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RareShare Goes Live as Social Network for Rare Medical Disorders

Posted in Connecting People, Entrepreneurship, Innovative Companies, Startups, The Web on May 21st, 2008

After months of working on our early beta, I’m pleased to let you know that RareShare is now LIVE!
The Site is free to all and works to connect those affected by rare medical disorders by creating micro-communities for each specific disease.
Currently, there are just over 500 communities (the most common of the rare disorders). We’re planning to add […]

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SeatGuru Helps You Find the Best Seat on the Plane

Posted in Innovative Companies, The Web on May 5th, 2008

For those of you that are avid travelers, whether for business or pleasure, it’s time for you to check out SeatGuru. The Site let’s you review seat maps for 45 different airlines and helps you figure out which seat has the best legroom, access to power outlets and other amenities…
Here’s a sample seat map from SeatGuru

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SocialThing! Helps You Organize Your Digital Life

Posted in Innovative Companies, Startups on May 2nd, 2008

Congratulations to my friends over at SocialThing! I remember meeting the founder when they first arrived out here in Boulder (from my hometown of St. Louis). Since then they’ve managed to raise over $500k in venture capital and create one of the best aggregators for social feeds (FaceBook, Flickr, etc.) on the Web.

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