There are a lot of cool start-ups and cool stories about them. But, the one about fundraise.com is pretty awesome. I met up recently with my friend there, Kerryn Gerety (that’s she, with a foul ball at Fenway Park). She told me about their national bus tour, during which a good chunk of the management
Category: Cool, new stuff
Automated Scheduling for Outlook?
I’m on the hunt to automate meeting scheduling. It strikes me as a waste of time for tons of emails to go back and forth regarding dates/times for meetings (of which I do a ton). So, I’ve been looking for an app that will: Integrate flawlessly with Outlook: the apps I’ve tried so far use
When Web Tips to Mobile
It’s cool to see a Web site reach a tipping point. A few years ago, I stumbled upon MyFitnessPal.com. I try to track my calories and nutrition overall and I was looking for something to help me do that. The web site was “OK and not great”. I stopped using it after a few days.
The End of GPS Systems
My car has a fancy navigation system, complete with traffic updates. The free iPhone app, Waze, trounces it. Waze is always ahead of my car’s nav system, with better data. The app tracks everyone in real-time, and so, you can’t really beat that. My car’s nav system has about a 30 minute lag in data
New Banking App (and Ripple Effects)
My bank just started offering a cool new feature on its mobile app. I can now deposit checks via my iPhone or iPad. I take a picture of the front of the check and the back and upload the images through the app. That’s it. I think this simple feature changes a lot of things.
Impressed with Cloze
I’ve been playing with the beta product for Cloze, one of our new investments. I know I’m biased, but this really changes how I use email and manage my contacts. Very slick product. Wow. I”ve been interacting with it most of the morning. Founders Dan Foody and Alex Coté are onto something. Here’s the value