never require information that connects you to your accounts. All PageOnce needs is your e-mail. You can be as anonymous as you want.
Unique Features:
1.All your data is encrypted with a 256-bit encryption level.
2.All personal data exchanged with PageOnce.com is encrypted with 128-bit (the highest industry standard) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) system, the highest industry standard, to create a protected connection between users and PageOnce.com's server.
3.All your profile data is safely secured on our database behind multiple firewalls that prohibit unauthorized access.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has announced the closing of a $1.5 million round led by Valley entrepreneurs Liron Petrushka and Bobby Lent.
Who Is Backing Them:
1.Guy Goldstein – Co-Founder and CEO
Guy brings over 16 years of experience in all aspects of technology, product development, management and strategy. Prior to PageOnce, Guy served in an executive position of Corporate Development at HP software, responsible for mergers, acquisitions and strategy. Before that, Guy spent 9 years in various R&D executive roles at Mercury Interactive. Guy holds a bachelor's degree in Business and computer science, cum laude, from the Tel-Aviv University. Guy served in the Israeli Air Force as a major and fighter pilot.
2.Ahikam Kaufman – Co-Founder ChiefOperation Officer
Ahikam brings over 16 years of experience in corporate finance and business operations, including sales operations, business analysis, M&A, financial reporting and financial systems. Prior to PageOnce, Ahikam served in an executive role in the sales operations organization in HP software. Before that, Ahikam spent 6 years in various leadership positions in the Finance organization at Mercury Interactive. Prior to that, Ahikam served as the CFO of Conduct Software, a venture-backed start-up acquired by Mercury in 1999. Ahikam holds a bachelor degree in Economics and an LL.M. in Law from the Bar-Ilan University, Ahikam is also a certified public accountant.
http://www.pageonce.com/How_we_keep_you_safe.html
PageOnce is the first Personal Internet Assistant web site.
They are an innovative Internet company located in the heart of the Silicon Valley in California.PageOnce adheres to the highest standards in security in order to keep your data private and secure. They work to bring you a great service, with the peace of mind that your information will be protected.
PageOnce is currently in an invitation only beta and is expecting to open its site soon.
How It Works:
They recognize that security is an important issue for you.
They never require information that connects you to your accounts. All PageOnce needs is your e-mail. You can be as anonymous as you want.
Unique Features:
1.All your data is encrypted with a 256-bit encryption level.
2.All personal data exchanged with PageOnce.com is encrypted with 128-bit (the highest industry standard) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) system, the highest industry standard, to create a protected connection between users and PageOnce.com's server.
3.All your profile data is safely secured on our database behind multiple firewalls that prohibit unauthorized access.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has announced the closing of a $1.5 million round led by Valley entrepreneurs Liron Petrushka and Bobby Lent.
Who Is Backing Them:
1.Guy Goldstein – Co-Founder and CEO
Guy brings over 16 years of experience in all aspects of technology, product development, management and strategy. Prior to PageOnce, Guy served in an executive position of Corporate Development at HP software, responsible for mergers, acquisitions and strategy. Before that, Guy spent 9 years in various R&D executive roles at Mercury Interactive. Guy holds a bachelor's degree in Business and computer science, cum laude, from the Tel-Aviv University. Guy served in the Israeli Air Force as a major and fighter pilot.
2.Ahikam Kaufman – Co-Founder ChiefOperation Officer
Ahikam brings over 16 years of experience in corporate finance and business operations, including sales operations, business analysis, M&A, financial reporting and financial systems. Prior to PageOnce, Ahikam served in an executive role in the sales operations organization in HP software. Before that, Ahikam spent 6 years in various leadership positions in the Finance organization at Mercury Interactive. Prior to that, Ahikam served as the CFO of Conduct Software, a venture-backed start-up acquired by Mercury in 1999. Ahikam holds a bachelor degree in Economics and an LL.M. in Law from the Bar-Ilan University, Ahikam is also a certified public accountant.
http://www.pageonce.com/How_we_keep_you_safe.html
Break.com is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to provide its original video content on VCast Mobile
What Company Says:
Break is the premier online entertainment destination for guys with over 18,000,000 unique viewers and 500,000,000 page impressions per month (Nielsen Site Audit). Men 15-35 come to Break to enjoy the best content online, helping show over 12,000,000 videos and 5,000,000 pictures daily. Break is more than a website - we are a cutting edge community for guys and the content they like, content made by our viewers for our viewers. We know what guys want to see because we want to see it, too.
Recent Updates:
Break.com is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to provide its original video content on VCast Mobile. Most of of Break’s video content will be available through VCast, including user-generated content, news and more. The motive is obviously, to reach an extended medium through mobile distribution.
The company has also been releasing several upgrades to its web service, but a partnership with Verizon makes it easier for Break to make its content mobile in the portal format that VCast provides to Verizon users.
More at:http://www.break.com/
Break is the premier online entertainment destination for guys with over 18,000,000 unique viewers and 500,000,000 page impressions per month (Nielsen Site Audit). Men 15-35 come to Break to enjoy the best content online, helping show over 12,000,000 videos and 5,000,000 pictures daily. Break is more than a website - we are a cutting edge community for guys and the content they like, content made by our viewers for our viewers. We know what guys want to see because we want to see it, too.
Recent Updates:
Break.com is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to provide its original video content on VCast Mobile. Most of of Break’s video content will be available through VCast, including user-generated content, news and more. The motive is obviously, to reach an extended medium through mobile distribution.
The company has also been releasing several upgrades to its web service, but a partnership with Verizon makes it easier for Break to make its content mobile in the portal format that VCast provides to Verizon users.
More at:http://www.break.com/
Spinn3r is a web service for indexing the blogosphere, Upgrades with new Spinn3r version 2.1
What Company Is Offering:
Spinn3r is a web service for indexing the blogosphere. They provide raw access to every blog post being published - in real time. They provide the data and you can focus on building your application / mashup.
Spinn3r handles all the difficult tasks of running a spider/crawler including spam prevention, language categorization, ping indexing, and trust ranking.
How It Works:
You focus on building your application and they give you raw access to their weblog index. Developers within your company just need to call their API every few seconds for the freshest news content.
Recent Updates:
Spinn3r released a laundry list of upgrades ,Spinn3r version 2.1.The biggest aspect of the new release is the full crawler support. It fetches the full HTML of all the posts it discovers and extracts the body of the post. In doing so, spinn3r provides the content under an entirely new API, which its reference client implements, and existing clients can port their code in order to support the new functionality.
More at:http://spinn3r.com/
Spinn3r is a web service for indexing the blogosphere. They provide raw access to every blog post being published - in real time. They provide the data and you can focus on building your application / mashup.
Spinn3r handles all the difficult tasks of running a spider/crawler including spam prevention, language categorization, ping indexing, and trust ranking.
How It Works:
You focus on building your application and they give you raw access to their weblog index. Developers within your company just need to call their API every few seconds for the freshest news content.
Recent Updates:
Spinn3r released a laundry list of upgrades ,Spinn3r version 2.1.The biggest aspect of the new release is the full crawler support. It fetches the full HTML of all the posts it discovers and extracts the body of the post. In doing so, spinn3r provides the content under an entirely new API, which its reference client implements, and existing clients can port their code in order to support the new functionality.
