Room 77 Helps Travelers Avoid Playing Room Roulette With Hotels A site started by travel and search industry veterans--including Calvin Yang, who designed Google's image search--gives users a peek at what's inside and outside of a hotel room, before they arrive. Front-desk griping may never be the same.
Updated Fri Dec 9, 2011
Season's Greetings! Sincerely Makes Mobile Photos Into Holiday Cards (No Stamps Required) The makers of Postagram and other photo printing apps want to build their business into a dominant, gift-focused e-commerce venture. But how? Sincerely CEO Matt Brezina shares his vision and tells us: "We’re scaling thoughtfulness."
Updated Fri Nov 11, 2011
Fast Talk: Freewheel CTO Diane Yu On Making Video Into Ad Revenue, Lemons Into Lemonade When video ad tech firm Freewheel let a big fish slip from its line, CTO Diane Yu had to rally her teams to find new uses for all the technical assets they developed for the prospective client. Breaking bad news is never easy, but here's what worked at Freewheel.
Updated Fri Oct 21, 2011
Eve Blossom Is Building A Beautiful Supply Chain Eve Blossom's company, Lulan Artisans, is dedicated to solving the problems at the center of human trafficking--and is also generating profits for itself and some 650 weavers, dyers, spinners, and finishers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and India.
Updated Mon Oct 17, 2011
Jesse Middleton Juggles Three NYC Startups, Makes Jack Dorsey Look Lazy Jesse Middleton is a simultaneous entrepreneur, running three New York City startups at once: the newly-funded GuyHaus, co-work space WeWork Labs and health tech venture Getminders. Somehow, he still has time to sail. Here's how...
Updated Fri Sep 30, 2011
TechStars CEO David Cohen On Giving Startups A $100,000 Shot In The Arm (Or A Kick In The Pants) In our Fast Talk series, innovators and entrepreneurs answer questions about making good products and breaking bad news. David Cohen, founder and CEO of the prestigious accelerator TechStars, discusses his approach to telling entrepreneurs they didn't make the cut, or worse...
Updated Fri Sep 30, 2011
Collaborative Consumption Leader And Unlikely VC Rachel Botsman Will Convince Us All To Share One of the world's foremost experts on the sharing economy, Rachel Botsman, discusses her unlikely career path to becoming a venture partner, and why collaborative consumption business models are much much bigger than Zipcar.
Updated Mon Sep 26, 2011
Can Technology Save The U.S. Postal Service? With snail mail in decline, the U.S. Postal Service is considering huge layoffs and service cutbacks. The designer of email as we know it, VA Shiva Ayyadurai, sees another way to save the business.
Updated Fri Sep 16, 2011
Gamer Heal Thyself With Jane McGonigal's SuperBetter When Jane McGonigal suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2009, she created a game, "SuperBetter," to help herself heal. Today, she unveiled a new platform, SuperBetter, to help others cure what ails them, from obesity to a broken leg to addiction.
Updated Thu Sep 8, 2011
James Siminoff, CEO of Unsubscribe.com, On Breaking Bad (News) Is there ever a good time or right way to break bad news? This month, Fast Talk gathers tips, tricks, and cautionary tales from innovators who found great success after tough times. James Siminoff, serial entrepreneur, talks about the fine art of breaking bad news.
Updated Wed Sep 7, 2011
Roo Rogers On What's Next In The Sharing Economy Investor and co-author of What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption, Roo Rogers, shares insights on Airbnb, Zipcar and more.
Updated Fri Aug 26, 2011
The Search For What Clicks In The New Digital Singles Scene Online dating startups are using quirky concepts, and emerging technology—from facial recognition to geolocation—to challenge traditional predecessors like Match.com and eHarmony. Where’s the love and where’s the money?
Updated Fri Aug 19, 2011
