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NAME OF STARTUP: Forecastr THE FOUNDER'S STORY: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: Steven is a two-time Techstars alumni & serial entrepreneur that loves helping other founders. He’s spent four years providing outsourced financial leadership to growing companies. When he isn’t working on Forecastr, you can find him out in the woods camping & rock climbing. Steven...

Startup: Tisane Labs - Tisane detects problematic content in text Founder: Vadim Berman Problem being solved: Primarily, Tisane is used to keep the trolls away from the online communities. Tisane is also used to detect unwanted activity in textual content, be it social content, or on-device content. Clients can be social media moderators, law enforcement agencies or personal social media users. The main purpose...

For many people who worked a desk job before the pandemic, a typical workday involved a whopping 40+ hours of sitting at a desk—broken up with the occasional coffee run, power walk to lunch, or even a sprint to your next meeting. Now enter COVID-19. You’re probably still sitting in front of your desk, but now at home—and for longer...

Startup name: Toven - Search Better, Search Borderless. Problem being solved: The current sites, and systems for searching for classified ads, second-hand sales & auctions isn't user friendly. The economy for second-hand sales and direct consumer to consumer trading is rapidly expanding across Europe. Searching for the item you want is time-consuming. • Every country has hundreds of general and niche classified and...

Startup: Remote.io - Discover the best remote jobs to work from home. The Back Story:  Remote.io was founded in 2019 by Tony Territo after being unable to find good job sites tailored to remote job seekers. After launch, it quickly became one of the fastest-growing and most visited remote job sites in the world. Tony currently enjoys living in Florida and is planning...

Startup: iRithm – The AI-powered Nocode Visual App Builder Problem being solved: Shortage in professional software developers and steep learning curve of any formal programming language is the main problems we’re solving for. With iRithm anyone with no formal background in programming can create serious web and mobile applications without writing a single line of code with the help of state-of-the-art AI-based...

MUNICH: Search engine for holiday rentals Holidu has released a study which looks at the difference in the price of both tap and bottled water in over 100 cities around the world. The company decided to examine this topic as part of their mission to help travellers make smart and affordable decisions about where they decide to stay, which led them to...

Company name: Operwell, Inc – Software to operate a business 100% remotely. Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Problem being solved: There are over 10,000 hyper-specialized productivity tools for knowledge workers to choose from to run their business. Currently, we’re forced to self-curate resulting in the average SMB buying 72 different subscriptions to run their business. This “software collection” results in having duplicate, overlapping features...

QUESTION 1: What is the core problem being solved by your startup / business?: How to make your food better. QUESTION 2: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: The Dish Dragon aims to take data science to home cooking and online recipes. We want to give home cooks an edge through new insights and to find undiscovered gems in recipes. We're...

Automation has become the core subject in all discussions, both inside and outside of meeting rooms. As per a McKinsey report, certain occupations are entirely automatable; however, 30% of tasks of all occupations can be automated for at-least 60% of occupations across businesses. Organisations are slowly but certainly realizing the significance of automating various business activities. Consequently, we are witnessing a...

QUESTION 1: What is the core problem being solved by your startup / business?: We provide affordable advertising to small and medium sized businesses. QUESTION 2: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: In 2014 we saw a number of business directories and marketing agencies which varied in traffic and quality. We decided to create our...

QUESTION 1: What is the core problem being solved by your startup?: Qwaiting is a queue management system that helps in organizing and operating waiting lines and also visitants flow digitally. It assists in lessening foot traffic and supporting social distance to minimize risks. Staff will be easily able to manage services by knowing that who are their visitors and why are...

By Sally Wu Whether you're opening a clothing store, a cafe, restaurant chain or simply a weekend food outlet, cash will be critical to your business. Optimizing cash handling is one of the most critical ingredients for achieving your company's objectives and growth ambitions, yet often it can be lost or stolen in the course of your day-to-day running of the...

By Garima Sharma  Hiring the right talent has always been one of the most crucial tasks for any organization. Being able to bring aboard promising people both in terms of qualification and a culture-fit is something every hiring manager aims for. While we all understand the importance of hiring right, finding the relevant people to fill-in positions can be hard and...

By Sally Wu To reduce the likelihood of business risk occurring, businesses need to ensure they have a structured and systematic approach to risk management. The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us that a defined and planned strategy to sustain your business during uncertain times is the way to go, at least for the next 2-3 years. New strains of the virus emerge...

E-Commerce is all about value, creativity and commitment to the target customers. The ever-evolving digital world has barely left any niche, product, service or idea hidden from the mainstream world. To that, we say kudos as new opportunities bring new growth milestones for e-tail brands. The e-tail landscape is already witnessing a deluge in competition. So nothing short of exemplar...