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Meet Emmett Maher, the solopreneur behind the innovative AI content generation software, Schoolyyy. Emmett's journey began...

Digital Novus, a groundbreaking startup in the e-commerce industry, was founded by a dynamic team of forward-thinking entr...

Goblet is redefining the way Quality Assurance (QA) is perceived and executed. Let's dig into the journey, the offering, a...

Magic, a sustainable returns handling platform, was created by Leroy Kerry and Atul R. Their paths crossed on the Y Combina...

Montagix was born out of a noticeable gap in the video editing landscape. Grigore Budac, a seasoned frontend developer w...

In an era where data is the new oil, the ability to recall and access information effortlessly is a power that cannot be underestimated. Today, we spotlight an innovative startup that's revolution...

Cybersecurity is a crucial aspect of any business that operates online. However, the traditional approach to cybersecurity services can be costly and inefficient.

Dextego was developed out of the personal need of its founder, Ioanna Mantzouridou Onasi. With a robust background in...

Featured startup, Groubs, is redefining how businesses engage with their online visitors.

The digital era we live in often feels like a "perfect storm of cognitive degradation," as MIT Professor Earl K. Miller, PhD, aptly described. The constant barrage of information and distrac...

Paschal Masalu, the Founder behind Peruz

Datalatte is on a mission to revolutionize the data economy. Founded by Amir Mabhout, a microelectronics PhD holder...

The idea for Flincap was born out of Founder Nathaniel Luz's realization that there was a significant gap in the ...

The story of SecureMyScholarship is an inspiring tale of passion, determination, and the desire to make a...

In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, Energi has emerged as a promising startup, committed to addressing the m...

Learn more about Mimicry Solutions, a groundbreaking startup that is changing the landscape of drug develop...

In the realm of water filtration, a new player has emerged on the scene, bringing with it a revolutionary approach to ensuring your water is clean, healthy, and environmentally friendly.

Blockride: Revolutionizing Vehicle Financing with Blockchain Technology

Tudu Africa is an innovative startup that is revolutionizing the ecommerce industry in Africa. Founded by Joseph ...

Every once in a while, a startup emerges that shakes up an industry. SORT IT AI is one such startup, our inaugural...

In a world where networking and making meaningful connections are crucial for success, Neucards emerges as a game-ch...

Since founding in 2020, Baton has scaled from $0 to $40,000 MRR and shows no sign of stopping. Their goal is to hit 2 million dollars in revenue by December of 2023. Baton assists clients in executive role...

Dries Augustyns, a 21 year-old developer who landed a job at Microsoft straight out of Uni, has developed a software platform to bring all aspects of email automation into one place. In this case, skipping class to pursue side projects, such as Plunk, has paid off. ...

Diesel generators are a vital form of energy generation used worldwide, but leave much to be desired when it comes to being environmentally friendly. These generators offer reliable and efficient methods of producing electricity in areas where power is unstable or non-exist...

There is a rising tide of travelers who want to take action and create a positive impact as they discover new destinations. Challenges relating to the significant influence and long term effects of mass tourism have incited many individuals to take action and make equitable...

Tavishi Gupta has spent her life traveling to various destinations. Tavishi has moved across 15 cities and 3 countries between her childhood and adulthood, due to being an army brat, and then working at Microsoft's external arm that had her traveling every 2-3 weeks.&...

If you're like QuickyAI founder Basharath, having to open a new tab and prompt ChatGPT multiple times for multiple queries is cumbersome and time consuming. QuickyAI literally allows you to access the benefits of openai's technology instantly, without ha...

Today's featured founder is Keith Wilson of Klearcoat Labs There is a problem in the automotive industry regarding the development of vehicles that consumers desire and navigating supply chain logistics to mitigate costs and increase revenues. Also, since mo...

The team at ResilientX have ample experience in the cyber security industry and realized that there is a gap in the accessibility to cyber security products. Organizations looking to defend themselves from cyberattacks have to purchase many types of security solutions and s...

