Startup Reviews Startup Creativity Comes Through Variety Entrepreneurs demonstrating their latest ideas at the EMO Spring 2012 conference showed that inspiration travels in many directions. The young companies that took the stage Wednesday to kick off the three-day startup fest in Santa Clara, California, demonstrated a surprisingly wide variety of software and Web services. Unfortunately, one thing… Antone Gonsalves View comments
Analysis 8 Things Instagram Did Right With its billion-dollar sale to Facebook, Instagram instantly became the latest poster child for startup success. In just 551 days, the photo-sharing mobile app zoomed from zero to 30 million-odd users, and 10 million U.S. visits by March 2012, up 1000% since December 2011. Its valuation outstrips that of the 116-year-old New York Times. An… Alicia Eler View comments
Startup Reviews How to Start A New Business in Less Than 50 Hours Just about every weekend someplace on the planet a peculiar series of meetups is happening called Startup Weekend. The idea is to bring together a group of people, many of whom have never set eyes on each other before, to form new ventures, many of which are tech-related. So far the model seems to be working: each weekend on average has produced… David Strom View comments
Startup Reviews College Calendaring System DormNoise Announces Series A Financing The collegiate calendaring system DormNoise announced today that it has secured a $500,000 investment from DN Ventures LLC and PRESENT e-Learning Systems Inc. The funding will be used to support the company's sales and marketing endeavors. DormNoise was founded by 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student Jay Rodrigues, who recognized the… Audrey Watters View comments
Startup Reviews BandCentral, a Basecamp for Bands, Launches Today U.K. startup BandCentral announced its official launch today. Describing itself as a "Basecamp for bands," the service is an online tool for bands, record labels and managers to track finances, manage tours, update social media profiles, and handle merchandising. Audrey Watters View comments
Software Guides Always Be Testing: 8 Services For Usability Feedback Over the weekend we had a chance to highlight Dana Oshiro View comments