Mark Slaughter is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cohealo, an asset mobilization and analytics platform for the healthcare industry. The company helps US hospitals use their non-emergency medical equipment more efficiently and save money on their future equipment purchases. 1. The US Healthcare system is renowned for being a complicated beast, as an entrepreneur what made… Read more
This is the fourth in a six-part series of posts about online/mobile marketplaces brought to you by rageandrelease.com and our content partner Balanced. Read parts one, two, and three. Fraudsters Gonna Fraud Fraudsters armed with stolen credit card numbers want nothing more than to turn those numbers into cash. Many will buy highly desirable items… Read more
“A little less than a year ago, the platform-which makes it easy for neighbors to lend one another tools and other things your neighbors probably have lying around-was on the verge of shutting down because of a lack of funding. But on Tuesday, founder Micki Krimmel sent an email to her entire listserv with an… Read more
Started by three MIT grads, Sold handles the dirty work of online selling and helps to find a buyer for your item. Users submit a handbag, for example, and Sold prices it, sells it, and also handles the shipping. The service is intended for things of value, and Sold wants to find the perfect price that makes selling worth… Read more
“For six decades, Americans have tended to drive more every year. But in the middle of the last decade, the number of miles driven — both over all and per capita — began to drop, notes a report to be published on Tuesday by U.S. Pirg, a nonprofit advocacy organization. People tend to drive less during recessions,… Read more
“In honor of Earth Day 2013, City CarShare, the largest nonprofit carsharing organization in North America, released an environmental report detailing the organization’s positive impact for the San Francisco Bay Area for 2012 and to-date. Results show that on Earth Day alone, 68,000 fewer miles will be driven on Bay Area roads due to… Read more
Car rental company Avis has announced its intent to scoop up carsharing company Zipcar for $500 million, with the acquisition expected to close in the Spring of 2013 according to a press release. Zipcar itself went public in April of 2011. “By combining with Zipcar, we will significantly increase our growth potential, both in the… Read more
The easiest way to explain CampusWall is… an online virtual bulletin board specific to a college community where students, staff, and administrators can buy, sell, swap, and share goods and services. The idea came from… a need I saw at the colleges/universities my own children attend. I was surprised to find there was no such… Read more
Poshmark, the clothing re-sale fashion app that’s competing in a now-crowded sphere, plans to announce Tuesday that it’s raised a $12 million Series B funding round to expand on iPad and Android, as well as increase the size and scale of the company. To read the full article, please visit the GigaOm website