Startups

ArtBarcs: Network For Art Collectors Launches In Chicago

ArtBarcs is a platform where art lovers can not only browse and purchase pieces from curated online gallery of artwork, but uncover entirely new artists through the service’s recommendation engine.

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SeatSync Takes On Chicago’s Second-Hand Ticket Selling Market

This past week Chicago startup SeatSync debuted a new app for mobile devices that empowers sports and music fans to connect with local ticket sellers while avoid the hidden fees of other similar services.

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1:Face Watch Indiegogo Nears End At 12 Times Original Goal

The 1:Face watch offers consumers the chance to support a range of causes and is set to close out its near two month campaign with a surplus of $275,000.

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How To Develop Customers Before Writing A Single Line Of Product Code

If you want to test your hypothesis and develop customers before writing a single line of product code, you’ll have to get out of your workspace and in front of real people who have real problems that your startup could potentially solve.

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I Know Jane Kickstarting Globally Conscious Women’s Shoe

This past week Chicago startup I Know Jane began a run on Kickstarter to raise funds for its first line of women’s shoes. Environmentally friendly, globally conscious, comfortable, and portable,.

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Bonfyre App Teams Up With St. Louis Rams

St. Louis-based Bonfyre app extended the company’s NFL fan experience partnership over the weekend by offering fans a place to socialize during the St. Louis Rams home game against the New York Jets yesterday. The company offered two bonfyres where fans could have a live shared digital experience during the game.

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Stalk Other People’s Inboxes With ContactMonkey’s Bridge

If you work in sales or marketing, you probably shoot off a few hundred emails per week easily. But what happens after you click send?

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Power2Switch Keeps The Lights On This Holiday Season With Charitable Initiative

Chicago energy saving startup Power2Switch has unveiled a new program this week that will help struggling families around the city bring their electric bills current with a new program called Kilowatts of Kindness.

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Resource Network For Underserved Entrepreneurs Emerges In Atlanta

Atlanta entrepreneurs have been given a new resource for building their next company with the launch of The Legacy Movement, a startup bringing underserved communities a network of mentors and valuable business building tools.

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Chicago High Schoolers Bring Fashion App Finalist To World Series of Innovation

A wardrobe app conceived by students at Chicago’s Whitney M. Young Magnet High School has become a finalist in the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship’s World Series of Innovation.

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