Today’s Startup: Morces

Today’s internet startup Morces creates a mobile business site in less than 5 minutes. It’s a platform that empowers businesses to put their existing website on mobile. Powerful, scalable and flexible. In potential Morces can serve all mobile needs of your businesses.

Did you know that 70% of the people who visit your website through their mobile device, navigate away from your website because they cannot find the information that they want? Morces claims that their optimised mobile platform can help you to convert your mobile customers into potential leads and sales because they can source out important information on what you do and how to reach you. To do so it offers a comprehensive yet very simple solution. You can create and deploy a fully functional mobile site in just a couple of minutes and in four simple steps:

1. Register a Morces account
2. Create your mobile site
3. Customize the features and look and feel
4. Put your website on mobile with just a few lines of code

What sets Morces apart from similar existing services is that their goals is not to compete but to help as many users go mobile as possible. Morces is a free platform so that users can exploit for as many purposes as possible such as event promotion or mobile branding. It is more than just building mobile website; they focus on functionality to improve business-client interactivity which is currently inadequate in mobile web environment.

Morces uses a freemium model and lets registered users to create up to 5 mobile sites. Creating a professional mobile website with Morces is as simple as typing in content, customizing the color, arranging the widget and page position and putting a set of code into your main website to deploy. No restriction on the bandwidth, number of pages with a free account. The created mobile sites are compatible across all smart phone operating systems such as iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows, Bada, Web OS.

Morces was found in 2011 by Bryan Wong (COO), Derek Ang (CEO) and holds office in Singapore.

Today’s Startup: Workitywork

Today’s internet startup Workitywork increases workplace morale, employee engagement and happiness. Workitywork makes it easy to send thanks, share triumphs, track vibes, generate polls and boost employee engagement.

Workitywork is a service that helps teams share workplace feedback and get recognition in real-time. Imagine an office where everyone’s heard, appreciated and engaged. This can be your workplace! Keep morale up, productivity high, and amazing talent from walking out. Basically, Workitywork comes with all the good vibes and transparency an office needs without the free snacks and ‘bring your pet to work’ days.

Wonder if the team’s interested in an office recycling program? Ask them with the office polls. Did a coworker find a way to cut the budget? Give recognition by sending them kudos! Finally fixed a bug that you’ve been working on for a week? Celebrate with triumphs. New project got you down? Let your boss know anonymously with vibes. Say farewell to low office morale and hello to the happy office. Now every person can be heard, appreciated, and engaged.

According to WorkityWork, happiness is 30 seconds away by using:

• Kudos: To let co-workers know they’re appreciated
• Triumphs: To celebrate your small wins with the team
• Vibe: To know how they feel and track workplace morale
• Polls: To involve everyone and make the right decisions

Workitywork can be used with teams as small as three people and as large at 100,000. Workitywork is just the size you need for your office. Workitywork was founded in 2012 by Ashli Norton and Patrick Chukwura and holds office in Atlanta, USA.

Today’s Startup: DoesThatMakeSense

Today’s internet startup DoesThatMakeSense is a ‘Ask A Nerd’ services that provides step-by-step homework solutions, book notes, study guides and writing help help.

Have a book and can’t find book notes? An exam and don’tknow where to start? Students click the ‘Ask ANerd’ button on the site, and subject matter experts (Nerds) bid on thestudent’s request in real time. The website is aided by a patent pendingdynamic reverse auction platform which allows Nerds to compete to helpthe student’s in real time. They even have an algorithm that searcheslibraries across the United States to advise Nerds how they can access thestudents’ materials.

DoesThatMakeSense employs award winning authors, college professorsand business professionals who have graduated from some of the topacademic institutions in the world such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, NYUand Columbia. DoesThatMakeSense brings the following services:

Exam Help
Tell what you need to learn and they will connect you with one of the subject matter experts who will teach you the material in the way thatworks best for you. They will review all the required materials includingyour class readings and class notes. Want note cards? They will send you acustom set. Want a study guide or some sample questions? They got you covered. Are you an auditory or visual learner? Then they will create anaudio or video presentation for you.

Reading Help
DoesThatMakeSense provides book summaries on required class readings (fiction, nonfiction, textbooks, articles, etc). These notes include relevant informationregarding the readings’ historical context and can also come with a list ofsignificant quotations and their page numbers. They customize these notes to conform to the specific requirements of your class.

