Last night's Seattle Tech Startups meeting featured presentations from four Seattle startups - CueSense, Valu Valu, Econome, and Vittana. Mike Koss provides a quick synopsis of his take on all of the presentations here. To sum it up: he thinks that innovation and is alive and well in Seattle, and was impressed by the diversity of ideas.
Newsfeed filter CueSense offers a summary of popular topics and trends, and suggestions of where to browse and shop. Valu Valu offers a pricing engine that determines the optimal price for selling goods and services. Initially only working in a used video games market, co-founder Emmanuel Marot wants to branch out into used consumer electronics and beyond. Econome is a MMORPG developed by Six Slice Studios - it's a startup where users play startup. Users build their own business and corporate empire with just a few minutes per day. The startup that impresses me the most is Vittana. They is a micro-financing site which will allow users to loan as little as $25 to students in developing countries when they launch later this spring. What do they have to say about it?
"Unlike the traditional microfinance business loan, our product is experimental. A lot of people — a lot of microfinance banks — want to do this, but no one really understands quite how yet. We work across institutions to understand what works, what doesn't, and share knowledge to build something that really works. "
Koss' reviews are brief and clear. Check them out to for highlights.
We believe in the power of education to change circumstances forever and in its ability to help young people take charge of their lives. Vittana is... [more]
CueSense is a newsfeed filter and trends site. CueSense filters the noise from users’ news feeds, offers summaries of hot topics, and provides... [more]
Prices are the most fundamental drivers in commerce. Yet Prices are usually ‘guessed’ by the Sellers (for instance by adding a markup over... [more]
We are creating a fantasy business life where you can be a leader and climb your way to fame and fortune. Players are immersed in an innovative... [more]
Karilyn Kempton
Karilyn is a tech writer, a nerd and a ski bum. She is particularly interested in mobile innovations, and always has her hands in a few projects at a time. She will be living in Revelstoke, BC for the winter, splitting her time between skiing and writing.
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