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LocalBigwig targets global travelers

Peter Verkooijen — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:17:53 +0000

LocalBigwig is a new short-term home rental site. According to founder Ray Madronio the service is ‘very different in many critical ways’ from Roomorama.

EventNow looking to complete seed round

Peter Verkooijen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:53:56 +0000

Alex Kombos presented EventNow at Web2NewYork in May. At the same meetup Erik Lautier presented Ceremoney. Kombos explains the difference.

isWearing prepping iPhone app

Peter Verkooijen — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:21:51 +0000

Social fashion startup isWearing lets consumers “buy clothes based on how people look in real life”. Founder Robert Cavezza returns to Gallery Bar after sponsoring drinks at Drinks4Startups Internet Week.

SocialWish more direct method of fundraising

Peter Verkooijen — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:48:14 +0000

Online fundraising engine SocialWish launched in March at VentureBeat’s DEMO Spring 2010. Founders Tanya Strigach and Yan Tsirklin explain how SocialWish is different from Kickstarter.

‘KickApps going through hypergrowth’

Peter Verkooijen — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:28 +0000

Last week at the Streaming Media conference KickApps announced a partnership with Adobe around the Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) standard. CEO Alex Blum explains what the OSMF player means to site publishers and talks smack about competitor Ning.