Today's featured Co-founders are Festus William Amoyaw, Yvonne Kumoji-Darko and Nyaram Mensah of MyFig As a co-founder, Festus William Amoyaw encountered a prevalent issue in Ghana that he and his team were capable of resolving. With c...

Today's featured founder is Daniel Fayle of Chekkit Daniel and his team at Chekkit are on a mission to help local businesses step up their digital game through the Chekkit...

Today's featured founders are Team FitPick of FitPick Team FitPick is on a mission to help people make more confident fashion decisions and resolve their dilemmas.&nbs...

Today's featured founder is Marjan Najafi of Qyro Qyro derives its name from an ancient term from Greek archery. It represents the delicate moment when an archer finds the perfect...

Today's featured founder is Wahab Ogunnaike of Regiz The manual processes of handling documents and cumbersome authentication procedures are becoming a thing of the past. Employers today are looking for paperless, streamlined approache...

Today's featured founder is Jake Schuster, of Gemini Sports Analytics Gemini Sports Analytics is making it easier for executives to make data driven decisions. Their approach ...

Today's featured founder is Nevsah Karamehmet of Breath Hub Nevsah Karamehmet has devoted 20 years of her life to breath sciences. As the President of the

Today's featured founder is Sami Abuzarifa of Klu Imagine one platform that integrates your documents, images, and emails into an easy to use tool. Within this platform, you can query terms and related files from all your tools and they'll appear instant...

Today's featured startup is AI Starter As Artificial Intelligence is becoming more ingrained into our daily lives and the technology is rapidly evolving each day, the need for services that support non technical founders is growing in lockstep. Chatb...

Today's featured Managing Director & Partner is Brett Calhoun of Scale Venture Capital Brett Calhoun,

Today's featured founder is Alex Kerr of Kumo Study Founder, Alex Kerr, was working toward her degree at university when COVID hit. Everything went online and I found that there weren't any resources out there to help students with ADHD stay foc...

Today's featured founder is Jason Sharp of Umi Did you take a foreign language class in school? Do you try to use Google Translate to no avail? If you're like me, you took 4 years of Spanish, received passing grades, yet nothing ...

Today's featured founder is Roy Amoo of Azure Voice Azure Voice, a music streaming service founded by Nigerian music businessman Roy Amoo, is making waves in the African music industry by helping artists manage their intellectual properties and maximize thei...

For content creators, bloggers, and anyone who uses Stripe to manage their payments and subscriptions, you know that creating an affiliate marketing program is a pain. Creation and management of affiliate links requires implementation of technical and complex processes, but...

Today's featured founders are Craig Smith and Mike Bugembe of Decidable In today's digital age, data is king. With an abundance of metrics and figures available thanks to big data, businesses have the ability to make strategic deci...

Today's featured founder is Kunle Odebunmi of Luca Founder, Kunle Odebunmi, knows the pains small businesses in Nigeria face. As a management consultant, financial analyst, and 8 years of experience as an entrepreneur with a few exits under his belt, Kunle a...

Today's featured founder is Jing Jing Yang Co-founder and Head of US Operations at Linkr Jing Jing Yang is a full-time student at Brown University studying Economics and Behavioral Decision Sciences by day, and co-founder of&nbs...

Today's featured Founder is Ansh Chaurasia of flockfysh Innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs have something in common. They utilize, capture, and analyze big data. For researchers, the biggest challenge is being able to develop, iterate, and construct ...

Today's featured founder is Julie Janides of Toy Trader Founder Julie Janides understands the pain of continuously cycling through clothes, toys, and the myriad of items needed when you have children. As a solo entrepreneur and mom of ...

Zaymo was founded in August of 2021 by Brice Douglas, Santiago Gomez, and Daniel Jones. These three friends met at Brigham Young University at the entrepreneurship program's Hackathon. Through this ...

