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SeedInvest
By Andy Gordon on April 22, 2014
Dear Startup Investor: The startup scene is about to experience explosive growth. And I want you to take full advantage. We’re getting closer and closer to D-Day. Pretty soon every adult American will be able to invest in startups. Right now that’s not the case. You have to make over $200,000. Or have personal assets of at least $1 million. And you can’t include your own home in that calculation. There are currently 372,000 active accredited investors. When the government…
Wefunder
By Andy Gordon on April 15, 2014
Dear Startup Investor: Our current startup recommendation is a little different. The previous ones came to us as strangers. We only gave a thumbs-up after becoming absolutely convinced that they were great companies. Today we’re recommending Wefunder. And it comes as no stranger to us. I know this outstanding company…
StackIQ
By Adam Sharp on April 7, 2014
We’re very excited about this new recommendation, StackIQ. The company operates in the big data and cloud computing spaces. So what is big data? It’s all about getting value from large sets of data. And it’s a very fast-growing industry. Big data is projected to be a $16.1 billion…
Next Caller: Transforming Customer Service
By Andy Gordon on April 1, 2014
Dear Startup Investor: I don’t know anyone who likes to talk with a call center. The most frustrating part? Wading through a slew of choices a pre-recorded voice puts to you before you reach a real honest-to-goodness human. Then that person asks for your name and membership (or credit card)…
Meeting the Challenge of a New and Dangerous Breed of Hackers
By Andy Gordon on January 21, 2014
I just read an article this weekend on Target’s (NYSE: TGT) enormous data theft by hackers from Central Europe. The New York Times did a great job detailing how these cybercriminals pulled off a heist of up to 40 million Target customers. Ultimately, it could involve outing more than…
Medical Surgery Technologies
By Andy Gordon on December 13, 2013
Performing surgery safer and faster with robotic vision The Affordable Care Act (you know it as Obamacare) has been under attack for seemingly years now. The debacle of the national health exchange rollout is just the latest of a series of missteps. Politicians are still pushing for its reform or…
Ansa
By Andy Gordon on December 13, 2013
Finally, a messaging service you can trust It hurts me to think some of the best things about this country are shrinking. The middle class. Factory jobs. Affordable nice urban neighborhoods. And politicians who give a damn. Ranking right up there with the rest is privacy. Internet users, especially those…
SpeechTrans
By Andy Gordon on December 13, 2013
Knocking down the language barrier Remember the original Star Trek, the one with Captain Kirk and Spock? Okay, you would have to be as old as I am. Whenever a Klingon or another planetary species appeared on his communication screen, Kirk would instruct Ensign Sato to turn on the “Universal…