Tjoos, an Australian startup recently profiled on Pajama Entrepreneur, has been acquired by Internet Brands, a publicly traded company based in the US. Tjoos was started by Bart Jellema, a Dutch guy who moved to Australia only a few years ago. He started Tjoos with a $15,000 investment from his parents. I met Bart in [...]
Continue reading...5 February 2010
KikScore gives small online businesses the ability to demonstrate to online shoppers that their business is trustworthy and reliable. The KikScore service takes publicly available information and other verified information about a business and assigns a Kikscore number to it. That number is displayed on the merchant’s website through a KikScore seal that is continually [...]
Continue reading...2 February 2010
Tjoos is an online coupon code finder that is unlike all the others. It has a clean, elegant interface which is easy to use and pleasing to the eye. Where other online coupon sites abuse you with horrible flashing banners, and trick you into clicking on ads, Tjoos (pronounced “choose”) just does what it says [...]
Continue reading...22 January 2010
MySoiree.net is an online marketplace for art created by artist Lyn Williams. MySoiree.net is a subsidiary of Soirée International based in Berkeley, California. Below is the Q&A with Lyn Williams. Why did you start MySoirée.net? Having never been completely satisfied with traditional methods for showing, sharing and selling artwork, I decided to apply my background in engineering and [...]
Continue reading...21 January 2010
CYIexist is a social networking site created by Ramon and Alonzo Sandoval, two brothers living in San Mateo, California. CYIexist is focused on bringing together art, e-commerce and philanthropy. Using CYIexist you can create and share your custom-made images, place them on T-shirts and sell them. You tell CYIexist which organization – it can be [...]
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3 March 2010
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