Archive for the ‘startups’ Category

Smarter Bank Is A Bank That Helps You With Student Loans

Student loans are one of my personal finance pain points.  Every time I try to get ahead on them, something comes up and I get behind again. It must be hard for people like me who are self-employed.  Today I hear about the launch of Smarter Bank which is an online bank that helps you [...]

Take Five: Social Media Interns, Fat Wallet, Hire Lite, Failure is Good

Did you get and/or looking to hire a social media intern? Read these tips on managing them. Is your wallet fat? Slim it down and spend less money. I really like this article. Nine reasons why failure is not fatal. Looking to hire a developer, programmer? Looking for a job? Check out HireLite. Site I [...]

Blippy RIP?

When I first heard about Blippy, I was doubtful about if people would use it. People may be comfortable sharing their location, what they eat or drink, but what they purchase is a different story. Also, an app should be solving a problem and since wasn’t used as a budget or personal finance app, then [...]

Writing About Your Business’ Failure Helps You, Helps Others

Wesabe, one of the first Web 2.0 personal finance applications, shut down last summer. I used it  back in the day to help with bookkeeping since it was easier when importing bank transactions than older versions of Quickbooks.  Then Mint and Geezeo came and for a while it was a three man race.  Eventually Mint.com [...]