The founders of GiveForward, Threadless, and Tap.me discussed how they turned their individual passions into successful businesses at the latest Entrepreneurs Unpluggd event.
Bright.com launched with a splash Tuesday, and it seems to have taken some cues from the world of online dating.
Groceree a shopping companion app that offers a comparison of local prices and potential savings, has a lot potential, but faces tremendous technical hurdles.
Today, emerging 3-D printing projects such as RepRap, Fab@Home, and UltiMaker could soon unleash a second industrial revolution, this one rendering many factories obsolete. Instead, the bulk of manufacturing could be done in the comfort of one’s home, and a broken piece is just a download and print away.
Chicago-based startup ClassFill refers to its service as the Priceline for classes. The idea is simple: Users find classes they are interested in, name the price they are willing to pay, and businesses are able to accept or reject the offer based on their availability.
Duolingo, a free service launched this week by Guatemalan entrepreneur Luis von Ahn, tasks internet users with translating short phrases from across the web, all the while teaching and rewarding them for their hard work.
Want to reenact Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen’s quirky characters from Portlandia? There’s an app for that.
In a recent blog post, 3Degrees founder Brian Scordato casually mused about a Spotify-like service for books, even going as far as urging bored entrepreneurs to take up the task themselves.
Sebastian Thrun’s idea is to change the “pedagogical approach†in education by placing the emphasis on students solving problems themselves.
From the amount of investments and aqusitions announced everyday, it is easily forgotten that 11 out of 12 startups fail. But why?
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