More at:http://spinn3r.com/
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Memeo --Managing Your Digital Life Got Series B round of funding led by the Foundry Group
What Company Is Offering:
Memeo is focused on providing software and services that will dramatically simplify the way individuals manage digital media and information across their desktop computers, storage devices, media appliances, mobile devices, and the web.
Their goal is simple, providing innovation solution to meet people's every-day needs.
How It Works:
Memeo's LifeAgent suite of robust and feature-rich data management solutions provide consumers and businesses with a new way to backup, sync, and share their digital lives. LifeAgent AutoBackup for PC users backs up new or changed files automatically to almost any backup device, such as an external hard drive, USB flash drive, networked computers or hard drive, and online storage account.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They announced that it has received a Series B round of funding led by the Foundry Group. In combination with a recent investment from G-51 Capital, the latest round of funding underscores the market demand for simple solutions that reduce the time and effort needed to backup, sync, and share the ever increasing amount of digital content such as photos, music, video, and documents.
Memeo received over $8.1 million in equity funding. Although the company is profitable, it will use the additional capital to boost its market position, expand its team, build distribution channels and enhance product innovation and development.
More at:http://www.memeo.com/
Memeo is focused on providing software and services that will dramatically simplify the way individuals manage digital media and information across their desktop computers, storage devices, media appliances, mobile devices, and the web.
Their goal is simple, providing innovation solution to meet people's every-day needs.
How It Works:
Memeo's LifeAgent suite of robust and feature-rich data management solutions provide consumers and businesses with a new way to backup, sync, and share their digital lives. LifeAgent AutoBackup for PC users backs up new or changed files automatically to almost any backup device, such as an external hard drive, USB flash drive, networked computers or hard drive, and online storage account.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They announced that it has received a Series B round of funding led by the Foundry Group. In combination with a recent investment from G-51 Capital, the latest round of funding underscores the market demand for simple solutions that reduce the time and effort needed to backup, sync, and share the ever increasing amount of digital content such as photos, music, video, and documents.
Memeo received over $8.1 million in equity funding. Although the company is profitable, it will use the additional capital to boost its market position, expand its team, build distribution channels and enhance product innovation and development.
More at:http://www.memeo.com/
Egglad.com--The Innovative Concept Of G-commerce
What Company Is Offering:
Egglad.com is an integrated casual game and shopping site based on the innovative concept of G-commerce. This site aims to foster a game fan community where members enjoy our free fun games and meet with new friends, and at the same time play the many games to earn points, called "Eggs" and "Chicks", in our affinity point system, which can be redeemed for a wide variety of products, entered into Daily Lucky Draw, and used to participate in other designated activities.
How It Works:
"Eggs" refer to the game points you earned within the same day. "Eggs" could be used to buy tickets to enter Daily Lucky Draw. At the end of the day the remaining Eggs in your balance will convert to "Chicks", or total accumulated points.
By playing the free Egglad games you can gain game score which will then automatically convert to Eggs. Due to different skill levels and complexities, Egglad.com has developed a conversion system that standardizes exchange of score of different games to Eggs. Alternatively, you will be credited with extra Eggs by referring friends to sign up as new members, achieving high rankings in featured games, or taking part in other designated programs. All unused Eggs will be counted as Chicks on the ensuing day for shopping and posting/accepting challenges.
More at:http://egglad.com/
Egglad.com is an integrated casual game and shopping site based on the innovative concept of G-commerce. This site aims to foster a game fan community where members enjoy our free fun games and meet with new friends, and at the same time play the many games to earn points, called "Eggs" and "Chicks", in our affinity point system, which can be redeemed for a wide variety of products, entered into Daily Lucky Draw, and used to participate in other designated activities.
How It Works:
"Eggs" refer to the game points you earned within the same day. "Eggs" could be used to buy tickets to enter Daily Lucky Draw. At the end of the day the remaining Eggs in your balance will convert to "Chicks", or total accumulated points.
By playing the free Egglad games you can gain game score which will then automatically convert to Eggs. Due to different skill levels and complexities, Egglad.com has developed a conversion system that standardizes exchange of score of different games to Eggs. Alternatively, you will be credited with extra Eggs by referring friends to sign up as new members, achieving high rankings in featured games, or taking part in other designated programs. All unused Eggs will be counted as Chicks on the ensuing day for shopping and posting/accepting challenges.
More at:http://egglad.com/
Grooveshark----Everybody Gets Paid
What Company Is Offering:
Grooveshark is an online music sharing community that rewards you for sharing your music.
Grooveshark is a revolutionary music community that rewards users for sharing their music. Grooveshark was founded by three University of Florida students hell-bent on changing the music industry, and the world, forever. Grooveshark's goal is to compensate everyone in the value chain – from users to rights' holders.
How It Works:
For every song sold in their network, they first pay the label (or artist), then they pay you, then they pay themselves. All of the profits from their songs are split with the user 50 / 50.On Grooveshark you will be able to find any song you can dream of, from a classic Rolling Stones albums to Colombian folk music.Music downloaded from Grooveshark can be used in any software that can play MP3s.
Unique Features:
* Grooveshark allows you to safely and legally download high quality MP3s.
* Grooveshark is a peer to peer program with a massive library of songs.
* Grooveshark allows you to interact with other music lovers like yourself.
* Grooveshark rewards you for sharing your music, and gives you a cut of the profits for songs you sell.
More at:http://www.grooveshark.com/
Grooveshark is an online music sharing community that rewards you for sharing your music.
Grooveshark is a revolutionary music community that rewards users for sharing their music. Grooveshark was founded by three University of Florida students hell-bent on changing the music industry, and the world, forever. Grooveshark's goal is to compensate everyone in the value chain – from users to rights' holders.
How It Works:
For every song sold in their network, they first pay the label (or artist), then they pay you, then they pay themselves. All of the profits from their songs are split with the user 50 / 50.On Grooveshark you will be able to find any song you can dream of, from a classic Rolling Stones albums to Colombian folk music.Music downloaded from Grooveshark can be used in any software that can play MP3s.
Unique Features:
* Grooveshark allows you to safely and legally download high quality MP3s.
* Grooveshark is a peer to peer program with a massive library of songs.
* Grooveshark allows you to interact with other music lovers like yourself.
* Grooveshark rewards you for sharing your music, and gives you a cut of the profits for songs you sell.
More at:http://www.grooveshark.com/
Bigsight is about your true identity
What Company Says:
Bigsight can be a tool for you to get your work out to a larger audience.
The web is a crowded place and it has traditionally done a very poor job of dealing with people data; as such, they believe it is time for a central, standardized directory that is organized around the lasting elements that are tied to individual identity: learning, interests, and work. In creating this directory, they hope to provide a useful utility for individuals to better promote their work, connect with opportunities, and control their online identity. They employ a team of editors and ask that users adhere to strict content guidelines to ensure informational integrity across the directory.
How It Works:
bigsight is about your true identity. They do not allow avatars, aliases, or imagined data. Users must use their real names, real data, and provide an image in which they can be plainly seen.Central to the bigsight model is a third-person, narrative biography that connects all of the elements on the user’s profile. Editors may, at times, make corrections to a user’s bio or suggest improvements; however, each time an editor touches a user’s profile, the user will be notified of the change for review. They do this to ensure a moderate level of standardization across entries.To ensure that profile data is timely, they ask that users visit their profiles at least once each quarter to provide appropriate updates. Profiles that go un-touched after two quarters will be considered abandoned, and thus removed from the directory.