Today's Featured Founder is Kyle Kemp, of Flygrade We all have nostalgic memories surrounding collectible cards, toys, or items. For me, it was My Little Ponies and Pokemon cards - don't laugh. For Kyle, he described the joy of goin...

Today's featured founders are Leif Andreas Rudlang and Gina Huseb"", of Emberly You awake to waves gently lapping against the hull of your boat; the rhythmic sway stirs you into motion. Rubbing the sleep from your eyes you dive into the ocean for...

Today's Founder of the Day is Lynn Lin, of DataNode Lynn Lin, the founder of DataNode, didn't feel like a 'typical entrepreneur' to begin with. After graduating from...

Today's featured founder is Boyang Niu, Founder of Stylized Stylized was founded in June of 2022 and launched in alpha in November. The 6 months between June and November consisted of iterative ...

Today's featured founder is Gregg Bieser of Security In Motion A family of four are traveling for vacation and stop at a restaurant off the highway for a quick bite. While feasting and stretching their legs, an undisclosed person breaks into their car and pr...

Today's Founders of the Day are Rylan Blowers, David Matthews and John Donner, Co-Founders of Dotcal Dotcal was founded in 2021 by Rylan Blowers, David Matthews, and John Donner. All three digital...

Today's featured founder is Django Degree of Focus on Words Focus on Words had a serendipitous and seemingly predetermined beginning. Django and Dom, his co-founder, met over Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel.&...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Christopher Payne, Founder of myReach Chris Payne has always had a creative mind and a passion for finding better solutions to everyday problems: The proverbial entrepreneurial spirit. Before founding myReach, he w...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Agustin, Carlos, and Luis of Lirn None of the Lirn Co-Founders have a college degree. They say this with pride and honor. They took the alterna...

Today's Founder of the Day is Mimi Park, Founder of InstaMommies Instamommies was founded in the Summer of 2022 after Mimi Park became a mom herself and truly realized the pain points that many moms face. Problems such as finding quality child care, as well as...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Cyrus Kazi, Co-Founder and CEO of Quantibly In 2021, the UN requested $6B from Elon Musk to help reduce world hunger. When he asked to prove how the money would be spent

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Willow Li, Founder of AyiConnect Before AyiConnect, Willow was the deployment lead and product manager for GigNow, an EY internal contractor re...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Kenneth Clay, Co Founder of FOODe Kenneth is a two-time founder who is absolutely obsessed with solving problems. He decided to join FOODe as a Co-Founder for the opportunity to work with former Nike & Jordan Brand exe...

Today's Featured Founders are Melanie Brewer and John Beuchert, Co-Founders of Away Together It's not everyday when a tropical storm hits and being confined to a hotel room brings about a positive ending. But that&rsquo...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Elsa Chan, Co-Founder of Delino Elsa founded her first tech startup when she was 21 and learned the hard way to identify, assess, and manage risk so that she could grow her business. Since then, she has founded two ...

Today's featured founder is Tomas Milar, of Eqvista Are you currently managing your cap table manually through spreadsheet software? Are you fed up with the time consuming process of manually updating your data (which is prone to error...

Today's featured founder is Gabby Lubin, Founder of Spark This Day Spark This Day was founded on the first day of the pandemic as founder Gabby Lubin was exploring for herself what tr...

Today's featured founder is Travis Street, of Serpjoy Founded in mid-December 2022, Serpjoy has already gained positive traction through daily average users and subscribers. Travis Street has been professionally b...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Evan Wain, Co-Founder of Ordr Evan is an avid learner and sharer of knowledge, as well as a massive sports fan. He usually assumes that if he is interested in something, others will be as well. This led Evan to become a co...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Gaia, Nicole, and David, Co-Founders of Breeze Breeze is an impromptu family business, with Gaia and Nicole being best friends for over half a decade and David being Nicole's cousin. Now, they are ...

