Tag: Innovator
2011 and some interesting startups
This year we’ve seen many interesting startup ideas and while most of them are related to mobile start-ups, there are still some manage to stand out from the crowd due to its innovative nature. Lets take a look how we think they are innovative; It’s all in the data The Internet is full of data [...]
TechVenture 2011: 5,000 new tech startups registered in Singapore every year
5,000 new tech start-ups were registered in Singapore every year since 2006. 5000′s a huge number, and it shows that the tech-startups industry is blossoming in Singapore. The information was revealed in-front of more than 500 delegates from 23 countries by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in a speech at TechVenture 2011 which happening [...]
Melon Meter: iPhone app that tells watermelon ripeness
Melon Meter is an iPhone app that tells melon ripeness by just knocking on the melon. It’s an innovative way to help everybody from consumers to farmers. Did you know that up to 60% of watermelons purchased today are either over-ripe or under-ripe? We often see sellers knocking the watermelon before passing it to us and say, [...]
Start-ups: $41 million does not promise success
“For every success there will be 250 really dumb valuations.” – Mark Suster Color, a start-up company for photo-sharing received a huge amount of investment earlier this year. The news was a big-thing when I heard about it, and I was quite excited when watching the demo video in their website. Unfortunately, that does not reflect user experience when the application was made available [...]
![Dan Shapiro: Why I sold my startup to Google [Sparkbuy]](http://evanhugh.com/wp-content/themes/wp-davinci/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://evanhugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Sparkbuy-150x52.png&w=150&h=150&zc=1 "Dan Shapiro: Why I sold my startup to Google [Sparkbuy]")
Dan Shapiro: Why I sold my startup to Google [Sparkbuy]
“Selling a company can be a very lonely decision, so I want to revisit John’s question and share my thinking with others who might be making the call” – Dan Shapiro Dan Shapiro is the founder of Sparkbuy, a search engine trying to change the way people search for consumer electronics e.g. Laptops and TVs [...]
Startups: Twitter Co-Founders Are On The Next One
Biz Stone has already confirmed his departure from Twitter last Tuesday to join his ex-comrade, Evan Williams, Twitter’s former chief executive, who left in March. The duo is joining forces to work on a new start-up, the Obvious Corporation. Mr Stone and Mr Williams were the ones who are responsible to turn Twitter into an [...]
204 of Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants
A report by Partnership for a New American Economy on latest Fortune 500 companies had a strong fact of immigrants success in America. The latest report dated June 2011 found that 90 companies from the Fortune 500 companies are founded by immigrants and 114 others founded by children of immigrants, a total number of 204 or [...]
Echelon 2011 Startups Launchpad: What to expect
Expected to be the biggest, best startups and launchpad event in Asia, Echelon 2011 is ready with it’s two-day double-track event on 16 and 17 June. Earlier this year, e27 organizes satellite event to filter broader range of regional startups across Southeast Asia before it is set for the higher quality of final event next week. Expecting [...]
Dharmesh Shah: Innovator of The Year
The Boston Glob has recently named Dharmesh Shah as the Innovator of The Year in Hi-Tech business. Dharmesh Shah is a blogger at OnStartups.com as well as the founder of HubSpot Inc., an online marketing platform for small and midsize businesses . In 2010 through his business at Hubspot, Dharmesh Shah raised Venture Capital investment of $32 million from [...]
