Skimble’s Backflipping Presentation Earns Top Score
By Shana Lynch (Assistant Managing Editor, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal) Heavy-hitting health venture capitalists and professionals were on hand for the DC to VC: Hit Startup Showcase event, organized by Morgenthaler Ventures. And one startup founder was...
Mobilizing Farmers: M-Farm Turns Obstacles into Opportunities
By Jamila Abass (Co-Founder & CEO, M-Farm) After reading non-stop complaints aired by farmers through newspapers, I realized I could design a software application that would assist Kenyan farmers with some of their major problems, especially related to the sale of...
Boston-based Doctor Launches Mobile Startup Appguppy
By Ashwini Nadkarni (Founder, Appguppy) “A doctor, huh?” That’s the usual response I get at a startup event before I’ve even pitched my business. It’s generally followed by, “So what do you contribute to a startup that lets people create their own mobile app?”...