Writing and Editing Help
Do you have a writer’s block? Don’t worry they will connect you with one of their writing coaches who has expertise in the subject area you are writing about. Your personal writing coach can help you brainstorm a paper topic, find the appropriate research, and even give you a detailed critique of alldrafts of your written work. They can help you with anything, including but not limited to a resume, email, college and graduate application essay, research paper, thesis, etc.

Homework Help
Confused and want an explanation? We are here to give you the help youneed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Send us over your assignment andwe’ll show you how to get to the right answer.

DoesThatMakeSense was founded in 2009 and was launched in 2011. They hold office in Great Neck, NY, USA.

Today’s Startup: GiddyUp

Today’s internet startup GiddyUp is a cross‐platform mobile application that makes it easier for friends to get together. It offers users a fun and easy alternative to typical communication and event planning tools. GiddyUp lets users quickly and easily create events with a variety of different details. Responding to an event is super easy and you don’t even need the app to do so.

Designed to simplify the process of planning impromptu happy hours, group dinners and any type of night out, GiddyUp operates on both Apple iOS & Android platforms and is available now in the App Store and Google Play. Unlike other social apps, GiddyUp eliminates traditional barriers of event planning by enabling any mobile phone with Internet and SMS capabilities to participate in group planning, no sign‐up required.

“The tools we currently use to get a few friends together for happy hour leave a lot to be desired,” said Elliot Goldwater, co‐founder and CEO of GiddyUp. “Email chains and text messages become chaotic, leaving crucial details to get lost in the shuffle. We wanted to fill a void that’s left by plan sharing tools like Forecast that are far too public and awkward, and others like Facebook and Evite that aren’t conducive to short‐term planning.”

How Does GiddyUp Work?
GiddyUp facilitates get‐togethers of all types and sizes, with contacts in your phone. Users simply create an event; invite friends, chat and RSVP. Users are alerted via push notifications or SMS, drastically reducing wait time typically associated with email, Facebook, Evite and other platforms of that nature. All participants find out who’s “In” and who’s “Out” in minutes.

• Create a GiddyUp, title it and add friends. These are the only mandatory fields, so if you don’t have concrete plans, start the discussion and solicit the group for input
• Add a location, date & time, notes and even a picture for more specific plans
• GiddyUp users are alerted via push notification to generate a quick response
• Non‐GiddyUp users are sent an SMS with a link that opens in their mobile browser
• All invitees – regardless if they have the app – can view event details, other invitees and theirstatus
• RSVP

GiddyUp offers a built‐in group chat, helpful for communal planning situations, staying in touch or just friendly banter. Event details can be added or changed at any time with updates sent to users accordingly. Events initiated or accepted can also sync with your calendar. “It’s important to note that GiddyUp is not another social network—we think you have plenty of those,” said Co‐Founder John Zurbach. “You don’t need to create a profile or even add friends. GiddyUp is based around your contacts list, which we feel is your truest social network, those individuals you reach out to on a whim if you want to hit the town.”

GiddyUp was launched in 2012 and holds office in San Francisco, USA.

Today’s Startup: VenueSeen

Today’s internet startup VenueSeen tracks the photos taken inside of your businesses locations from Instagram, Foursquare and more. VenueSeen can tabulate and send reports about those photos to a subscribing business, complete with comments. It gives brands insight into all the photos taken at their physical locations through a visual dashboard. Companies can also use VenueSeen to share photos on various platforms, and interact with customers who snapped the original picture.

Your customers are constantly connected through social media. They generate mobile photos, comments, tips and other digital content that directly impact your business’ virtual presence.

VenueSeen collects, sort, and interpret everything your customers are sharing about your business online, and make this data useful in managing your digital presence.

They notify you when new content is posted about your business in real time. This will give you instant feedback on your business right from the customers fingertips.

Not only will you know what customers are saying about your business, but you will be able to interact with their content. This creates a dialogue between you and them that will help form a lasting relationship.

Creator Brian Zuercher says, “Until now the general public has been unable search geotagged Instagram photos. From coffee shops and restaurants … to attractions and retail locations – photos and comments are forming a brand’s social identity. VenueSeen’s dashboard reveals who is posting what about a brand on Instagram, Foursquare and Foodspotting. The benefit is that one-off shops up to large retail chains can learn about who is sharing photos and comments (positive or negative) inside their business locations.”

The service now works with Instagram, Foursquare, Foodspotting and Facebook. VenueSeen was founded in 2011 and holds office in Dublin, Ohio, USA.

Where the Startup Jobs are

Today’s Startup: Lesshr

Today’s internet startup Lesshr is an applicant tracking system aimed at bringing decision makers into the hiring process. 