More at:http://www.bigsight.org/
Bigsight can be a tool for you to get your work out to a larger audience.
The web is a crowded place and it has traditionally done a very poor job of dealing with people data; as such, they believe it is time for a central, standardized directory that is organized around the lasting elements that are tied to individual identity: learning, interests, and work. In creating this directory, they hope to provide a useful utility for individuals to better promote their work, connect with opportunities, and control their online identity. They employ a team of editors and ask that users adhere to strict content guidelines to ensure informational integrity across the directory.
How It Works:
bigsight is about your true identity. They do not allow avatars, aliases, or imagined data. Users must use their real names, real data, and provide an image in which they can be plainly seen.Central to the bigsight model is a third-person, narrative biography that connects all of the elements on the user’s profile. Editors may, at times, make corrections to a user’s bio or suggest improvements; however, each time an editor touches a user’s profile, the user will be notified of the change for review. They do this to ensure a moderate level of standardization across entries.To ensure that profile data is timely, they ask that users visit their profiles at least once each quarter to provide appropriate updates. Profiles that go un-touched after two quarters will be considered abandoned, and thus removed from the directory.
More at:http://www.bigsight.org/
BlueOrganizer-- Connect To Relevant Information
What Company Is Offering:
BlueOrganizer recognizes books, music, wine, stocks, travel destinations and many other things in the web pages that you browse and makes it easier for you to connect to relevant information about those things.
How It Works:
The BlueOrganizer makes it easy to save and manage your favorites. Save things with one click or turn on auto save and let BlueOrganizer capture what you are paying attention to automatically.
BlueOrganizer adds a button to your toolbar with a menu that changes depending on the content of the page: for a book, there is a book menu, for a movie the movie menu, etc. This toolbar menu is automatically personalized based on your browsing history and makes all relevant information just 1-click away.
Share the things you love with your friends and family by posting SmartLinks and Widgets on your blogs. With SmartLinks and Widgets your readers will be able to experience the power of Smart Browsing.
More at:http://www.adaptiveblue.com/
BlueOrganizer recognizes books, music, wine, stocks, travel destinations and many other things in the web pages that you browse and makes it easier for you to connect to relevant information about those things.
How It Works:
The BlueOrganizer makes it easy to save and manage your favorites. Save things with one click or turn on auto save and let BlueOrganizer capture what you are paying attention to automatically.
BlueOrganizer adds a button to your toolbar with a menu that changes depending on the content of the page: for a book, there is a book menu, for a movie the movie menu, etc. This toolbar menu is automatically personalized based on your browsing history and makes all relevant information just 1-click away.
Share the things you love with your friends and family by posting SmartLinks and Widgets on your blogs. With SmartLinks and Widgets your readers will be able to experience the power of Smart Browsing.
More at:http://www.adaptiveblue.com/
Video chat tool SightSpeed is introducing a new service called SightSpped Light
What Company Is Offering:
SightSpeed Inc. is the award-winning provider of the highest quality, most feature rich, and easiest-to-use Internet video communications services for both businesses and consumers.
The world's first high quality and cost-effective video conferencing service for all businesses (including SMBs) that is easy-to-use, secure and mobile, eliminating the need for expensive, immobile and inflexible hardware.
How It Works:
Their patented video technology ensures you get the best possible video and sound quality every time, unlike other online video services. SightSpeed offers the highest-quality, full-motion 30 frames per second video with clear audio and no annoying delay.
On top of that, you can easily send video mails - much more personal than the traditional email - and text chat endlessly with their integrated instant messaging (IM) service. SightSpeed also offers low-rate worldwide phone calling. And don't forget, SightSpeed works great on both PCs and Macs!
The world’s best reviewed and leading consumer-focused video chat service turns a PC or Mac into an easy-to-use video phone to communicate with friends and family around the world.
SightSpeed's services, which are SIP-based and standards-compliant, deliver superior quality on everyday computers and consumer broadband connections as a result of the company's revolutionary patented technology that is based on more than ten years of research and development originating out of Cornell University.
Recent Updates:
Video chat tool SightSpeed is introducing a new service called SightSpped Light, which is made to work with various social networks in order to provide video chat within a more integrated platform. To start things off, SightSpeed Light will be running on Open Social and all the networks participating in the program, including MySpace, LinkedIn, Salesforce, hi5 and Orkut. Developed on Adobe Flash, SightSpeed Light doesn’t require any downloads for use.
http://www.sightspeed.com/
SightSpeed Inc. is the award-winning provider of the highest quality, most feature rich, and easiest-to-use Internet video communications services for both businesses and consumers.
The world's first high quality and cost-effective video conferencing service for all businesses (including SMBs) that is easy-to-use, secure and mobile, eliminating the need for expensive, immobile and inflexible hardware.
How It Works:
Their patented video technology ensures you get the best possible video and sound quality every time, unlike other online video services. SightSpeed offers the highest-quality, full-motion 30 frames per second video with clear audio and no annoying delay.
On top of that, you can easily send video mails - much more personal than the traditional email - and text chat endlessly with their integrated instant messaging (IM) service. SightSpeed also offers low-rate worldwide phone calling. And don't forget, SightSpeed works great on both PCs and Macs!
The world’s best reviewed and leading consumer-focused video chat service turns a PC or Mac into an easy-to-use video phone to communicate with friends and family around the world.
SightSpeed's services, which are SIP-based and standards-compliant, deliver superior quality on everyday computers and consumer broadband connections as a result of the company's revolutionary patented technology that is based on more than ten years of research and development originating out of Cornell University.
Recent Updates:
Video chat tool SightSpeed is introducing a new service called SightSpped Light, which is made to work with various social networks in order to provide video chat within a more integrated platform. To start things off, SightSpeed Light will be running on Open Social and all the networks participating in the program, including MySpace, LinkedIn, Salesforce, hi5 and Orkut. Developed on Adobe Flash, SightSpeed Light doesn’t require any downloads for use.
http://www.sightspeed.com/
PlaceShout isn't about volume - it's about trying to express the positives and negatives of a destination in as few of words as possible
What Company Is Offering:
PlaceShout isn't about volume - it's about trying to express the positives and negatives of a destination in as few of words as possible. If people agree, that "shoutout" moves up...if they don't, the shoutout moves down and begins to disappear.
How It Works:
When you view a place on PlaceShout, you're basically viewing a cheat sheet. The whole idea is to get right down to the point. Instead of reading lengthy reviews, you can get the gist: great pizza; roomy theater seats; check the Gorilla exhibit. When you search for a particular location, you’ll get the results with the quick reviews, along with the number of people that have agreed with the review, and disagreed with the review. So while you get some community feedback for the provision of contextual content, you’re still getting an at-a-glance approach to finding places to eat and things to do.
Placeshout was developed by Andre Lewis of Earthcode Studios and Derek Haynes of Highgroove Studios.
More at:http://placeshout.com/
PlaceShout isn't about volume - it's about trying to express the positives and negatives of a destination in as few of words as possible. If people agree, that "shoutout" moves up...if they don't, the shoutout moves down and begins to disappear.
