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Today we introduce Medizzle, a medically-focused social network that connects doctors and patients, and matches up users using a whiz-bang algorithm so that they can find each other more easily and share experiences and questions about their medical conditions. I interview Dr. C. Layne Fontenot, the CEO of Collaborative Health Solutions, and Wade Sikkink, Chief Marketing Officer.
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Today I feature an interview with the founder of PicClick, Ryan Sit.
PicClick is a site that helps you shop on eBay and Etsy by displaying the images from listings and minimal text. It’s a much more efficient way to find items than standard search.
I first heard of PicClick when it was mentioned as a sponsor on “This Week in Venture Capital”. When the host, Mark Suster, said that PicClick was a bootstrapped company and one guy, it got my attention and I contacted the founder.
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Today we feature an interview with the founders of KnowEm, a rapidly-growing startup that has found great success without venture capital or outside funding.
KnowEm is a brand protection service that allows you to create your brand’s user account on 300 popular social media sites and will not only help you secure your name but they can also show you how to contact each site in order to have the name released and returned to you in the case where someone creates an account in your brand’s name.
KnowEm is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey and was started by Michael Streko and Barry Wise after a user account-checking website they had been using went offline. They decided to create their own and improved on the concept.
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Our first Startup Next Door interview features Earndit and its founders, Andres Moran and Harry Kautzman II. Earndit is a site that rewards you for exercising – specifically runs, walks, jogging, and bicycling. Here’s a listing of current rewards.
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OK, So GooberBlitz is not a real startup, and a $20.45 round of funding isn’t likely to make TechCrunch. TechCrunch reports on startups and businesses in the Web 2.0 space that are dealing with large VC and angel funding. TechCrunch rarely reports on bootstrap startups unless they are doing something exceptional.
That’s a problem! Where can the home-grown startups go to share the good news on what they are doing?
Let StartupNextDoor be the TechCrunch for the home-based/lean/bootstrapped startups!
