Wamda: Lebanese entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir will now be able to bring snap-together electronics toys littleBits to a wider audience, thanks to a new round of $3.65 million in Series A funding from U.S. venture capital firms. As Business Insider reports, the round was led by tech-focused Silicon Valley-based VC True Ventures, with Kholsa Ventures, O’Reilly […]
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According to WNDU.com, Cindy and Laura Ormson started their business in 2007. It has been 3 years since they launched their clothing line and their basement-based business is still booming. Laura Ormson, co-founder of Wear to Win, has been golfing since she was kid and didn’t like the options available when it came to outfits
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photo credit: divemasterking2000 How much does it cost to start a skydiving school? Not too much, actually: Last month Matthew Fitch [a] former Navy communications officer opened No Limits Skydiving, a parachuting school. After eight years his event-jumping business had hit a plateau of about 30 appearances per year, which generated $100,000 in annual revenues.
Core77: Berlin-based artist Hans Hemmert (famous for his work with balloons) threw a party where guests wore shoe-extenders to make them all the same height of 2 meters. Aside from bringing the partygoers all to a common eye level (and eliminating the awkward postures of party talk between the tall and the short), the gathering
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StartupSmart: Designers who are sick of having to fish around for smartphones to send a text have created a pair of jeans with a see-through pocket. The Delta415 Wearcom Jeans, from San Francisco company Alphyn, allow the wearer to leave their phone in their pants while sending texts, surfing the net or playing Angry Birds.
John Hancock Investments excels at building investors’ need based funds and then making them successful by leaving no stone unturned in bringing in professional management to make the stakeholders grow. No wonder, family office advisors like to trust John Hancock for their financial navigation. This investment firm walks the talk, and backs its claims of
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The problem: An epidemic of credit card fraud online is threatening e-Commerce and scaring away customers. The solution: A brand-new technology that lets customers use debit cards online without giving their credit card info… and saves online merchants a fortune in fees! IFAN Financial Inc. (OTCBB: IFAN) eliminates the need for credit card numbers making
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