Meet Healthfundr: Equity-Based Crowdfunding For Health Startups
When Marshall McLuhan said that the medium is the message in the 1960s, it’s amazing to think about how much that idea still applies in present culture. What he meant is that new forms of media (technology) transform our experience and is ultimately more important than the content that is shared. In other words, technology [...]... Read More
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Knight Foundation and Fisher Family fund Nonprofit Startup, Benevolent
BY: Sonali BasakThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Fisher Family provided $285,000 in grant money to Benevolent, a crowdfunding site for low-income individuals, allowing it to move into three new areas: Charlotte, Silicon Valley and Detroit as announced Monday morning. Benevolent was launched in Chicago in 2011 by Megan Kashner, a long-time member [...]
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Detroit-Based Backstitch Is Instapaper For Your Entire Web Experience
BY: Kathryn HoughFlipping from tab to tab can get annoying. Sure, RSS solved that issue when it came to content. But our lives on the web are becoming increasingly saturated with more dynamic web experiences. Enter Backstitch, a Detroit-based startup that wants to beautify your personal web.
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New Investment Opportunity Lures Startups To Detroit
BY: Kathryn HoughWhen most startups relocate for investments, they traditionally head west to Silicon Valley. Thanks to a renaissance in midwest venture capital, east coast startups like Quikkly are moving westward, only to plant their stake in the ground far before hitting the west coast.
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Ubooly: iPhone Sock Puppet Plays Games With Kids
BY: Jon ChristianA Boulder-based startup will soon ship a cuddly stuffed animal built to hold an iPhone or iPod, with the display serving as the creature’s face and a custom app that interacts and plays games with young children.
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HealPay: Making Debt Collection A Little Less Miserable
BY: Jon ChristianThe system, the co-founder said, is “designed to make it easier for consumers to pay their bills.” If all goes well, more people choose to (and are able to) pay up.
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Marxent Labs Wants To See Augmented Reality Everywhere
BY: Jon ChristianDetroit-based Marxent Labs is a magician’s workshop of visual trickery, where they’ll create a custom app that bridges the gap between software and the real world.
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UpTo: The Future Is Unwritten (But Let’s Plan Ahead, Okay?)
BY: Jon ChristianFoursquare and Twitter are well and good, according to Schwartz, but without planning ahead, meetup opportunities will necessarily be limited, unless you’re checking your phone all the time — another faux pas in some circles.
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The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund Invests $600,000 In Three Tech Startups
BY: Lindsay ONealThe Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund recently announced that it has invested $600,000 in three tech startups: Larky, Flocktag, and FreeStride Therapeutics.
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BlackGirlsCode Raises $21,000 To Fund Summer Of Code Program In Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and More
BY: Kathryn HoughMuch ado is made about changing the ratio of women to men in computer science programs, but BlackGirlsCode is an organization that is taking the initiative one step further.
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Years In The Restaurant Biz Inspired Tabling System OnDeq
BY: Jon ChristianGrabowski, who jokingly compared his experience in the restaurant industry to the bawdy comedy film Waiting, says it was his own term of service in food that set the standards he wants OnDeq to uphold.
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Fetchnotes Grows To 18,000 Users With Stream Of Steady Updates
BY: Corey CummingsFetchnotes, the most simple mobile note taking app around, has gone through some considerable changes since we last covered it in May, and with a slew of new features, it’s even easier to make your straightforward notes work for you.
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Protean: All The Cards In Your Wallet, On One Smart Card
BY: Jon ChristianProtean hopes to market a smart card that can emulate any card in your wallet directly to consumers by this winter.
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