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He's Mixed Grammy-Winning Albums — Now, His Startup Lets Anyone Cheaply Automate Quality Tracks

“We’re shooting ourselves in the foot by not helping musicians. There’s so much good music out there that I don’t listen to because it isn’t right sonically.” That’s how Jacob Morris, a 15-year career sound engineer who has worked on Grammy-winning, chart-topping albums, explains his

This Startup Lets Home Buyers Anonymously Shop Around Mortgage Quotes

This Startup Lets Home Buyers Anonymously Shop Around Mortgage Quotes

The mortgage origination process is complex, especially if you're a first-time homeowner. Getting the best rate possible often comes down to the experience of your loan officer and algorithms. Unfortunately, those automated processes often are biased against minorities. In fact, a University of California-Berkeley 2018 study found that

Esgro Protects Gig Workers By Securing Payments In Escrow On the Blockchain

Micro-businesses — event organizers, photographers, personal trainers or a repair person — often don't have protection in the (common) event that their client cancels last minute. On the other side of the transaction, these types of service providers also often have to chase clients down to get paid after they&

Fleetio Raises Growth Funding Round to Expand Internationally

Fleetio Raises Growth Funding Round to Expand Internationally

Tony Summerville saw the pain points in managing a large fleet at an early age, as his father owned an electrical supply business in Alabama and Tennessee. He grew up working at the company during summers. "Their fleet was one of those things that's not really their

This Nanotech Startup Can Track Any Product Through Its Barcode

This Nanotech Startup Can Track Any Product Through Its Barcode

Technologist Billy Meadow spent much of his career consulting for universities on marketing and licensing patents for innovations across various industries. In the last few years, as he saw the potential for Internet of Things technology growing in the logistics space, he kept an eye out for innovations in universities.

CommonGenius

Experts-On-Demand Community CommonGenius Launches With Serious Smarts At SXSW

Ever have a persistent problem at work and wish you could just connect with someone who could teach you how to fix it? Or have an idea, but need someone who knows more about the field to validate your concept? CommonGenius, an on-demand “knowledge marketplace”, aims to help anyone do

How Sales Startup Ambition Closes More Deals By Making Sales Fun

How Sales Startup Ambition Closes More Deals By Making Sales Fun

"We thought we could do everything for everyone. You think you have this incredible idea and it's going to be the best thing in the world. Then you take it to potential users and customers, and they start to pull on it." Lean startup CEOs have