Fresh out of TechStars Summer 2010 program, ADstruc is on a mission to democratize outdoor advertising.  I profiled ADstruc about a week or go and the company’s CEO John Laramie was kind enough reach out and spend the time answering a few questions about ADstruc, current moves they are making, and their experience with TechStars. [...]

$400k?  Almost a trivial amount of money, right?  Compared to what some other startups raised this week, $400k is chump change.  However, that chump change came from Verizon.  When a mobile company wants to be more involved in the mobile space than being the largest mobile network in the US, I think it is time [...]

Groupon has been the golden boy of the startupsphere and online business universe for the past few months now.  I’m sure there has been a bit of discussion in The Business Insider and TechCrunch offices about naming this week Groupon Week, if the number of posts they both have published referencing the popular group buying [...]

Maines Food and Paper Inc., a national food service distributor based out of a small town in central New York, has long been on the supply side of restaurants taking care of their every need for food and supplies.  Back in May, Maines officially launched WyckWyre, a full service job board and platform for restaurants [...]

This past week was certainly one with quite a bit of action.  A few notable deals went down including: Google’s acquisition of Jambool. This deal ultimately provides additional support, specifically in the area of social applications and virtual currency, to Google’s rumored impending social platform debut. The India based travel agency MakeMyTrip (MMYT) took a [...]

It has been interesting to watch the internet become the platform and driving force of democratization.  It has been equally interesting to watch the United States’ continued attempts to do so, but we will leave politics alone for now.  The web has effectively democratized information (see: blogging), celebrity (see: jBiebs), commerce (see: eBay), and many [...]

BuzzFeed, a viral analytics startup which showcases its product through viral content and meme tracking website BuzzFeed.com, has jumped on the deal-of-the-day bandwagon with their new deals.buzzfeed.com which showcases daily deals that integrate perfectly into the spontaneous, humorous, and completely random nature of BuzzFeed’s content.  The deals are assigned tags/stickers (OMG, LOL, WTF?,etc.) relevant to [...]

In keeping with the current trend of applying game mechanics to seemingly normal or routine activities, a new web app called Mabzy has emerged.  Mabzy has been described as a sort of FourSquare for the the internet, which is somewhat accurate in that it allows you to share your exact web location and earn badges [...]

Health insurance is probably not the most exciting topic to think about.  It has caused a considerable amount of controversy and heated debate in political circles.  The minds of aspiring entrepreneurs and seasoned startupists alike may not default to thinking about health insurance as they plan and build their company, yet brushing the topic aside [...]

“While you were Innovating” is a series of articles focused on “old” yet still extremely relevant business models that are often bypassed in favor of creating the next biggest and most disruptive business model. Don’t be afraid to revisit older and underutilized concepts and business models as you plan your next project. The email newsletter [...]