Today's Featured Founders are Dan Keldsen and Thomas Koulopoulos, Co-Founders of PlexiCam The PlexiCam concept had been brewing in inventor Thomas Koulopoulos' mind since 2012. In December 2019 just bef...

Today's Founders of the Day are Faruk Yasar and Hayreddin Tuzel, Co-Founders of Pixurate Faruk Yasar and Hayreddin Tuzel began developing Pixurate in early 2022. Pixurate incorporates blockchain tec...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Sergio Kurakou and Nick Newman, Founders of Sizze The Sizze team consists of talented people acro...

Meet Agustin and Diego, Co-Founders of Nexton Nexton Lab's purpose is to connect tech talent with purposeful companies. Through this mission, the company levels the playing field for all LATAM-based tech professionals by boosting their careers beyond borders.

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Kimberlee Guido, Co-Founder of Mooch Kimberlee grew up in a house filled with music. Everyone from John Williams to The Temptations were on the d...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Carwan Rasoal, Founder of Genvalues Carwan Rasoal has an engineering background and learned early in life that significant progress in any field ...

Meet Jared Zhao, Founder of AskEdith Jared is a data science and data infrastructure researcher from the University of California, Berkeley, deeply interested in making data science more accessible. Prior to AskEdith, Jared was the primary author of resear...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Emilio Di Marco, Founder of Aument Throughout his career, Emilio has been building companies. He has built everything from a marketplace for bands to a corporate gifts company. He has deep experience leading brands includi...

Today's Founder of the Day is Marianna Helena, Founder of N.A.T.E Health For as long as Marianna can remember, she has loved robots. She loves how they work, and she loves watching humans interact with them. Unfortunately, her love for robots and AI didn&rsquo...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Mario Abrego, Founder of Workps Mario is a public health science graduate from UC Irvine. When he is not building Workps, a coworking space in Los Angeles, he enjoys long runs, trying new vegetarian recipes and exploring.

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Luks Soukup, Co-Founder of Sumio Luks has built a career as a Project Manager for banks and software companies. However, he has felt the urge to build his own business and products from an ear...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Irete Hamdani, Founder of askBelynda Irete's entrepreneurial journey started with her own personal journey to live a more sustainable life. S...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Ash Brown, Founder of Empiraa After spending 15 years in sales, Ash was frustrated that his team continuously talked about strategy but never executed it. As a General Manager, Head of Sales and National Sales, Ash noticed...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Jay Allen, Co-Founder of Smith and Bradley Jay has a background in ecommerce, specifically, fashion ecommerce. Throughout his life, he has always loved (and broken) watches. In his early years, he built ecommerce businesse...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Pratham Doshi and Kyle Kingsberry, Founders of Metaphy Labs As a Computer Engineer with an obsession for problem-solving, Pratham has always been drawn to product management. Combined with an entrepreneurial gene inherit...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Miguel Lorenzo, Founder of Filma Originally from a little town in Spain, Miguel Lorenzo moved to Sydney, Australia in 2016. He's always b...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Cynthia Asije and Sarah Odiavbara, Co-Founders of Craftmerce With a combined decade of unique experiences in building technology platforms, export sales, and marketing, Sarah and Cynthia are forces to be reckoned with....

Today's Founders of the Day are Mary McGreevy and the Epilogg Team Starting with a VW van meeting in St. Paul, the Epilogg founding team knew that there was a better way to get the word out about a death and to celebrate a life. Using their experience with web...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Austin Kreinz, Founder of Atomix Austin's Background Austin grew up in a small business family. His father, alongside his brother and business partner, started a last-mile logistics compa...

