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Tech Startup of the Week: GroupFlix Offers New-Age TV Viewers a Much Needed Alternative

Janel MartinezOctober 25, 2013March 29, 2014

by Janel MartinezOctober 25, 2013March 29, 2014684

Detroit native James Norman spoke with BlackEnterprise.com about what GroupFlix offers that competitors like Amazon and Apple donâ€™t, how the platform infuses social into the...

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Tech Startup of the Week: Pigeonly, Data Company Takes Flight with $1 Million Seed Investment

Janel MartinezOctober 11, 2013September 29, 2017

by Janel MartinezOctober 11, 2013September 29, 20171482

Frederick Hutson is the founder and CEO of Pigeonly, a data company that supports connections between those that are incarcerated and the outside world....

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Tech Startup of the Week: WeDeliver, Helping Local Businesses Deliver Excellence

Janel MartinezAugust 25, 2013September 29, 2017

by Janel MartinezAugust 25, 2013September 29, 2017466

With technology changing the way the courier industry operates, WeDeliverâ€™s co-founder Jimmy Odom talks to BlackEnterprise.com about how heâ€™s been able to keep the customer...

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Tech Startup of the Week: WeMontage, Unwrapping Interior Design for the Consumer

Janel MartinezAugust 16, 2013September 29, 2017

by Janel MartinezAugust 16, 2013September 29, 2017705

James Oliver, Jr. of WeMontage caught up with us to talk about WeMontage...

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Tech Startup of the Week: Financial Management Service Turns Millennials Into â€˜Smarteysâ€™

Janel MartinezAugust 9, 2013September 29, 2017

by Janel MartinezAugust 9, 2013September 29, 2017899

Smarteys founders sat down with BlackEnterprise.com to talk about entering a new industry, how they make it work and the tech scene in the Windy...

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Tech Startup of the Week: Blogging While Brown Strives to Make the Blogosphere a More Diverse Space

Marcia Wade TalbertJune 20, 2013September 29, 2017

by Marcia Wade TalbertJune 20, 2013September 29, 2017826

Gina McCauley launched Blogging While Brown, an annual conference where bloggers of color can network with one another, gain new skills to maintain their technical...

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Tech Startup of the Week: Fluencr Rewards Users for Promoting Brands

Marcia Wade TalbertJune 13, 2013September 29, 2017

by Marcia Wade TalbertJune 13, 2013September 29, 2017632

Former NFL Player Gerome Sapp created Fluencr.com to provide a marketplace that allows anyone the ability to connect with their favorite brands or initiatives to...

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Tech Startup of the Week: Citizen Made Lets Manufacturers Customize Products for Less

Marcia Wade TalbertJune 7, 2013September 29, 2017

by Marcia Wade TalbertJune 7, 2013September 29, 2017826

With more companies opting to provide hand-made, small batch, and custom products, e-commerce platform Citizen Made makes it easier and less costly to sell these...

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Tech Startup of the Week: â€˜No Chainsâ€™ Unlocks the Best Local Restaurants and Bars

Marcia Wade TalbertMay 30, 2013September 29, 2017

by Marcia Wade TalbertMay 30, 2013September 29, 2017475

To help food lovers find local restaurants, tech entrepreneur Rich Winley launched 'No Chains,' a mobile app that ranks spots based on reviews of the...

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Tech Startup of the Week: TicketFire Helps Ticket Holders Go Paperless

Marcia Wade TalbertMay 23, 2013September 29, 2017

by Marcia Wade TalbertMay 23, 2013September 29, 2017453

Ticketfire allows anyone with a paper ticket to scan it into a smartphone, where it becomes a digital ticket....