The Power of Us

Launching this month: StableRenters

Posted by on Jan 10, 2012 in Founder Chronicles | 0 comments

2011 PitchIt winner Ben Sacks makes entrepreneur his day job - and preps his first product for launch this month.

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Building the prototype: Smaller, cheaper

Posted by on Nov 4, 2011 in Founder Chronicles | 0 comments

Old plan: Scrape all data, build giant app, spend all money. New plan: Build small app, get data from city government, make app bigger, spend less money.

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Help Ben take on landlords

Posted by on Jul 8, 2011 in Founder Chronicles | 2 comments

Ben Sacks has a big idea, $25,000 to spend on it and a strong network of advisers. But he's still searching for the right web developer. Does the "do good" tone to Ben's business make it unattractive to coders? Or has Ben simply stumbled into a startup challenge that every good founder needs to solve?

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My big check is still on display, next to my ficus

Posted by on Jun 13, 2011 in Founder Chronicles, Pitch It | 13 comments

The experience with We Media was my inflection point. Since then, we’ve made some beautiful progress. Fundraising is a lot harder than anticipated, but we’re getting there.

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Startups: AssignIt becomes ReportIt

Posted by on Jul 6, 2010 in Founder Chronicles, Pitch It, Startup, We Media Miami 2010 | 0 comments

PitchIt! Challenge winner fine-tunes the details of their next-generation crowd journalism platform.

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