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How Good Is Your Retirement Advisor? This Score Will Tell You

How Good Is Your Retirement Advisor? This Score Will Tell You

You've seen the headlines — Americans are falling behind on retirement savings, with one recent survey signaling that only 12 percent have stocked away what they will need for their twilight years. But even if you bring in an outside expert to help make sure you're prepared,

Imcon International

Imcon International's Internet Backpack Can Connect Literally Anywhere on Earth

As much as access to the internet might seem ubiquitous in today’s information age, it’s not true for about half of the world; the latest statistics indicate that about 45 percent of the world is not reached by the theoretically-world wide web. What if you could connect, send

Vezzy

Vezzy Is A Safer Secondhand Marketplace for College Students to Sell to Each Other

Students are often in a temporary state, meaning they often need their furniture, appliances and more on a short-term basis. Eric Yang, Avery Scope Crafts, Justin Luo and Michael Aki — all current Emory University undergraduates who had worked together previously on a failed startup — noticed that there are no apps

WeatherCheck Automates Insurance Claim Reporting After Storms

WeatherCheck Automates Insurance Claim Reporting After Storms

Stronger hurricanes and tornado-producing storms continue to make landfall in the southern United States, with September's Hurricane Florence causing more than $5 billion in property damage in the Carolinas so far. While strong winds can cause obvious leaks and breaks, underlying damage that homeowners don't initially

Unveiled At A3C Festival, Plug App Aims to End Digital Music Leaks

Unveiled At A3C Festival, Plug App Aims to End Digital Music Leaks

In 2008, five FBI agents showed up at the home of Californian Kevin Cogill to arrest the 27-year-old. His crime? Cogill had leaked nine songs from an unreleased Guns N' Roses album, which the band had been working on for more than a decade. Since the music industry has

Possip Brings Positive Parental Gossip to Educators to Improve Schools

Possip Brings Positive Parental Gossip to Educators to Improve Schools

Parents often talk among themselves about issues and events, both positive and negative, occurring in their children's school. However, that potentially-valuable feedback rarely reaches school administrators and teachers unless they attend a PTA meeting or there's a one-on-one discussion about their child. "Most teachers only

Turaco

Turaco Is Widening Africa's Healthcare Access With Immediate Nano-Loan Insurance

When you contract an unexpected illness or are laid up with an injury, you're likely already feeling some stress. When will you recover, are you contagious, will there be long-term consequences? But for billions around the world, that stress is magnified by an additional set of questions including: