The Launch@GROW Launch Party was tonight and 15 startups were in the house showing off their wares. Four companies were selected to pitch live on stage tomorrow at the GROW Conference and they are:
Congrats to all fifteen on participating tonight and good luck to the Top 4 tomorrow.
Unbounce is a self-serve hosted service that enables companies to earn more revenue from their online marketing spend by providing marketers the means to create and test promotion specific landing pages without the need for IT or other specialized resources. While most marketers understand that the use of promotion specific landing pages can increase conversion rates and ROI (10%-30% or more) of their PPC, banner... more
Summify is a "social news reader" that helps you consume your river of news in minutes, rather than hours. People are increasingly getting their news mainly from the social networks they're part of, but this is rapidly getting overwhelming. If you're connected with a few hundred people and companies it's hard to stay on top of the news they share. There's currently no way to get the important stuff without going... more
Rocketr is a cloud-synced, web and mobile application, designed for social note-taking across your public and private groups. Rocketr blends the simplicity of the notepad with the power of conversations - whether in your work teams or social circles. more
Tiipz is a social platform for engagement based consumer insight. We give businesses a brand new way to engage with customers through what we call Micropinions. Micropinions are interactive questions that behave a little like tweets... They are fast to create, easy to answer and socially share-able. Where they differ is in the way that these micropinions can collect data about the customers who are interacting... more
Rob is the President of Techvibes Media Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Techvibes.com. His diverse background includes stints in International Trade Finance, Web Development, and Enterprise Software and he is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Simon Fraser University. When not running Canada's leading technology media property, Rob can... more