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Connecting, educating and inspiring Miami’s Innovators

Original post by Benoit Wirz via Knight Blog Tomorrow night at the Lightbox in Wynwood, 60+ Miami entrepreneurs will be pitching their startups to a panel of Silicon Valley investors capable of helping kickstart their ideas. These companies have been part of the NewMe Pop-Up accelerator, which has provided local Miami startups with advice and coaching over the […]

Whale Shark Media partners TechStartupJobs Fair

Who is Whale Shark Media? “Our motto is “Every Deal. Every Customer. Everywhere.” WhaleShark Media, Inc. is the world’s leading marketplace for online coupons and deals, receiving more than 400 million visits to our sites per year. Their portfolio of coupon and deal websites includes www.RetailMeNot.com, the largest online coupon site in the U.S.; www.VoucherCodes.co.uk, […]

Sailthru partners TechStartupJobs Fair,NYC 29 November 2012

What is Sailthru? “Our mission is to build tools that help companies keep users happy and engaged.” You wouldn’t send the same birthday card to a million people, would you? Understanding individual user behavior lets you personalize both your product and how you communicate with your users. Sailthru believe that relevant, personalized communication is at […]

Hipster power: Shoreditch tech sector to overtake City ‘over next five years’

Original post by Jonathan Prynn via Standard The vibrant technology, creative and media sectors of the East End will oust the City as the engine of London’s economic growth over the next five years, a new report predicts today. The £34 billion creative industries centred on areas such as Shoreditch, Hoxton and Bethnal Green are growing […]

Startup Advice: Five principles of the lean approach

Oriinal post by Philip Connolly via BusinessPost When startups talk about how they have set up, many mention the lean method. The phrase was coined by author and entrepreneur Eric Ries to describe a fresh approach to product and service design. Several prominent tech companies have begun to publicly employ the lean startup philosophy, including DropBox, and lean […]