Tech Trailblazers Awards launches $1 million prize fund for pioneering enterprise tech startups

Posted Wed, 06/20/2012 - 03:27 by Tech TrailBlazers

All entrants win something: Prizes for winners include CTO and VC/IPO boot camp and mentoring, plus products and services worth tens of thousands of dollars

London, UK – Tech Trailblazers Awards (www.techtrailblazers.com) have officially launched to champion innovative tech startups from around the world.

The Tech Trailblazers Awards, open for entries July 18th, represent a new concept in enterprise IT awards. Designed explicitly for enterprise tech startups that are less than five years old and at C-series funding or below, the awards not only recognize startup innovation, but also proactively help startups grow their businesses with exclusive coaching, mentoring and development services worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Don't miss the SURF Incubator Launch Party this Friday

Posted Mon, 06/18/2012 - 10:58 by SURFincubator

Event Location - SURF Incubator, Exchange Building on 2nd and Marion, Seattle, WA
Date and Time - Friday, June 22 from 5:00-9:00 pm
Who is involved - SURF's resident startups, Pyramid Brewery, Proletariat Wine, and Manhattan Drugs
Event fees - $15.00 General Admission, $25.00 General admission at the door
Contact Information - [email protected]

French #startup Calixar closes an initial EUR 875,000 funding round

Posted Mon, 06/18/2012 - 07:05 by kevin

The funds will enable the Lyon-based membrane protein services specialist to develop its international business

Lyon, France, June 18, 2012 – Calixar SAS, a start-up providing services focused on membrane proteins, announces today that it has completed an initial funding round in which it raised EUR 875,000 from private investors and business angels. The investors that took part in this financing were Siparex, Veymont Participations, INPG Entreprise SA, and regional business angels from the Health-Angels Rhone-Alpes, Savoie Angels and Grenoble Angels networks.

Don't get lost in translation - manage your localization with Mr. Locale

Posted Mon, 06/11/2012 - 08:25 by lost_in_transl

New York, NY, USA

Many web services or apps are struggling with localizing their content. The world of web services and apps is growing rapidly. It’s easy and cheap to create a web service nowadays. The Internet allows you to create your own global service at the blink of an eye. People from all over the world can utilize it. But will they? This is a tempting concept to many. However, for a web service in German, it’s more likely that a German uses it or makes a purchase, rather than a Chinese person who might not understand a word of the service.

6/19 MIT / Stanford VLAB Presents, Crowdfunding: Disrupting Traditional Funding Models

Posted Mon, 06/11/2012 - 07:55 by tansybrook

When: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
6:00 - 7:00pm Networking and Refreshments
7:00 - 8:30pm Panel Discussion and Q&A

Where: Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Stanford University
291 Campus Drive West
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California 94305

Can your $1 contribution create a Big Business? YES, with crowdfunding.

Want a job in a #startup? Don't Miss the jobs fair in London this weekend from Silicon Milkroundabout

Posted Thu, 05/24/2012 - 03:22 by emily@siliconmi...

Silicon Milkroundabout is back THIS WEEKEND and this year it's bigger and better!

The jobs fair matching 800+ roles at the UK's top startups with talented Engineers, Developers, Product Managers and Designers.

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May. 12pm - 5pm.
The Old Truman Brewery, T1 Space, 81 Brick Lane, EC1 6QL, LONDON.

Admission is free!

Saturday: For jobseekers in the fields of Product Management, Intelligence/Analytics and UX Design.
Sunday: For jobseekers in the fields of Software Engineering, Web Development, QA/Testing and Tech Ops.

Penske Truck Rental and SpareFoot Team Together for Moving Season

Posted Tue, 05/22/2012 - 17:00 by kevin

READING, Pa., May 23, 2012— Just in time for the busiest moving weekend of the year and the start of moving season, Penske Truck Rental and self-storage startup SpareFoot are teaming up to bring do-it-yourself moving and storage into the 21st century.

The collaboration launches ahead of Crazy Tuesday, the self-storage industry’s unofficial biggest day of the year, which falls right after Memorial Day. Through this relationship, customers of either company can now easily find and reserve a storage unit and moving truck together, in just a few clicks or via one phone call.