Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Business Insider Takes a Look at NY’s Top 25 Up and Coming Startups

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