I’ve known Jason Calacanis for twenty years. We met when he was in his early 20s and I was in my early 30s. A lot has happened in those twenty years and Jason and I sat down to talk about that at his Launch Festival last week in San Francisco. It’s a long talk, almost 60mins, with no Q&A from the audience. We cover a lot of territory and I was as candid as can be with Jason. I think this chat reveals a lot about where my head is at right now, which is a credit to Jason and ... → Read More

AVC - 10 hours ago

Company / App Name: eese http://eese.com Twitter – eese_com What does it do? eese is a collaborative blogging platform where authors create articles together – enhanced and funded by a crowd of people. The best collaborations on each article are voted for and rise to the top. Why do we need it? We think that our app is a perfect mix of news-reading, social media and content creation, and that we are going to offer our users enough value to motivate them to pay for the service. Who is it for? – What makes it stand out from the crowd? ... → Read More

The Startup Pitch - 12 hours ago

 Bookmarking site Pinterest has established itself as one of the top social networking sites on the web with some 70 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore. But the company, whose last funding round valued the business at $ 5 billion, is still in the early days of experimenting with its revenue model, and building out relationships with advertisers and partners. Playing a key… Read More TechCrunch

TechCrunch - 14 hours ago

Company / App Name: GRIFFINZ TECHNOLOGIES http://www.griffinz.in/ Twitter – AAKASH What does it do? Our app comes with less memory size than any other app in the market !!! Our goal is to make our app the best in scan and create Barcodes. With this app you can scan Barcodes and create QR code for any contents like URL, Contacts, Why do we need it? BARCODE SCANNER SCAN:  BARCODES & QR CODE from phone CAMERA  JUMP DIRECTLY to WEB ADDRESS decoded CREATE:  CREATE your own QRCODES encoding  SIMPLE TEXT  URLs  CALENDER EVENTS  EMAIL ... → Read More

The Startup Pitch - 14 hours ago

Company / App Name: Papaly https://www.papaly.com/ Twitter – PapalyOfficial What does it do? Your ultimate link manager. Create boards of links to your favorite content around the web and share them with others or make them private. Why do we need it? Share and Discover. Let people know what you care about by sharing your board. Follow your favorite boards and stay up-to-date on content you’re interested in using our social bookmarking network. Who is it for? Anyone that has access to the internet. What makes it stand out from the crowd? Papaly is a rapidly growing social bookmarking network ... → Read More

The Startup Pitch - 16 hours ago

 Talk about timing: Twitter confirms they’ve bought Meerkat-competitor Periscope, and but a few hours later Twitter makes a move that kills off a few Meerkat features. Meerkat is a fast-rising, Twitter-centric live video broadcasting platform that seems to be gaining quite the fanbase since launching just a few weeks back. Viewers of your livestream can tweet at you and have those… Read More TechCrunch

TechCrunch - 18 hours ago

Company / App Name: Bite Size Learning http://www.bitesizelearning.net Twitter – BiteSizeLearnin What does it do? Bite Size Learning was created with the busy professional in mind. Today, more than ever, Tech Understanding is crucial to moving up in the professional world. Why do we need it? With TechBites we’ve categorized and simplified each of those terms into Bite Size chunks. 5 minutes with us and you’ll be speaking like a tech pro. Who is it for? – What makes it stand out from the crowd? Most professionals DON’T need to learn to code. They just need to understand the high-level ... → Read More

The Startup Pitch - 18 hours ago

Company / App Name: Looptastic biorhythm http://looptastic.com What does it do? According to scientific theory, a person’s life is influenced by what are termed rhythmic biological cycles that affect their ability in various domains: mental, physical and emotional activity. What if a person could have their biorhythms Why do we need it? Start following your biorhythm cycle: predict your good and bad days in advance Who is it for? mobile users What makes it stand out from the crowd? UI What’s next? Soon more features and new APPs Link to Company / App Demo video http://looptastic.com The Startup Pitch

The Startup Pitch - 20 hours ago

 Obvious Ventures, the venture capital firm started by Twitter and Medium co-founder Ev Williams, has raised a total of $ 77.7 million for its inaugural fund, Obvious Ventures I, according to a regulatory document filed today. Obvious Ventures, which counts longtime tech entrepreneur James Joaquin and executive-turned-investor Vishal Vasishth as co-founders, was unveiled in December 2014 with… Read More TechCrunch

TechCrunch - 22 hours ago

Company / App Name: Catch The Alien http://bit.ly/1FbEv4g What does it do? It makes you happy. Why do we need it? Because it is Simple, funny, catchy Who is it for? For everyone. What makes it stand out from the crowd? Catching and moving aliens is not as easy as you think. What’s next? We have a lot of great and original games. Stay close for more. The Startup Pitch

The Startup Pitch - 22 hours ago