AutoMD – A Revolutionary Way to Get Auto Repairs
Wed, 10/03/10 – 8:09 | View Comments

Launching in January, AutoMD bills itself as the most complete and unbiased free online automotive repair resource.  It’s goal is to empower car owners with the best and most affordable way to repair vehicles with …

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Fido Factor – Find Dog-Friendly Places Easily, Even on Your iPhone
Thursday, 11 Mar, 2010 – 8:00 | View Comments
Fido Factor – Find Dog-Friendly Places Easily, Even on Your iPhone

If you’re a dog lover and always wondering where you can take your best friend with you, besides the usual dog park and pet store, then FidoFactor is for you.
The site bills itself as the …

AutoMD – A Revolutionary Way to Get Auto Repairs
Wednesday, 10 Mar, 2010 – 8:09 | View Comments
AutoMD – A Revolutionary Way to Get Auto Repairs

Launching in January, AutoMD bills itself as the most complete and unbiased free online automotive repair resource.  It’s goal is to empower car owners with the best and most affordable way to repair vehicles with …

GoClio – Online SaaS for Law Firms and Practices
Monday, 8 Mar, 2010 – 8:53 | View Comments
GoClio – Online SaaS for Law Firms and Practices

“Leave no stone unturned,” was the advice given to developers and software engineers graduating in 2002 from the University of Utah.  The advice was given to tell those new faces in the software development industry …

Virsona – a Boca Company is Reaching for the Holy Grail
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 5:58 | View Comments
Virsona – a Boca Company is Reaching for the Holy Grail

Since the dawning of computers and the realization that they can do many things that most humans can’t, techies have dreamed of combining science fiction and reality to create an intelligent computer capable of  human-like …

MoveIdiot – Marketing 101 #FAIL
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 5:39 | View Comments
MoveIdiot – Marketing 101 #FAIL

Here’s an extremely important rule of marketing that is so obvious that it’s usually not spelled out in marketing classes or books: do not insult your customer.  After seeing this startup, it seemed important to …

QMPeople – Online Dating, Social Networking, and Cartoons
Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2010 – 5:38 | View Comments
QMPeople – Online Dating, Social Networking, and Cartoons

There are thousands of social networking sites around the Web, all hoping to get a piece of the Twitter/Facebook/Myspace pie.  Most are blatant ripoffs of one of the big three, of course.  Others are, well, …

MeetingMix – Kill Time-Wasting Meetings
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 20:41 | View Comments
MeetingMix – Kill Time-Wasting Meetings

Meetings are often boring, too long, inefficient, and a waste of time and money.  Often, presentations are not well assembled or the meeting rambles because it has a general lack of focus.  MeetingMix.com plans to …

Sprouter – Twitter for Entrepreneurs and Collaborators
Thursday, 14 Jan, 2010 – 5:37 | View Comments
Sprouter – Twitter for Entrepreneurs and Collaborators

Here’s a nutshell explanation of what Sprouter.com is: it’s Twitter and message forums rolled into one.  I actually thought Sprouter was going to have something to do with growing plants.  Silly me.
The interface is basically …

MyBikeNumber – Register Your Bike World-Wide for Free
Wednesday, 13 Jan, 2010 – 5:20 | View Comments
MyBikeNumber – Register Your Bike World-Wide for Free

Registering bicycles in order to make it easier to find or trace them if they’ve been stolen, lost, etc. is not entirely new.  Many bike shops put unique numbers, sort of like a Vehicle Identification …

Adphilia – Advertising Platform for Websites
Monday, 4 Jan, 2010 – 5:02 | View Comments
Adphilia – Advertising Platform for Websites

Online advertising networks and Web portals aren’t anything new or exciting, really.  They’ve been around since the Internet went live to the public.  Few, if any, are anything new or special when they appear as …

DubLi – Combining Reverse Auctions with MLM
Friday, 1 Jan, 2010 – 9:10 | View Comments
DubLi – Combining Reverse Auctions with MLM

Auctions are nothing new to the Internet.  Since the beginnings of eBay and the successful model they built, others have tried to move into the market as well, usually with varying levels of success.  The …

BetterLesson – Improving Teachers with Social Networking
Wednesday, 30 Dec, 2009 – 5:56 | View Comments
BetterLesson – Improving Teachers with Social Networking

All of us, whether we’ve been a teacher or not, can remember the one who was always boring, chronically disorganized, or apathetic about the lessons being taught.  New teachers have a hard time with new …