Today's featured founder is Abby Huang, of Dime Last year, Abby and two of her friends were sitting in the Duke University library working on homework (or scrolling social media, let's be honest) when a questio...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Janine Salame, Founder of Travel Creators As a South African born to Lebanese immigrants, travel has always been ingrained in Janine's entrepreneurial path. After completing her studies in travel and tourism in South A...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Luis Barroso, Founder of RootLo Successful entrepreneurs are experts at getting out of their comfort zones. Unlike most people, they thrive in un...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are YJ (YongJun) Heo and Jason Silberman, Co-Founders of Publit Publit is a product of YJ's personal frustrations with the general website building process. With Jason Sil...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Sharon Rosenberg, Nicholas Zaverdinos, and Jason Hu of Overlap Overlap is a multipurpose app that allows travelers to track their trips, receive notifications when travel plans overlap with friends, and receive travel re...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Fahd Alhattab, Founder of Unicorn Labs Fahd's path to leadership began with philanthropy. Compelled by his background as the child of a low-income family that had recently immigrated to Canada, he raised over $1M for...

Meet Jenn Strout, Founder of MotivateU At the age of 4, Jenn received her first computer from her grandfather. From there, she taught herself math at age 5, wrote her first screenplay at age 10, and developed her first webpage at age 12. She coded a novel program ...

Today's Founders of the Day are John Bailey and Spencer Moslow, Co-Founders of OneFund John and Spencer met while undergrads at Tufts University. After graduation, they both ended up ...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Christopher Joyce, Founder of Gusher Christopher Joyce, Founder and CEO of Gusher, says he became an entrepreneur because he was wired for it from a young age' and, tongue-in-cheek, the need for contr...

Today's featured founder is Mark Knowlton, Founder of TechScreen Mark Knowlton identified a specific need in the recruiting industry after being hired at a staffing company in the mid-90's. As someone who needed to know indust...

Today's Startup Founders of the Day are Aaron Guyett and Tim Nielsen, Co-Founders of Cloutchain Aaron woke up one day and said screw it. He wanted to give back, so he made the decision to go to medical school and get an undergraduate degree in neuroscience. ...

Today's featured founder is Guillermo Fernandes, Founder of Blockpliance Blockpliance was founded in September of 2021 to help financial institutions manage exposure to their customer&rsquo...

Today's Founder of the Day is Robin Singhvi, of SmartCue Single founder, Robin, Singhvi, has 12 years of experience working at various startups in the US in enterprise sales. A goal i...

Today's Startup Founder of the day is Karen Renee, CEO of eCourt Reporters Karen has been in the court reporting industry since 2004. As a result, she has seen firsthand the inefficiencies in the scheduling process of legal support services. Launching ...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Dr. Bobbi Wegner, Founder of Groops Dr. Bobbi Wegner is a clinical psychologist, lecturer at Harvard in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, aut...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Jody Williams Sterling, Founder of Sterling Hair Solutions Jody has been a cosmetologist for 33 years. For the last 16 years, she has also owned ...

Meet Brennan Woodruff, Co-Founder of GoCharlie.ai Brennan Woodruff grew up in Evansville, Indiana and is an avid Hoosier basketball fan and alumnus. He moved to Chicago in 2013 to work for KPMG. After that, he moved to NYC in 2015 and then to San Francisco in 2018...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Yaovi Kpoga, Founder of Roadies Labs Yaovi immigrated to the States from West Africa when he was 11 years old. Moving to the States was difficult for Yaovi and his family- they didn't speak English and had no...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Elif Duran, Co-Founder of BeforeSunset Elif began studying computer engineering and worked as a cashier at KFC during her prep class. Being a student and an employee at the same time made her realize the importance of ti...

Today's Startup Founder of the Day is Mark Acor, Founder of The Clean Air Act, Inc. How to make farts smell better: The idea for a pill that makes your farts not stink was a long running inside joke between Mark and his wife. Every year o...

Today's featured founder is Dominikos Pritis of MyRoomie MyRoomie (English version here) was founded a year ago after founder, Dominiko...

Today's featured founder is Andrew Jernigan, Founder of Insured Nomads