Featured Startup Pitch: Mash Machine has reinvented the DJing experience for simpler music mashups
By Guy Gross, Mash Machine CEO Elevator Pitch: Mash Machine is a new multimedia platform bringing audio and visual controls into a single tangible...
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Utrip launches its AI-based trip planner out of beta with $750K in new funding
A Q&A with Utrip founder and CEO Gilad Berenstein. The Seattle-based startup, which offers a travel planner that utilizes predictive technology...
Shanghai-based ChaseFuture lands $400K to ease the college application and admissions process for international students
A Q&A with ChaseFuture co-founder and CEO Greg Nance. The Shanghai-based edtech startup last week announced the closing of a $400,000 Seed...
Airbnb of the sea: France’s Click & Boat secures $200K to expand its peer-to-peer boat rentals marketplace
A Q&A with Click & Boat co-founder Edouard Gorioux. The Paris-based startup, which is a peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace, announced the...
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Don’t get stumped by financier questions: Techniques that will even satisfy the ‘Shark Tank’ investors
By Richard Weinberger, Ph.D., CPA How many times have we seen small business entrepreneurs go before the investors on ABC’s hit show ‘Shark...
Featured Startup Pitch: Beveragewala wants to tap the huge demand for premium tea and coffee in India
By Manish Hada, Beveragewala co-founder Elevator Pitch: Beveragewala is a one-stop for all your tea and coffee purchase requirements. We have the...
AlldayInternet wants to keep travelers connected while avoiding roaming charges and sub-par hotel Wi-Fi
A Q&A with AlldayInternet co-founder Julio Astarloa. The Santander, Cantabria, Spain-based startup, which offers a wireless Internet access...
Muut gets a new name and $770K to give online forums a makeover
A Q&A with Muut co-founder Tero Piirainen. The Portland, Oregon-based startup, which offers an embeddable online forum solution for websites,...
Perspectives: The women’s economy starts here
By Michelle Patterson, Global Women Foundation and The California Women’s Conference For the first time in this nation’s history, women are now...
Featured Startup Pitch: Planet Jockey has built a gamified emotional intelligence training platform for developing better decision makers
By Kevin Allen, Planet Jockey co-founder and chairman Elevator Pitch: Planet Jockey is an employee engagement company that creates gamified learning...
XOEye launches to bring connected wearable technology to enterprise workers in the field
A Q&A with XOEye Technologies co-founder and CEO Aaron Salow. The Ann Arbor, Michigan- and Nashville, Tennessee-based startup, which has...
