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CampusLIVE – Where Marketing, Social Games and College Students Come Together
CampusLIVE (www.CampusLIVE.com) is a social gaming platform that enables college students to connect with brands through casual, easy-to-play games such as polls, surveys, scavenger hunts, team matches and such.
It Pays To Follow Your Passion (Most Of The Time)
Passion makes things happen.
This is never so clearly evident as with Finnish video-making cult hero Timo Vuorensola or Hugh Hancock of Strange Company. Timo created...
Lexani Limousines Rides Out A Bad 2009
20-year old CEO of Lexani Limousines Billy Jinks overcomes the economic downturn and manages to grow his luxury chauffeur company in 2009.
PlayMoolah.com – Financial Education For Kids
PlayMoolah is an online financial literacy site for kids where young kids play games and other tailored experiences to understand how to manage money.
Do You Dream Of Becoming A CEO?
Thinking about starting your own business? If so, an incubator might be the best way to help your company get off the ground.
Shiroube.com Finds Local Guides For Travelers
Shiroube (www.shiroube.com) is a site that connects intrepid travelers to local residents anywhere in the world.
Poo-Pourri’s Sweet Solution To A Crappy Problem
The economy may be in the toilet, but Suzy Batiz, founder and CEO of Dallas-based Poo~Pourri, has bootstrapped and grown her company from a US$25,000 startup to a US$4 million enterprise in a little over three years.
Blogertizeworld – Pixellating the World
Ever heard of a 'mutual fund' for bloggers? Probably not, but that's only because Mumbai, India-based Blogertizeworld has just reintroduced a concept that died some three years ago.
Hibernater.com – An Idea Out Of Cold Storage
Sometimes it's good to revisit an old idea. That's what Chua Khim Teck, founder of Hibernater.com, did when he took an idea he was...
Buy And Sell Used Video Games On Gamestaq.com
New York-based Gamestaq (www.gamestaq.com) is an online peer-to-peer marketplace for buyers and sellers of video games.
Meet Dusty Revenge – A Singapore-Made Video Game On Kickstarter
by Ade Putra
Singapore is no stranger to the magic of crowdfunding. We’ve seen local filmmakers, musicians and product designers leverage on the new medium...
PBS Digital Studios’ ‘Inventors’ Chronicles Stories of Various Innovators
PBS Digital Studios's biweekly series called "Inventors" features videos by filmmaker and photographer David Friedman, interviewing and chronicling the work of contemporary inventors from all walks of life.
A Different Way to Browse Tweets With ReadEvery.com
ReadEvery (www.ReadyEvery.com) is an interesting way to follow Twitter. ReadEvery lets you follow tweets from the people you follow on a single page and is a good way of finding interesting Twitter users that your immediate follow circle is following.
Branserv – Applying Itself To Helping Software Startups
Chicago-based startup hardware appliance maker Branserv has an incredibly lofty vision - to rebuild the American economy.
Divorce Detox – Mending Relationships Online
Los Angeles-based Divorce Detox (www.divorcedetox.com) is an online divorce therapy site that's transiting relationship recovery from an in-person, expensive experience into an affordable online one instead.
Women Entrepreneurs Can Look Awesome And Run Businesses Too
Entrepreneur Tiffany Fluhme, CEO of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based direct sales skincare and cosmetics company Fluhme, says that women don't have to deny themselves to help balance the checkbook.
The Great Book of Ideas
Fredrik Härén holding The Idea Book.
Which book:
1. To date sold 150,000 copies in the author's home country of Sweden,
2. Sold 3,000 copies in a...
LemonStand – From Lemons To Lemonade Stands
Collaboration knows no bounds. Danny Halarewich and Aleksey Bobkov may be separated by hundreds of miles, but that didn't stop the two from joining forces to found LemonStand.
Save On Fine Dining With DineTonite.com
DineTonite (www.dinetonite.com) is a New York-based dining membership site which offers real-time reservations and special discounts at top restaurants in New York City.
VINCI – A Tablet (Device) For Young Children
If you haven't noticed by now, tablet devices are all the rage this year. But here's one tablet that probably escaped your notice - VINCI is an Android-based mobile touchscreen device that is specifically designed for young children.
Developer Focus: Dean Michael Berris
In this new series, we talk to programmers, developers and code monkeys on their latest projects and their views on the startup scene. First up is Philippines-based Dean Michael Berris.
There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz
Mawuna Koutonin is the founder of London-based GoodBuzz, and his story is the stuff of dreams.
Want Help Buying A Gift? You Need INeedGift.com
Singapore-based INeedGift (www.INeedGift.com), started by Niles Toh, 25, and Wilbur Suen, 25, looks at helping busy and time-stressed locals source for premium gifts and deliver it to their intended recipients - for a price, of course.
SwiftSharing – Age Is No Barrier To Ideas
Swiftsharing (www.swiftsharing.net) is a new and growing social network site that has seen over 8,000 members signed up and has more than 20,000 posts since launching in January this year. If that doesn't sound impressive to you, consider the fact that none on the Swiftsharing team of five are over the age of 19.
LeadVine.com – Sharing Leads Made Easy
Sometimes it pays to talk to your competitors. In Allan Margate's case, talking to his competitor led to them founding LeadVine.com together.
In 2002, Allan...
ShowNearby.com – It’s All About Location, Location, Location
Online location-based information services are all the rage now with Singapore-based startups, and one of the more recent to emerge is ShowNearby.com. Launched in...
Daily Deals Site Deals89 Wants To Ride The Future Of Social Commerce
Deals89 (www.deals89.com) is a Singapore-based daily deals site that revolves around the idea of using social networking and crowdsourcing to offer consumers amazing local and overseas experiences. All the deals are uniquely priced with an ending notation of '89' cents.
MyAdEngine Helps Businesses Manage Their Online Advertising
Some of the biggest barriers to small businesses adopting online advertising to promote their products and services can be the sheer range of choices available, and the difficulty of understanding what works in the digital space. MyAdEngine aims to alleviate such issues.
Tibesti.com – An Online Classifieds and Social Network Mashup?
Tibesti.com is a new and unique social network designed to connect people around particular interests, and enables users to earn cash while talking about, recommending and showcasing their favorite products.
Eegoes.com: An Answer To Social Networking Information Overload?
Boston, Massachusetts-based Eegoes (www.eegoes.com) is positioned as a social networking site that aims to provide a more user-friendly and more streamlined platform for social interaction, and one that is based around user interests.