How It Works:
When you view a place on PlaceShout, you're basically viewing a cheat sheet. The whole idea is to get right down to the point. Instead of reading lengthy reviews, you can get the gist: great pizza; roomy theater seats; check the Gorilla exhibit. When you search for a particular location, you’ll get the results with the quick reviews, along with the number of people that have agreed with the review, and disagreed with the review. So while you get some community feedback for the provision of contextual content, you’re still getting an at-a-glance approach to finding places to eat and things to do.
Placeshout was developed by Andre Lewis of Earthcode Studios and Derek Haynes of Highgroove Studios.
More at:http://placeshout.com/
Mobile media company SendMe has signed an agreement with Universal Music Group
What Company Is Offering:
SendMe is all about fun for your phone! As a leading provider of direct to consumer mobile entertainment, SendMe offers the broadest selection of mobile subscription services currently available online in the US. Whether it's interactive mobile trivia, the latest ringtones and wallpaper, mobile sweepstakes or one of the many other services we provide, SendMe is focused on delivering the best wireless content and experiences straight to your pocket.
How It Works:
Almost anyone can use SendMe Mobile. You do have to be located in the United States. And you do need to have a mobile phone. OK, so that isn't "almost anyone" in the global sense but we're still a small company that has yet to achieve world domination. Not to worry though, we're working on it.
All you have to do is visit the SendMe Mobile website. When you find something you'd like to order, just click the "SendMe" button and enter your phone number. We'll send a confirmation message with a password to your phone to make sure we've got the right number. Just enter the password you receive on the website or reply to that message with a "Y" or "YES" (without the quotation marks). Either way, we'll send you what you ordered automatically after that. It's that simple.
Who Is Backing Them:
Russell Klein, Co-Founder and CEO
Russell has spent the last 16 years in the digital media industry. Prior to co-founding SendMe, Russell was SVP, Corporate Development and Strategy, for HandsOn Mobile (f/k/a Mforma), where he spearheaded the company's M&A efforts and grew the company from 70 to 800 employees by acquiring mobile media companies in Europe, Asia, and North America; he also helped fund the company during his tenure as an EIR at General Catalyst Partners. Prior to General Catalyst Partners, Russell was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at CNET Networks, and a board member of several other companies in the media and online marketing spaces. Russell is an avid consumer of all things mobile and never starts his day without reviewing his SendMe Horoscope. Russell is a Libra.
Russell has a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Markus Mullarkey, Co-Founder and Head of Operations
Markus comes to SendMe with over 15 years of line management and operations experience. Prior to founding SendMe, he was the SVP, Sales & Marketing for Ebates Shopping and VP/General Manager of CNET Networks' email newsletter and subscription publishing businesses. Before that he held positions at Proctor & Gamble and Boston Consulting Group. Markus has been a mobile fanatic ever since getting one of the first Palm Pilots back when he was a wee lad, and is really excited now to have an excuse to buy all the latest phones (for testing, of course).
Markus has a degree in General Studies from Harvard and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Recent Updates:
Mobile media company SendMe has signed an agreement with Universal Music Group, in order to use the record label’s songs and present them as mobile content for it users. SendMe has been spending some time growing its company, launching mobile entertainment games and acquiring another mobile network all together, SendMe is building up its portfolio to include more mobile networks and provisions of content.
More at:http://www.sendmemobile.com/
SendMe is all about fun for your phone! As a leading provider of direct to consumer mobile entertainment, SendMe offers the broadest selection of mobile subscription services currently available online in the US. Whether it's interactive mobile trivia, the latest ringtones and wallpaper, mobile sweepstakes or one of the many other services we provide, SendMe is focused on delivering the best wireless content and experiences straight to your pocket.
How It Works:
Almost anyone can use SendMe Mobile. You do have to be located in the United States. And you do need to have a mobile phone. OK, so that isn't "almost anyone" in the global sense but we're still a small company that has yet to achieve world domination. Not to worry though, we're working on it.
All you have to do is visit the SendMe Mobile website. When you find something you'd like to order, just click the "SendMe" button and enter your phone number. We'll send a confirmation message with a password to your phone to make sure we've got the right number. Just enter the password you receive on the website or reply to that message with a "Y" or "YES" (without the quotation marks). Either way, we'll send you what you ordered automatically after that. It's that simple.
Who Is Backing Them:
Russell Klein, Co-Founder and CEO
Russell has spent the last 16 years in the digital media industry. Prior to co-founding SendMe, Russell was SVP, Corporate Development and Strategy, for HandsOn Mobile (f/k/a Mforma), where he spearheaded the company's M&A efforts and grew the company from 70 to 800 employees by acquiring mobile media companies in Europe, Asia, and North America; he also helped fund the company during his tenure as an EIR at General Catalyst Partners. Prior to General Catalyst Partners, Russell was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at CNET Networks, and a board member of several other companies in the media and online marketing spaces. Russell is an avid consumer of all things mobile and never starts his day without reviewing his SendMe Horoscope. Russell is a Libra.
Russell has a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Markus Mullarkey, Co-Founder and Head of Operations
Markus comes to SendMe with over 15 years of line management and operations experience. Prior to founding SendMe, he was the SVP, Sales & Marketing for Ebates Shopping and VP/General Manager of CNET Networks' email newsletter and subscription publishing businesses. Before that he held positions at Proctor & Gamble and Boston Consulting Group. Markus has been a mobile fanatic ever since getting one of the first Palm Pilots back when he was a wee lad, and is really excited now to have an excuse to buy all the latest phones (for testing, of course).
Markus has a degree in General Studies from Harvard and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Recent Updates:
Mobile media company SendMe has signed an agreement with Universal Music Group, in order to use the record label’s songs and present them as mobile content for it users. SendMe has been spending some time growing its company, launching mobile entertainment games and acquiring another mobile network all together, SendMe is building up its portfolio to include more mobile networks and provisions of content.
More at:http://www.sendmemobile.com/
Start your own live broadcast using Mogulus
What Company Says:
Start your own live broadcast using content from around the web or your own webcam, and assemble a dream team of producers.
It's the true beauty of Mogulus - it has been designed for simple, casual use. All you'll need is the desire to communicate, inform, and entertain. If you can use blog publishing platforms like Blogger and Wordpress, you won't have any problems using the Mogulus studio.
How It Works:
With Mogulus, the viewer experiences what the producer has put on the air in less than one second. Basically, everyone watching your channel can see exactly the same thing you see as you produce it. Think of the possibilities: you can use your web cam to cover a "live" news or sports event as it happens, spontaneously introduce and playback a prepared clip, then switch back to your web cam commentary with ease.
They have updated the Mogulus beta site with the ability for anybody to pick up the channel embed tag and add it to any internet web page. So, while we remain in closed beta, you can already start broadcasting your channel to the world by embedding the Mogulus Player widget on any web page.
Your viewers can visit your blog, myspace, or personal website without any restrictions.You just need to copy the embed tag under the watch page in your channel and paste in the HTML of your other sites.
You can also embed the player to your facebook profile. All you need is a facebook account.
Recent Updates:
It has secured a $1.5 million second round funding, according to BeetTV. This brings their total funding amount up to $2.7 million.
http://mogulus.com/
Start your own live broadcast using content from around the web or your own webcam, and assemble a dream team of producers.
