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Save Lives, Make Millions: Enabling Automatic Mobile Emergency Alerts [Almost Startup]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about how information gets distributed in emergency situations. In the United States we have the Emergency Alert System, which you’ve probably seen on TV: The thing is, the EAS is centered around TV and radio broadcasts. In the age of DVRs, Netflix, iPods, etc, how does emergency information reach people … [Read more…]

Oregato: A repository for conference & presentation videos, slides, & notes [Free Startup Idea]

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Here’s the thing, Tons of great info gets shared at conferences, but by the end you are so overwhelmed with information that you can’t remember the details of the sessions. Afterword, you set off to refresh your memory, but the conference content is strewn all over the internet: video is on YouTube and Ustream; slides … [Read more…]

Startup ideas are like kittens, I’m giving ’em away

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You know that feeling you get when you’re struck with a new idea? Adrenaline surges, your mind races through the possibilities, your fingers begin creating mindmaps as quickly as they can. Ok, maybe that last part is just me. Anyway. I get that feeling a lot. It’s addicting.  But executing ideas is the hard part. … [Read more…]