Startups
MEGA Startup Weekend 2012
Last weekend (April 13 – 15) the 2nd annual MEGA Startup Weekend got underway and was a big success in Silicon Valley with technology innovation coming out of the Mircrosoft office in Mountain View, CA. Yes, that is correct…I said the Microsoft office. MEGA Startup Weekend had a great lineup of speakers including Dave McClure [...]
Why Most Start-Ups Don’t Get Funded
Would you join in and play a game when you didn’t know the rules? The biggest reason most entrepreneurs don’t get start-up funding is they don’t know or understand the rules of the start-up game.
Imagine … You arrive at a friend’s house and everyone is playing a new game. It looks like fun. Everyone seems [...]
Equity Crowdfunding legalized via JOBS Act
Earlier today President Barrack Obama signed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act . The bill is a compliation of all things great for entrepreneurs raising capital. The crowdfunding component of the bill has huge implications right here at Startup Addict as we migrate our platform from a donation based model with rewards to an equity based model where investors can [...]
How to Guarantee a Tech Startup Competition Win
As a self-proclaimed “startup junkie,” I’ve been to just about every major tech conference that hosts their own unique version of a “startup competition.” TechCrunch, has “Disrupt Winner,” while VentureBeat’s “MobileBeat” has the Tesla Award (no, you don’t win a car), and Web 2.0 has the “Startup Showcase” winner. For many entrepreneurs, being accepted to [...]
Technology
Free Social Media Icons
MediaLoot is a Designer’s Dream and you can browse through thousands of icons, vectors and UI design elements. If your anything like me you’ve scoured the Internet looking for worthy free social media icons that are actually useful and current with today’s design standards. Enter MediaLoot.
You can have the most amazing content and if it’s not paired [...]
Boxee Live
My Boxee Live kit finally arrived and I am adding to my earlier Boxee review. Everything unpacked nicely and as you can see from the photograph only 3 components make up the Boxee Live TV kit. The main component is a USB dongle with a coxial end for cable hookup. There is also a USB [...]
Fitbit Closes $12M in funding
Fitbit Closes $12M in Series C Funding Led by Foundry Group and True Ventures Funding to Accelerate Market Leadership in Fast-Growing Digital Health and Fitness Device Industry. The company release a press release this morning regarding the third round of funding.
Fitbit, the market leader in the digital health and fitness device category and maker of the [...]
Boxee Review
I finally got my hands on the boxee d-link and pre-ordered the “live tv” USB stick that was showcased at CES this year.
I have followed boxee as a startup since it’s inception. It has garnered over $26 million over three rounds from notable VCs like Spark Capital and Union Street Ventures (I’m a fan of both). The major obstacle [...]
