Startup Q&As

With funding from the Omidyar Network and the Knight Foundation among others, Versa’s contextual featured op-ed platform is a native ads solution for revenue-starved news publishers

A Q&A with Versa founder and CEO Keya Dannenbaum. The New York City-based startup, which offers a paid ‘contextual op-ed platform’ for news...

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February 10, 2014

Startup Q&As

With a freshly-raised $550K in Seed funding, Cincinnati-based Sqrl wants to be the ‘digital hunter gatherer’ for accountants and other service businesses

A Q&A with Sqrl co-founder and CEO Ryan Watson. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based startup, which offers an automated client communication platform for...

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February 6, 2014

Startup Q&As

Chicago-based startup DownBeats has developed ‘high fidelity’ ear protection designed to enhance the music while limiting hearing damage

A Q&A with DownBeats founder and CEO Derin Alemli. The Chicago-based startup, which offers hi-fi ear protection for live shows, made its official...

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February 4, 2014

Startup Q&As

Apptimize wants to help bring mobile apps out of the ‘nineties’ with its real-time testing and optimization platform

A Q&A with Apptimize co-founder and CEO Nancy Hua. The Mountain View-based startup, which offers a mobile app testing and optimization platform,...

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February 3, 2014

Startup Q&As

Through its app that makes a live show video available right after it ends, Lively is on a mission to enable fans to enjoy the show…and put their phones down

A Q&A with Lively founder and CEO Dean Graziano. The Seattle-based startup, which offers an app that allows concert-goers to download recordings...

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January 31, 2014

Startup Q&As

Just-launched Wishpicker is targeting a booming ecommerce market in India with its gift recommendation engine

A Q&A with Wishpicker co-founder Apurv Bansal. The New Delhi, India-based startup, which offers a gift recommendation service for the Indian...

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January 30, 2014

Startup Q&As

Ahalogy’s marketing platform is built to help brands benefit from ‘aha’ moments on Pinterest

A Q&A with Ahalogy co-founder and president Bob Gilbreath. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based startup, which is a Pinterest-specific marketing platform,...

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January 29, 2014

Startup Q&As

With a new $1M funding round secured, BookingBug looks to extend the reach of its multi-platform booking and customer management service among larger enterprises

A Q&A with BookingBug co-founder and CEO Glenn Shoosmith. The London-based startup, which offers a multi-channel client scheduling solution for...

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January 29, 2014

Startup Q&As

With a $1.25M crowdfunding raise, Panono’s throwable ball camera promises to produce true panoramic pictures

A Q&A with Panono co-founder Jonas Pfeil. The Berlin-based startup, which has created a throwable panoramic ball-shaped camera, raised more...

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January 28, 2014

Startup Q&As

With more than $400K raised on Kickstarter, AirDroids wants to make drones a mainstream consumer product

A Q&A with AirDroids co-founder and president Timothy Reuter. The Washington, DC and San Diego, California-based startup, which has surpassed...

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January 27, 2014

Startup Q&As

Resource Guru nabs $870K in Seed funding for its employee scheduling tool designed to wean companies off spreadsheets

A Q&A with Resource Guru co-founder Andrew Rogoff. The London-based startup, which offers a cloud-based employee scheduling application, earlier...

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January 24, 2014

Startup Q&As

Linko raises $2.6M in Seed funding, buys a company, and sets out to disrupt ‘the largest worldwide market where end users nearly universally hate the end product’

A Q&A with Linko co-founder and CEO Mikko Alasaarela. The San Francisco-based startup, which offers automated CRM that turns data from...

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January 23, 2014