Yesterday we asked the question: “What would you do with a lot of money?” The project started by a wealthy and anonymous benefactor gives out a thousand dollars away every day to a stranger with the expectation that the money be used to do good – “Paying It Forward”. Tokken is a soon to be […]
Archives for June 2012
What would you do with a lot of money?
Not too long ago we shared Raise5, a crowdfunding platform that gives people who are short on cash but big on talent a creative way to raise money for their favorite charities and non-profit organizations. The team behind the terrific idea has since gone on to prestigious acclaim and winning the Virgin United’s first “Screw […]
Perfecting the social science of trade
Over the past few weeks the water cooler talk at our New-Startups.com offices has been about the hit A&E show Barter Kings: A show that follows two traders move up the trading cycle to attain prestigious items. For instance they may start with a simple iPod Touch and after 6 trades end up with incredibly […]
My survival through entrepreneurship with difficult clients
One thing that school did not prepare me for was a difficult client. It never occurred to me on “what if they don’t agree with you?” concept since client work in school was always fictional so in the end they were very easy to work with. One of my first few clients was two young […]
Punch Street delivers snailmail with a youthful focus
We’ve always had a special place in our heart for startups that utilize snailmail and bring back a bit of that nostalgic feel of holding something real in our socially digital world. From niche subscription offerings to Instagram printed mail, the ideas behind snailmail products are abundant, but Punch Street keeps it more in-line with […]
Wise words from Robleh Jama of Tiny Hearts
This week Karim Kanji had the opportunity to speak with Robleh Jama of TinyHearts. Robleh presently works out of the Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone and Toronto’s The Work Republic. Robleh is also the recent winner of the Kiip Build Fund. Many people know Robleh as the person who brought live animal cameras to his popular […]
Budge helps you build healthy habits
Budge is not only a loveable snail mascot but a new mobile web app that provides mobile health improvement programs that don’t let you fail. Everyday Budge texts you what to do and reminds you take a small step every day toward building a healthy habit. And if you fall off the wagon, Budge gives […]
Condition One: The implications of mobile device interactivity
Condition One, recently featured at the TechStars Demo Day in NYC, have created a thrilling innovation in the form of an embeddable immersive video player for the iPhone and iPad. The technology enables viewers to bend the perspective of the video they are watching nearly 180 degrees with a simple swipe of their touchscreen. Let’s […]
Iconify Reimagines The Modern Portfolio
Scoutzie, Dribbble, Behance, Creattica and the numerous other portfolio sites available are great tools for designers to get attention, show their work and be a part of a community. But, if you’re a designer and don’t have the time necessary to build tour own personal website there aren’t too many great places to find templates […]
Scoops Gives You A Personalized Curated Web
When we first started in 2009 there weren’t too many places to read about new ideas and startup, but there were quite a few blogs that were sharing “cool things”. And today consuming content on the internet has gotten increasingly harder with the large number of writers and sites offering unique or not-so-unique viewpoints. While […]