March 25, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Business Insider recently profiled 25 of the city’s hottest early stage startups, some of which are poised to become the next huge tech hit. Some of them include:
- Picturelife collects personal photos currently strewn across all forms of social media into one easily accessible spot
- Rebel Mouse hasn’t officially launched yet, but founder Paul Berry, says it will be a social platform that combines social media, journalism and technology
- Yoke is a Facebook dating platform that connects to Netflix and Amazon APIs and makes suggestions about things people have in common
- PublicStuff is a platform for submitting requests to a city via the cloud. Using social media, tickets can be tracked and filled out real-time. It’s less expensive than the 311 system for connecting to government
- Percolate helps brands curate content relevant to consumers from social media sites.
- Branch allows multiple people to contribute to the same conversation and creates expert discussions
- Loverly is a wedding channel that drives traffic and ad dollars to small publishers
- Contently is where freelance writers find work and where brands search for writers.
- Codecademy is trying to solve the shortage of tech talent by teaching the world to code for free online.
- Docracy, the winner of TechCrunch’s spring Hackathon, crowdsources legal documents for small businesses
To see all the detail on these and the other 15 click on http://www.businessinsider.com/25-hot-nyc-startups-you-need-to-watch-2012-3?op=1