It's the true beauty of Mogulus - it has been designed for simple, casual use. All you'll need is the desire to communicate, inform, and entertain. If you can use blog publishing platforms like Blogger and Wordpress, you won't have any problems using the Mogulus studio.
How It Works:
With Mogulus, the viewer experiences what the producer has put on the air in less than one second. Basically, everyone watching your channel can see exactly the same thing you see as you produce it. Think of the possibilities: you can use your web cam to cover a "live" news or sports event as it happens, spontaneously introduce and playback a prepared clip, then switch back to your web cam commentary with ease.
They have updated the Mogulus beta site with the ability for anybody to pick up the channel embed tag and add it to any internet web page. So, while we remain in closed beta, you can already start broadcasting your channel to the world by embedding the Mogulus Player widget on any web page.
Your viewers can visit your blog, myspace, or personal website without any restrictions.You just need to copy the embed tag under the watch page in your channel and paste in the HTML of your other sites.
You can also embed the player to your facebook profile. All you need is a facebook account.
Recent Updates:
It has secured a $1.5 million second round funding, according to BeetTV. This brings their total funding amount up to $2.7 million.
http://mogulus.com/
Balihoo--tools for media buyers and planners,has raised $4 million in its Series B round
What Company Is Offering:
Balihoo is the only web-based services/software company that creates intelligent, cross-medium tools for media buyers and planners. Based on the world’s largest database of advertising opportunities, Balihoo is a knowledge and communications platform that dramatically streamlines the media planning workflow.
How It Works:
Search and find best-suited media and advertising opportunities across any medium. Advanced search including geographic, demographic and medium-specific search filters. Access to all community media data including basic data, contacts and media kits. Access to community rating, tagging and profiling data on all media outlets. Fully hosted on-demand software solution.
Unique Features:
Find and evaluate cross-medium advertising opportunities for any target market.
Search based on demographic, geographic, keyword or media-specific variables.
Based on the world’s largest collection of advertising opportunities.
Central location to manage all campaign data.
Upload documents, make custom notes and manage all RFI/RFP’s.
Keep all data on media vehicles in easily accessible, campaign-specific “watch lists”.
Share data across your entire organization to facilitate quick, easy access to all campaign information.
Recent Updates:
Balihoo, the only provider of web-based media planning software that streamlines the media research, selection, and request-for-proposal (RFP) processes with on-demand data, today announced that it has raised $4 million in its Series B round of funding. Highway 12 Ventures led the round with participation from existing investor Lacuna Capital. The company will use the funds to augment their sales and marketing efforts targeting the media buying and planning community.
According to Pete Gombert, founder and CEO of Balihoo, “Our Beta Program, which recently ended and included 8 of the top 10 media buying companies in North America, helped us refine Balihoo and identify areas for future development. The product is ready to go and we’re excited to get the commercial version into the hands of our customers."
More at:http://www.balihoo.com/
Balihoo is the only web-based services/software company that creates intelligent, cross-medium tools for media buyers and planners. Based on the world’s largest database of advertising opportunities, Balihoo is a knowledge and communications platform that dramatically streamlines the media planning workflow.
How It Works:
Search and find best-suited media and advertising opportunities across any medium. Advanced search including geographic, demographic and medium-specific search filters. Access to all community media data including basic data, contacts and media kits. Access to community rating, tagging and profiling data on all media outlets. Fully hosted on-demand software solution.
Unique Features:
Find and evaluate cross-medium advertising opportunities for any target market.
Search based on demographic, geographic, keyword or media-specific variables.
Based on the world’s largest collection of advertising opportunities.
Central location to manage all campaign data.
Upload documents, make custom notes and manage all RFI/RFP’s.
Keep all data on media vehicles in easily accessible, campaign-specific “watch lists”.
Share data across your entire organization to facilitate quick, easy access to all campaign information.
Recent Updates:
Balihoo, the only provider of web-based media planning software that streamlines the media research, selection, and request-for-proposal (RFP) processes with on-demand data, today announced that it has raised $4 million in its Series B round of funding. Highway 12 Ventures led the round with participation from existing investor Lacuna Capital. The company will use the funds to augment their sales and marketing efforts targeting the media buying and planning community.
According to Pete Gombert, founder and CEO of Balihoo, “Our Beta Program, which recently ended and included 8 of the top 10 media buying companies in North America, helped us refine Balihoo and identify areas for future development. The product is ready to go and we’re excited to get the commercial version into the hands of our customers."
More at:http://www.balihoo.com/
idiomag is a high-quality, digital magazine currently personalized to each individual user's interests in music
What Company Says:
It keeps you "in the know" about the artists and genres you love, while helping you discover new music. With articles, reviews, galleries and interactive features in a rich magazine format, you can access idiomag whenever and wherever you want it.
How It Works:
idiomag is a high-quality, digital magazine currently personalized to each individual user's interests in music. It keeps them "in the know" about the artists and genres they love, as well as finding new artists that they might like. It includes feature articles, reviews, galleries and interactive elements in an engaging format that users can access whenever and wherever they want it.
Users can read the article, play the track, view the video, check for gigs, and go off to buy the mp3 or ticket or share their views with their friends. We utilise all the knowledge this generates about our users and their interests to deliver the most relevant experience and to target the most compelling advertising.
More at:http://www.idiomag.com/
It keeps you "in the know" about the artists and genres you love, while helping you discover new music. With articles, reviews, galleries and interactive features in a rich magazine format, you can access idiomag whenever and wherever you want it.
How It Works:
idiomag is a high-quality, digital magazine currently personalized to each individual user's interests in music. It keeps them "in the know" about the artists and genres they love, as well as finding new artists that they might like. It includes feature articles, reviews, galleries and interactive elements in an engaging format that users can access whenever and wherever they want it.
Users can read the article, play the track, view the video, check for gigs, and go off to buy the mp3 or ticket or share their views with their friends. We utilise all the knowledge this generates about our users and their interests to deliver the most relevant experience and to target the most compelling advertising.
More at:http://www.idiomag.com/
Find a contractor or service professional
What Company Is Offering:
Service Villa is the home to over 1100 service professionals and general contractors in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, Naples, and the Florida Keys with plans to expand to the rest of the United States in the near future.
How It Works:
If an individual chooses to review a company on their site, they have the option of reviewing them anonymously. This is the now infamous "Service Villa User". They hope this encourages honest reviews that will benefit other users and even the company itself.
If you are a service professional or a general contractor and produce quality work, you can add your business listing to Service Villa.
Simply fill out their "Suggest a Product" application and their editors will research your request. Although not every product will make it to the product section, their editors will look at each application seriously.Make sure you letthem know via the form that you would like to send them the physical product.
More at:http://www.servicevilla.com/
Service Villa is the home to over 1100 service professionals and general contractors in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, Naples, and the Florida Keys with plans to expand to the rest of the United States in the near future.
How It Works:
If an individual chooses to review a company on their site, they have the option of reviewing them anonymously. This is the now infamous "Service Villa User". They hope this encourages honest reviews that will benefit other users and even the company itself.
If you are a service professional or a general contractor and produce quality work, you can add your business listing to Service Villa.
