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2014’s Top 6 Hot Tech Startups
Here we'll check out some of the top tech start-ups that might have a chance of really breaking through this year.
SwoopThat.com’s Textbook Move To Save Students Money
SwoopThat.com is a site targeting college students that lists courses and the required textbooks for those courses in hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States.
Luxury Jewelry And Watch Rental Is On The Rise
Luxury item rental - such as jewelry and expensive watches - are now apparently a thing, with providers offering such services on a subscription basis.
7 Fintech Start-up Companies Changing Our Relationship With Money
Money makes the world go round and humans love it, almost as much as they love innovation. Here are 7 fintech start-ups looking to change how we save, spend, invest and create money.
How To Enter The DasCoin Ecosystem
DasCoin is the brainchild of Michael Mathias, the company’s visionary CEO. What are some of the characteristics and features of this new cryptocurrency ecosystem?
Spread Your Wings With The Innovative Spotivity Platform For After School Programs
Spotivity supports several types of meaningful after school activities for teenagers including sports, education, arts, mentoring, health, volunteerism etc.
[Singapore] GoBear Lets You Compare Insurance Policies Easily
GoBear is a free-to-use meta search engine for insurance (on both desktop and mobile) that allows consumers to search and compare hundreds of car and travel insurance policies in seconds.
[Singapore] Booxify Delivers Curated Box Of Goodies To Your Doorstep
Booxify is a Singapore-based online subscription service that, at S$14 per month, will deliver a carefully curated box of four to seven different products to your home.
SeatQuest Helps You Find The Best Seats At Events
Chicago-based SeatQuest (www.seatquest.com) is a new, low-to-no fees visual search engine for purchasing and comparing ticket prices for concerts, sports events or theatre performances across different online ticket marketplaces.
Online Store SEA Citizen Reinterprets High Street Fashion For Southeast Asia
Online fashion store SEA Citizen look to outfit Singapore and Malaysia fashionistas with the latest fashion items just days after they are seen on the catwalks of Milan, London and New York.
Mobile App Quit Pro Aims To Help You Quit Smoking
Quit Pro, developed by Singapore-based Bitsmedia, is a mobile-based application - on both iOS and Android - lets an individual track and manage their way towards quitting smoking.
Great Clip’s Online Check-In Service For A Less Hairy Time
Minneapolis-based Great Clips, Inc has launched the industry's first-ever online check-in service, so those looking to get a fuss-free, convenient hair cut can simply check in for an appointment via the computer or a smartphone.
Swedish Start-Up to Fight China’s Polluted Air – But The Movement Is Nation-Wide
Airinum, a Swedish start-up, wants to make a difference and improve people’s lives. But we shouldn't be surprised - Sweden has proven on numerous occasions how ahead of other nations it is in terms of sustainability and recycling measures.
Strideline Puts City Skylines On Your Socks
Founded by Riley Goodman and Jake Director in 2009 when they were both high school seniors in a Seattle school, Strideline makes a range of crew socks that come with a design of city skylines.
Girlfluence To Harness Women Power Online Using Video
Founded within Manhattan's Silicon Alley - which is seeing an explosion of entrepreneurship in the digital space - New York City-based Girlfluence aims to gather the support of and speak to the new generation of female entrepreneurs, influencers and consumers and thereby harnessing and nurturing female empowerment.
ExTreme ReTrailers – Retail On The Move
ExTreme ReTrailers™ (www.extremeretrailers.com) aims to solve the age-old retail challenge of "location, location, location" by customizing and designing an entire 7-foot by 14-foot trailer for use for any kind of retail business.
AvaCare Medical Revolutionizes The Medical Supply Industry
AvaCare Medical, a leading medical supplies company headquartered in Lakewood, NJ strives to meet the demands of customers by ensuring that they get streamlined services when they need medical equipment and supplies.
Gamin’ Ride Brings Gaming To Your Doorstep
A huge trailer rolls up to a suburban neighbourhood, the peace and quiet suddenly and inexplicably shattered by its blaring sirens and loud music. Enter Gamin' Ride.
20 Great Ways Libraries Are Using Pinterest
Pinterest is taking the social media world by storm, and it isn’t just popular with individual users. Pinterest offers another great way to keep up with creative and cutting-edge ways libraries are engaging with their communities.
Moo.com’s The Business Card Project Redesigns Your Ugly Cards
UK-based online stationer MOO.com has announced The Business Card Project to give 500 small businesses a makeover for their business cards.
Startup Success Spotlight: Common.com
Founded by Brad Hargreaves in 2015, Common specializes in coliving space, a concept which fits perfectly into the landscape of skyrocketing property values in major cities.
C2Legacy: Ensuring Your Crypto Legacy Gets Passed On
C2Legacy is a blockchain-based digital estate planning platform designed to make sure that digital assets such as cryptocurrency don't die with you.
[Malaysia] Startups Unite To Form Launchpad, An Intern Matching Platform
Launchpad, an online service that aggregates and provides information on startup internship positions in Asia to help graduates and students to decide which jobs are the best fit for them.
Motion Doctor iPad App – Therapy On The Move
Require physical therapy but the nearest therapist is far away in the next town? Never fear - if you have an iPad, check out the Motion Doctor iPad app.
Five Points of Innovation – How USANA Leaders Innovate For Success
USANA is more than a pill company. They know their key to success and share it beyond themselves to help their customers and Associates find their own success in life and business.
Leisure Attraction Sentosa Introduces MySentosa Mobile App
You don't usually think of leisure attractions as being on the bleeding edge of technology, but Singapore’s premier island resort getaway Sentosa recently introduced an iPhone application.
Create Your Business Logos With GraphicSprings
GraphicSprings is a beautiful and intuitive app that allows entrepreneurs and small business owners to create your professional logos. It's a rather fuss-free way to brainstorm a logo for your startup, and affordable to boot.
Business Ethics: 3 Modern Startups Built On Moral Principles
Transparency and ethical business practices can be profitable – and businesses like Cred, Milani, and SmartGlamour demonstrate that every day.
VisitorsCafe – Video Chat On Any Site
Boston-based VisitorsCafe (www.visitorscafe.com) is a web feature that enables visitors coming on a given website to talk to each other via video chat, which lets site owners to "socialize" their community.
Trover, A Mobile Location-Based Discovery Network
Trover (www.trover.com) is a mobile discovery app that is created for explorers who love to share their discoveries with others in a visual way.