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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Winning: It’s What Jerry’s Does (Now)
October 26, 2009 – 2:44 pm
It has been a whirlwind year for the LaunchSquad softball team (aka Jerry’s Lube & Fenders) to say the least. Coming off a dismal 1-6 season in the summer BASS season, Jerry’s looked to improve on that single victory — and boy, did we! We’re still unsure if it was the competition level, the laughable [...]
Celebrating 10 Years of Astia Doing it Right
October 23, 2009 – 10:24 am
On November 2, a fresh group of tech startups will embark on what can only be described as Venture Bootcamp. This highly competitive program is hosted by LaunchSquad client Astia, a global non-profit organization that aims to propel women’s full participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses. Although women launch twice as many businesses as [...]
Launching a New Way of Learning with iMinds
October 15, 2009 – 10:50 am
There are a few things I do regularly: commute to work, cook, clean my apartment, shop (only for things I need, of course), work out and lounge on my roof (though not for long). None of these tasks require much brainpower, and so to keep myself entertained I’m usually plugged into my iPhone and listening [...]
Cliqset Gets Real
October 14, 2009 – 10:29 am
Over the last few months, client Cliqset has been working on the latest rev of their real-time community. Yesterday, after a few weeks in private beta, Cliqset finally opened its doors to the public. Its new public beta features a completely redesigned UI that showcases real-time conversations and activity streams so that users can easily [...]
LaunchSquad Volunteers Get Literary
October 13, 2009 – 5:00 am
LaunchSquad volunteers recently headed over to Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion on a foggy morning to help sort books for the 45th Annual Big Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. The member preview sale started at 4 PM so volunteers really had to work quickly as people had been lined up [...]
Vook Launches: A New Way to Read/Watch
October 9, 2009 – 8:56 am
As the way that we consume media continues to evolve, old begins to co-exist alongside the new. LaunchSquad client Vook has brought to market an entirely new concept: the ability to read and watch a book in one integrated format–on the Web and the iPhone. Last week, the company, in partnership with Simon & Schuster, [...]
LaunchSquad Gets into Savings
October 8, 2009 – 6:00 am
Throwing cash around just doesn’t have the cache that it had a few years ago. With searches for “online coupon” increasing 172% between July 2008 and 2009, saving money appears to be America’s new favorite pastime. LaunchSquad client Savings.com is an online coupon website and community that offers up some of the sweetest coupons and [...]