Simply fill out their "Suggest a Product" application and their editors will research your request. Although not every product will make it to the product section, their editors will look at each application seriously.Make sure you letthem know via the form that you would like to send them the physical product.
More at:http://www.servicevilla.com/
GO is a knowledge network
What Company Is Offering:
The GO provides a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene products in different organisms. GO is a knowledge network containing about 20.000 biological terms. It is built up as a directed acyclic graph starting from three basic areas namely:
the molecular function of gene products,
their role in multi-step biological processes, and
their localization to cellular components.
How It Works:
Knowledge-based search helps you to find the answers to your question faster. By using a domain ontology as structured background knowledge the search results are sorted into meaningful categories. You can use these categories to narrow your set of found articles to the relevant ones. In many cases the categories will already represent the answer to your question.
Type "rab5" and wait for the tree on the left to appear. Have a look at the "Top categories What, Who, Where and When". A click on biological process shows endocytosis and clicking on cellular component shows endosome as answers for this question.
More at:http://www.gopubmed.org/
The GO provides a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene products in different organisms. GO is a knowledge network containing about 20.000 biological terms. It is built up as a directed acyclic graph starting from three basic areas namely:
the molecular function of gene products,
their role in multi-step biological processes, and
their localization to cellular components.
How It Works:
Knowledge-based search helps you to find the answers to your question faster. By using a domain ontology as structured background knowledge the search results are sorted into meaningful categories. You can use these categories to narrow your set of found articles to the relevant ones. In many cases the categories will already represent the answer to your question.
Type "rab5" and wait for the tree on the left to appear. Have a look at the "Top categories What, Who, Where and When". A click on biological process shows endocytosis and clicking on cellular component shows endosome as answers for this question.
More at:http://www.gopubmed.org/
Monday, January 7, 2008
Bigthink.com---You can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers
What Company Says:
bigthink.com is a new and growing website, currently in its private beta version, with a simple mission:
This is a digital age, one in which a wealth of accessible information empowers you, the citizen-consumer. But where is the information coming from? How accurate and unprocessed is it, really? Ask yourself this: how empowered do you feel debating a television screen or a newspaper?
Their task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that their information is truly interactive.
How It Works:
When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or by topic, and, best of all, respond in kind. Upload a video in which you take on Senator Ted Kennedy's views on immigration; post a slideshow of your trip to China that supports David Dollar's assertion that pollution in China is a major threat; or answer with plain old fashioned text. You can respond to the interviewee, respond to a responder or heck, throw your own question or idea into the ring.
The interviews are just one aspect of the site. They are meant to spark discussion by giving you examples of what today's leaders think about broader issues, rather than the blow-by-blow nitty-gritty you see on network news.
Every idea created on the site finds a home in The Idea Network. The Network is intended to be a cross-section of the Big Think project, a place to expose yourself to a range of perspectives and people. You may not agree with everything you see, but they promise you will be glad you took a peek.
The Web has no shortage of self-anointed experts, and the Expert Network is their way of reclaiming a little nook of cyberspace where depth of knowledge and expertise still reign. To that end, they have chosen people who are the best of the best of the best in a variety of fields and equipped them with webcams. Every couple of weeks, they will report on the latest developments in their area of expertise. Its a finger on the pulse of academia, business, politics, science and art.
More at:http://www.bigthink.com/
bigthink.com is a new and growing website, currently in its private beta version, with a simple mission:
This is a digital age, one in which a wealth of accessible information empowers you, the citizen-consumer. But where is the information coming from? How accurate and unprocessed is it, really? Ask yourself this: how empowered do you feel debating a television screen or a newspaper?
Their task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that their information is truly interactive.
How It Works:
When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or by topic, and, best of all, respond in kind. Upload a video in which you take on Senator Ted Kennedy's views on immigration; post a slideshow of your trip to China that supports David Dollar's assertion that pollution in China is a major threat; or answer with plain old fashioned text. You can respond to the interviewee, respond to a responder or heck, throw your own question or idea into the ring.
The interviews are just one aspect of the site. They are meant to spark discussion by giving you examples of what today's leaders think about broader issues, rather than the blow-by-blow nitty-gritty you see on network news.
Every idea created on the site finds a home in The Idea Network. The Network is intended to be a cross-section of the Big Think project, a place to expose yourself to a range of perspectives and people. You may not agree with everything you see, but they promise you will be glad you took a peek.
The Web has no shortage of self-anointed experts, and the Expert Network is their way of reclaiming a little nook of cyberspace where depth of knowledge and expertise still reign. To that end, they have chosen people who are the best of the best of the best in a variety of fields and equipped them with webcams. Every couple of weeks, they will report on the latest developments in their area of expertise. Its a finger on the pulse of academia, business, politics, science and art.
More at:http://www.bigthink.com/
MeBeam --Now users can make one to one and multi-party video calls directly from Google Talk.
What Company Says:
Bruno Stuani wrote the worlds first plugin for Google Talk giving users the ability to embed videos from YouTube directly into a conversation window.
Now he has done one better, and has been kind enough to implement the MeBeam specification into a new plugin so that users can now make one to one and multi-party video calls directly from Google Talk.
This is great news for everyone, because Google Talk which uses the Jabber protocol, can make and receive, audio/video calls to and from anyone, using a Jabber compatible instant messenger.
How It Works:
From your Google Talk chat window you can make a video call to your friend on AdiumX who is on a Mac, and then invite a third friend into the conference who is on Meebo on Linux, and then that person can further invite another person, who is on ICQ on Windows, etc.
Instantly you have created a protocol agnostic video conference with several people on different instant messengers; and amazingly, only the initiator; in this case the person using gTalk, needs to have the plugin installed.
More at:http://www.mebeam.com/
Bruno Stuani wrote the worlds first plugin for Google Talk giving users the ability to embed videos from YouTube directly into a conversation window.
Now he has done one better, and has been kind enough to implement the MeBeam specification into a new plugin so that users can now make one to one and multi-party video calls directly from Google Talk.
This is great news for everyone, because Google Talk which uses the Jabber protocol, can make and receive, audio/video calls to and from anyone, using a Jabber compatible instant messenger.
How It Works:
From your Google Talk chat window you can make a video call to your friend on AdiumX who is on a Mac, and then invite a third friend into the conference who is on Meebo on Linux, and then that person can further invite another person, who is on ICQ on Windows, etc.
Instantly you have created a protocol agnostic video conference with several people on different instant messengers; and amazingly, only the initiator; in this case the person using gTalk, needs to have the plugin installed.
More at:http://www.mebeam.com/
Liberty Media has acquired a controlling stake in online retailer and fitness website Bodybuilding.com for $100 Million
Liberty Media has acquired a controlling stake in online retailer and fitness website Bodybuilding.com for $100 Million.
Bodybuilding.com sells a broad range of fitness supplements, clothing and supplies as well as offering general fitness articles and a social networking service where over 100,000 users swap exercise goals or post pictures.
According to comScore, Bodybuilding.com had around 2 million unique visitors in November, and according to Liberty sales are expected to top $100 million in 2008.
Link-Techcrunch
Bodybuilding.com sells a broad range of fitness supplements, clothing and supplies as well as offering general fitness articles and a social networking service where over 100,000 users swap exercise goals or post pictures.
