How Profiles on Social Matchbox Work
We have had a few weeks of feedback from quite a few people who responded to our call for people to test out the new job seeker and community profiles. In response, a ton of improvements were made and even more are scheduled to be released after we finish testing them in the next couple [...]
Steve Jobs, We Are Left Thinking About Yesterday And The Road Ahead
According to the folks from Apple, Steve Jobs has passed away. He lead a life that changed the world through technological innovations that have touched and shaped the lives of all of us in many ways. I still remember the first time I used an Apple computer back in grade school and I have am [...]
You Win Some, You Lose Some…But We’ve Got A Lot Of Them!
According a newly released report, Virginia has the nation’s highest concentration of Tech Workers again this year. Maryland ranks #4 and DC #8. The report underscores something that is often discussed among local founders – the fact that we’ve got a lot of great tech people here in Washington, DC. According to the report, nearly [...]
Amazon To Award $100k in Prizes To Startups
The 5th annual Amazon Web Services Start-up Challenge registration deadline is at midnight, Pacific Time, on October 2nd, 2011. The contest is open to start-ups worldwide. Everyone who enters with an eligible application will receive a small amount of AWS service credits. There are prizes for [...]
*Clearspring Adds New CEO: Yahoo! Alum Ramsey McGrory
Tyson’s Corner based *Clearspring has just announced the changing of the guard at the highest level. Yahoo! Alum Ramsey McGrory is CEO of *Clearspring. Founder and CEO Hooman Radfar will continue to be involved as the company’s Executive Chairman. McGrory lead the Yahoo! US data business and Right Media, pioneer of the digital advertising [...]
This Year’s Top Ten Have Been Selected
The 2011 Social Matchbox Startup Launch event presenter nominees have been selected. This year we spoke to and heard from hundreds of startups that were looking to launch their web, mobile, and software products at this year’s event. We had to make some very difficult choices and there was vigorous debate among our selection team, [...]
2011 Social Matchbox Startup Launch Event Announcement
The Social Matchbox Startup Launch Event is our annual grand event held by Washington area Startup Founders, Investors, and Community Leaders that provides a launch platform for new web and software product companies to gain exposure to early adopters, major media, bloggers, investors, and to compete for a chance to win the Community Choice and [...]
