WHOOP, a start-up founded out of the Harvard iLab, uses machine learning to improve athletic performance and possibly the lives of diabetes patients.
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3D-Printing: A Nuclear weapon for startups willing to disrupt the vending machine business.
3D-Printing represents a great opportunity for vending machine startups to innovate through an easier iteration process, enabling the whole industry to reinvent the customer experience.
Can Opti Optimize Stormwater Management?
OptiRTC is a technology company working to provide innovative solutions for stormwater management to mitigate the impact of increasing numbers of severe weather events.
bio-bean: can cappuccinos challenge fossil fuels?
This post explores the potential challenges facing bio-bean, a UK-based startup looking to exploit the opportunity climate change presents for alternative energy companies to prosper.
INSTACART: Fresh Food Fast
Crowdsourcing grocery delivery to get it to your door fast
PillPack: the new kid on the block in the world of pharmacy
PillPack is a Somerville, MA-based an independent online pharmacy start-up founded in February 2014, with $62.5M raised to date (valuation unknown). In less than two years, PillPack has distributed over a million individual dose packets, acquired licenses to serve patients […]
Slacking Off to Get More Done
More and more companies are using Slack as their internal collaboration tool of choice. Why has this chat app found so much success in cracking the enterprise market?
ClassPass: Serving a Two-Sided Marketplace with Class(Pass)
ClassPass (‘CP’) is a two-sided marketplace that connects the end consumer, a fitness class attendee, with classes at boutique fitness studios.
ClassPass: Bringing Boutique Fitness to the Average Yuppie
How one platform is creating value by effectively connecting fitness demand with fragmented supply.
Rocket Internet – Sprawling digital business empire
Start-up factory that turned the process of identifying, rolling out and scaling new businesses into an assembly line.