According to comScore, Bodybuilding.com had around 2 million unique visitors in November, and according to Liberty sales are expected to top $100 million in 2008.
Link-Techcrunch
Places to Get a Free Business Education Online
Getting a business education doesn't have to be expensive. There are an increasing number of colleges, universities and nonprofit organizations offering free business courses online. Find out where you can sign up and what you can get from these cost-effective sources.
1. MIT OpenCourseWare - Sloan School of Management (mit.edu)
Undergraduate Business Courses
Graduate Business Courses
MIT OpenCourseWare is not an MIT education, but it might be the next best thing. This free online publication offers downloadable undergraduate and graduate business courses from the MIT Sloan School of Management. The downloadable curriculum includes lecture notes, videos, demonstrations, labs and more. Registration is free and there are more than 50 courses available.
2. The U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov)
Courses on Starting a Business
Courses on Business Planning
Courses on Business Management
Courses on Finance and Accounting
The Small Business Administration has one of the best selections of business courses on the web. Topics include everything from starting a business and business management to government contracting and international trade. Most courses take only 30 minutes to complete.
3. The Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA Program (managementhelp.org)
Complete Nonprofit Management Learning Coursework
Free Management Library's Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA(SM) Program is the perfect resource for students who want to learn more about nonprofit management. Completion of the course does not result in an actual MBA degree, but enrollment is absolutely free. The amount of time it takes to complete the program depends on how fast you learn, but you can expect to spend at least 200 hours on coursework.
4. 'Business Week' Free Online Courses (bwcourses.com)
Registered Business Week users will soon be able to take advantage of free instructor-led online courses through the Business Week website. Course offerings include but are not limited to:
High-Impact, Low-Cost Marketing
Taking Your Small Business Online
The Art of Business Networking
All courses have four to eight lessons and last an average of two weeks.
5. My Own Business - (myownbusiness.com)
Overview of All 14 Sessions on Starting a Small Business
Nonprofit organization My Own Business, Inc. offers a free online business course that would be beneficial to new managers and anyone interested in starting their own business. The comprehensive course is split into 14 sessions and covers topics like business plans, insurance, accounting, marketing, e-commerce and international trade. For less than $100, students can also acquire a certificate of completion and an accompanying textbook.
6. Business Entrepreneur Courses (trumpuniversity.com)
Overview of All Business Entrepreneurship Courses
Trump University offers a number of free online business courses geared towards the entrepreneur. Courses include How to Start a Business on a Shoestring Budget, Write a Business Plan, and Find Start Up Funding. Most can be completed in an afternoon. Enrollment is free, but you will need to enter your name, address and email info before getting started.
Links---Free Business Education Online
1. MIT OpenCourseWare - Sloan School of Management (mit.edu)
Undergraduate Business Courses
Graduate Business Courses
MIT OpenCourseWare is not an MIT education, but it might be the next best thing. This free online publication offers downloadable undergraduate and graduate business courses from the MIT Sloan School of Management. The downloadable curriculum includes lecture notes, videos, demonstrations, labs and more. Registration is free and there are more than 50 courses available.
2. The U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov)
Courses on Starting a Business
Courses on Business Planning
Courses on Business Management
Courses on Finance and Accounting
The Small Business Administration has one of the best selections of business courses on the web. Topics include everything from starting a business and business management to government contracting and international trade. Most courses take only 30 minutes to complete.
3. The Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA Program (managementhelp.org)
Complete Nonprofit Management Learning Coursework
Free Management Library's Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA(SM) Program is the perfect resource for students who want to learn more about nonprofit management. Completion of the course does not result in an actual MBA degree, but enrollment is absolutely free. The amount of time it takes to complete the program depends on how fast you learn, but you can expect to spend at least 200 hours on coursework.
4. 'Business Week' Free Online Courses (bwcourses.com)
Registered Business Week users will soon be able to take advantage of free instructor-led online courses through the Business Week website. Course offerings include but are not limited to:
High-Impact, Low-Cost Marketing
Taking Your Small Business Online
The Art of Business Networking
All courses have four to eight lessons and last an average of two weeks.
5. My Own Business - (myownbusiness.com)
Overview of All 14 Sessions on Starting a Small Business
Nonprofit organization My Own Business, Inc. offers a free online business course that would be beneficial to new managers and anyone interested in starting their own business. The comprehensive course is split into 14 sessions and covers topics like business plans, insurance, accounting, marketing, e-commerce and international trade. For less than $100, students can also acquire a certificate of completion and an accompanying textbook.
6. Business Entrepreneur Courses (trumpuniversity.com)
Overview of All Business Entrepreneurship Courses
Trump University offers a number of free online business courses geared towards the entrepreneur. Courses include How to Start a Business on a Shoestring Budget, Write a Business Plan, and Find Start Up Funding. Most can be completed in an afternoon. Enrollment is free, but you will need to enter your name, address and email info before getting started.
Links---Free Business Education Online
Thinking outside the cube
Peter Gibbons, the character in "Office Space" played by Ron Livingston, famously quipped "Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements."
That was in 1999; and with self-employment on the upswing, Gibbons could be considered somewhat prophetic.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of self-employed people reached 12.2 million in 2003, an increase of 6 percent from 2000.
Katie Sturino, the president and founder of KAS public relations, New York, is part of this growing trend. "I wanted a flexible schedule," she says. "My time is very important to me. I liked the concept of being able to meet for a cappuccino at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. I call it ‘alternative scheduling.'"
But as Sturino and the hoards of other people who have given up the regular routine will tell you, it's hardly a life of constant premium coffee breaks.
In fact, it's why Michelle Goodman wrote "The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women who Think Outside the Cube" (Seal Press, 2007). Goodman, a seasoned freelancer who has dabbled in all things non-9-to-5, including temping, telecommuting, part-time work, flex-time work, and self-employment, is giving this new generation of corporate castaways a primer course on how to do it.
Goodman says the most important thing to remember is that becoming a cubicle expat is not an overnight process. "You have to set a plan in motion both about what are the professional and financial steps you need to take to make the leap from a steady paycheck to full-time freelancer."
Links:Phillyburbs
That was in 1999; and with self-employment on the upswing, Gibbons could be considered somewhat prophetic.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of self-employed people reached 12.2 million in 2003, an increase of 6 percent from 2000.
Katie Sturino, the president and founder of KAS public relations, New York, is part of this growing trend. "I wanted a flexible schedule," she says. "My time is very important to me. I liked the concept of being able to meet for a cappuccino at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. I call it ‘alternative scheduling.'"
But as Sturino and the hoards of other people who have given up the regular routine will tell you, it's hardly a life of constant premium coffee breaks.
In fact, it's why Michelle Goodman wrote "The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women who Think Outside the Cube" (Seal Press, 2007). Goodman, a seasoned freelancer who has dabbled in all things non-9-to-5, including temping, telecommuting, part-time work, flex-time work, and self-employment, is giving this new generation of corporate castaways a primer course on how to do it.
Goodman says the most important thing to remember is that becoming a cubicle expat is not an overnight process. "You have to set a plan in motion both about what are the professional and financial steps you need to take to make the leap from a steady paycheck to full-time freelancer."