Human resources managers can use lesshr to publish jobs to the web and collect applicants. The approval of the hiring manager approval is automated and the HR manager can send off top applicants for review to hiring managers. Managers review candidates from email and mobile devices and approve them with a single click without logging in. The entire hiring team is automatically notified when candidates have been approved for interview and receive calendar invitations to make sure nothing is forgotten.

Creating a job is easy. You specify the title, description and any other detail. You then Include a manager to approve the job. You cab keep everyone in the loop by specifying who should be notified of new candidates and more.

Managers can review and approve jobs fom their computer or mobile. No login required.They just follow the email link and click:

You collect applicants on a personal careers page. It’s a full automatic system and can look just like your own site. It is very easy to share the jobs to other job boards and social networks.

Because of lesshr’s screening and rating tools, top candidates leap out at you. Send a candidate’s application and resume to managers for review. They approve with the click of a link. Lesshr was founded in 2012 and holds office in Minneapolis, USA

Today’s Startup: Kuhcoon

Today’s internet startup Kuhcoon transforms everyone into social media butterflies. With that statement Kuhcoon launched itself as a platform on which you can learn Social Media Marketing through interactive lessons. And where you can manage all your Social Media Accounts in one place.

Kuhcoon creates a custom learning experience for every user. Everyday the platform learns more about their users by prompting them with a series of questions and actively scanning their social media activity. The lesson plans include several interactive videos that help you learn to use social media at your own pace and skill level.

Kuhcoon makes it easy to manage your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts from one dashboard. Receive live updates, post across your entire network, and schedule posts at the perfect time. You can manage as many accounts as you need for free.

Measuring social media interaction is the key to marketing effectively. Analytics are only valuable when they are properly interpreted and understood. Kuhcoon uses its powerful interactive system to find important signals within your data and deliver it to you in an easy to understand format.

Whether you’re a student, small business owner, or Fortune 500 Company Kuhcoon offers a solution that meets your social media needs. The custom-tailored experience meets you where you are in terms of social media knowledge and provides you with the feedback needed to learn and grow.

Kuhcoon is currently in private Beta, was launched in 2012 and holds office in Scranton, PA, USA.

Today’s Startup: InvoiceASAP

Today’s internet startup InvoiceASAP is an easy and fast way to invoice your clients and collect payments. It creates and sends invoices, estimates and sales orders on the go. In the proces you can attach media files such as pictures and audio recordings. These media files can be used as a record of work to be done or as documentation of work completed.

Invoice Delivery & Faster Payments
You can customize the invoices you create with your own logo. When an invoice is sent from your mobile device a link to a web-invoice is sent to your customer in email. Your customer just clicks a link to view, pay, save or print invoices.

Compatible with Accounting Software
InvoiceASAP can connect to major accounting software platforms like QuickBooks, Xero and Card.io. The mobile invoices, estimates and sales orders you create will be entered into your accounting automatically. When you connect to accounting software your inventory items and accounts will be synched for easy mobile sales management. You can select existing accounts and inventory items from drop down menus. Creating new accounts is a snap too.

InvoiceASAP was founded in 2010 and holds office in Emeryville, CA, USA. The company also plans to release a second mobile solution that’s to be named PayASAP. That’s going to be available for iOS and Android, and it’s going to be a simpler app focused on letting you receive and make payments in a lightning-fast way.

Today’s Startup: Done.

Today’s internet startup Done. is a community where you can find talented people who love what they do to help you getting things done. Whether you need someone to care for your pet, help you move, or assist you in throwing a party, there is always a talented neighbor who can help.

Similar to other friend-for-hire companies ‘Done.’ allows users to find regular local people to help them with various tasks. The ‘doers’ are separated into categories based on skill-set. In order to become a member, one must have a Facebook account and be approved by at least two friends. One of these ‘doers’ includes Apple consultant Brendan Perrault, who charges $75/hour to fix Mac computers. It is important to know that all of the people you can contact on the site are reviewed and endorsed, and background checks are actually run by HireRight, the prestigious Californian company.

Another great thing of ‘Done.’ is their charity connection. For every takst completed, donations are made to Unicef. They donate through Unicef tot enable the following tasks for a child in need Delever a notebook and pencil, purify 250 liters of water, vaccinate a child against Polio.

‘Done.’ was founded in 2011 and holds office in SoHo, New York, USA. It was created by CEO Kevin Nazemi, CTO Paul Covell (who was the first engineer at Zipcar) and COO Ken Nesmith. Soon after its inception, the company grew to a team of more than 10 of some of the founders lifelong friends.