Links:Phillyburbs
UBmatrix--provider of information exchange solutions for global organizations and enterpriseshas received $8 million in second round
What Company Is Offering:
UBmatrix, Inc. is the leading provider of information exchange solutions for global organizations and enterprises allowing them to more efficiently and effectively address the challenges of business and financial information management, exchange and reporting. UBmatrix XBRL solutions increase operational efficiency and financial transparency, and ensure reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance. UBmatrix is based in Silicon Valley with development centers in Kirkland, WA, and New Delhi, India.
How It Works:
They provide XBRL-based software products for the full lifecycle of design, development, and deployment of applications that collect, validate, aggregate, report or exchange information. Their products are based on their XBRL Processing Engine which provides taxonomy and instance document validation and conversion. They provide both server-side products such as Enterprise Application Suite and client-side products such as Report Builder and Taxonomy Designer. They also provide xBReeze Compliance Reporting Edition which delivers a COREP/FINREP reporting solution.
How Much They Got From VCs:
UBmatrix, Inc. has received $8 million in second round institutional venture funding.
UBmatrix provides users with an XBRL-based platform that allows them to design, develop and deploy applications that collect, aggregate, report or exchange information.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson and The Meteor Group invested in the round, which is still open for additional funding. The company did not disclosed the expected use of the funding proceeds.
More at:http://www.ubmatrix.com/
UBmatrix, Inc. is the leading provider of information exchange solutions for global organizations and enterprises allowing them to more efficiently and effectively address the challenges of business and financial information management, exchange and reporting. UBmatrix XBRL solutions increase operational efficiency and financial transparency, and ensure reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance. UBmatrix is based in Silicon Valley with development centers in Kirkland, WA, and New Delhi, India.
How It Works:
They provide XBRL-based software products for the full lifecycle of design, development, and deployment of applications that collect, validate, aggregate, report or exchange information. Their products are based on their XBRL Processing Engine which provides taxonomy and instance document validation and conversion. They provide both server-side products such as Enterprise Application Suite and client-side products such as Report Builder and Taxonomy Designer. They also provide xBReeze Compliance Reporting Edition which delivers a COREP/FINREP reporting solution.
How Much They Got From VCs:
UBmatrix, Inc. has received $8 million in second round institutional venture funding.
UBmatrix provides users with an XBRL-based platform that allows them to design, develop and deploy applications that collect, aggregate, report or exchange information.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson and The Meteor Group invested in the round, which is still open for additional funding. The company did not disclosed the expected use of the funding proceeds.
More at:http://www.ubmatrix.com/
Online company eConnek has announced the launch of its marketplace aimed at the electrical OEM market
What Company Is Offering:
eConnek is a secure website that is designed to make searching and purchasing metal circular and plastic circular connectors intermatable to top line electrical suppliers.
eConnek is Committed to Providing the Best Value with Superior Customer Service.
How It Works:
The site allows users to search by eConnek part number, original OEM part number and other criteria. It is a source for alternative products to main line connector parts.
eConnek is dedicated to distributing economically priced alternative electrical connector solutions for any industry. eConnekSM replacement connectors are used in the very same applications as OEMs connectors. eConnekSM has exactly what you need, when you need it at an unbeatable price.
With eConnek you get the quality of the original, but at a more economical price with unmatched service. Their 48 hour turnaround time sets us apart from other suppliers. No need to pay more and wait longer for your REDEL®, ODU® or LEMO® compatible connector solution, eConnekSM has the connection you need when you need it.
Recent Updates:
Online company eConnek has announced the launch of its marketplace aimed at the electrical OEM market.
More at:http://www.econnek.com/
eConnek is a secure website that is designed to make searching and purchasing metal circular and plastic circular connectors intermatable to top line electrical suppliers.
eConnek is Committed to Providing the Best Value with Superior Customer Service.
How It Works:
The site allows users to search by eConnek part number, original OEM part number and other criteria. It is a source for alternative products to main line connector parts.
eConnek is dedicated to distributing economically priced alternative electrical connector solutions for any industry. eConnekSM replacement connectors are used in the very same applications as OEMs connectors. eConnekSM has exactly what you need, when you need it at an unbeatable price.
With eConnek you get the quality of the original, but at a more economical price with unmatched service. Their 48 hour turnaround time sets us apart from other suppliers. No need to pay more and wait longer for your REDEL®, ODU® or LEMO® compatible connector solution, eConnekSM has the connection you need when you need it.
Recent Updates:
Online company eConnek has announced the launch of its marketplace aimed at the electrical OEM market.
More at:http://www.econnek.com/
REthink the way you sell your wine, and Inertia will help you grow your business
What Company Is Offering:
Inertia’s software platform, the REthink Engine, is the simplest yet most powerful and comprehensive customer-direct software available to the wine industry.
Created by wine and technology veterans to meet your specific needs, this proprietary software allows you to manage the ever-changing content of your website, your online store, your wine clubs, your phone orders, your email marketing campaigns, allocation, compliance and in-depth reporting-all with one easy tool.
How It Works:
The REthink Engine was designed to bring you closer than ever to all of your customers on a single, streamlined, easy-to-use platform, saving time and reducing administrative costs. In fact, it’s already been profitably implemented by more than 350 brands of all shapes and sizes.
REthink the way you sell your wine, and Inertia will help you grow your business.
Their tools seamlessly help you with order automation, fulfillment integration, credit card processing, club processing, auto e-mail, and more.
Their seamless commerce system automatically processes orders, manages inventory, and uses best practices for customer satisfaction. Our detailed system also helps you easily review past orders and customers to better manage customer support.
Process one to thousands of credit cards with the push of a button! Their club software also allows for significantly reduced administration time by allowing your customers to self-manage their credit card and account information while prompting each customer to update their account information days before the shipment is sent.
Whether it is the club or commerce tools, the REthink Engine helps you seamlessly manage your sales with their fulfillment partners by automatically transmitting orders back and forth or with your designated fulfillment partner via e-mail or fax.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They raises $8m Series B round.
More at: http://www.inertiabev.com/
Inertia’s software platform, the REthink Engine, is the simplest yet most powerful and comprehensive customer-direct software available to the wine industry.
Created by wine and technology veterans to meet your specific needs, this proprietary software allows you to manage the ever-changing content of your website, your online store, your wine clubs, your phone orders, your email marketing campaigns, allocation, compliance and in-depth reporting-all with one easy tool.
How It Works:
The REthink Engine was designed to bring you closer than ever to all of your customers on a single, streamlined, easy-to-use platform, saving time and reducing administrative costs. In fact, it’s already been profitably implemented by more than 350 brands of all shapes and sizes.
REthink the way you sell your wine, and Inertia will help you grow your business.
Their tools seamlessly help you with order automation, fulfillment integration, credit card processing, club processing, auto e-mail, and more.
Their seamless commerce system automatically processes orders, manages inventory, and uses best practices for customer satisfaction. Our detailed system also helps you easily review past orders and customers to better manage customer support.
Process one to thousands of credit cards with the push of a button! Their club software also allows for significantly reduced administration time by allowing your customers to self-manage their credit card and account information while prompting each customer to update their account information days before the shipment is sent.
Whether it is the club or commerce tools, the REthink Engine helps you seamlessly manage your sales with their fulfillment partners by automatically transmitting orders back and forth or with your designated fulfillment partner via e-mail or fax.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They raises $8m Series B round.
More at: http://www.inertiabev.com/
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