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September 25, 2013 07:08 pm GMT
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) held its Summer 2013 demo day today — its fifth demo day in two years — with a customary ten companies taking the stage to show off the fruits of their labor. A relatively diverse class was on show today, and companies tackled markets ranging from college counseling and used industrial machinery to personal training and ad tech. Take a peek at the full lineup below, and stay tuned for deeper dives with our favorite startups from this batch. Machinio Finding used industrial machinery is hard. It’s not something most of us think about on a daily basis, but when Machinio co-founder Dan Pinto was asked by a friend to help him find a particular printing press and failed to do so he realized how fractured the marketplace for such parts was. Machinio is like an Indeed.com for machinery, aggregating listings that would otherwise be spread across dealer sites, marketplaces, and classifieds. Tapactive Described as the “Netflix for personal training” by co-founders Robert Victor and Dan Oved, Tapactive helps people find personal trainers online and schedule sessions for a monthly fee of $495. That might sound like a lot, but if you’re training just ten times a month, you’re beating most trainer rates. Tapactive currently has over 300 personal training, yoga, Pilates, boxing and other fitness instructors signed up in New York. Gigzolo Gigzolo has created a platform for finding and booking artists, musicians, and photographers for events. Artists and potential clients can chat through Gigzolo there is a plan to launch voice calling soon, too and the platform has a Google Doc-like collaborative feature that allows both parties to edit the terms of the contract simultaneously. Reviews, videos, and pricing information allow for comparison shopping between artists, all of whom have been pre-screened. Admitted.ly Admitted.ly is a platform to help guide high school students through the college application process, beginning in their freshman year. Admitted.ly matches students to schools based on a personality profile, tells them which are reaches, likelies, or safeties, and gives them advice on how to improve their odds. In addition to students, there are also specific services for parents and guidance counselors. In the future, the team will be adding an application assistant feature, major and career mapping, financial aid planning, roommate matching, and test prep. Piiku Piiku is a B2B service for publishers that aims to
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Here's What We Saw At ERA's Summer 2013 Demo Day
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) held its Summer 2013 demo day today — its fifth demo day in two years — with a customary ten companies taking the stage to show off the fruits of their labor. A relatively diverse class was on show today, and companies tackled markets ranging from college counseling and used industrial machinery to personal training and ad tech. Take a peek at the full lineup below, and stay tuned for deeper dives with our favorite startups from this batch. Machinio Finding used industrial machinery is hard. It’s not something most of us think about on a daily basis, but when Machinio co-founder Dan Pinto was asked by a friend to help him find a particular printing press and failed to do so he realized how fractured the marketplace for such parts was. Machinio is like an Indeed.com for machinery, aggregating listings that would otherwise be spread across dealer sites, marketplaces, and classifieds. Tapactive Described as the “Netflix for personal training” by co-founders Robert Victor and Dan Oved, Tapactive helps people find personal trainers online and schedule sessions for a monthly fee of $495. That might sound like a lot, but if you’re training just ten times a month, you’re beating most trainer rates. Tapactive currently has over 300 personal training, yoga, Pilates, boxing and other fitness instructors signed up in New York. Gigzolo Gigzolo has created a platform for finding and booking artists, musicians, and photographers for events. Artists and potential clients can chat through Gigzolo there is a plan to launch voice calling soon, too and the platform has a Google Doc-like collaborative feature that allows both parties to edit the terms of the contract simultaneously. Reviews, videos, and pricing information allow for comparison shopping between artists, all of whom have been pre-screened. Admitted.ly Admitted.ly is a platform to help guide high school students through the college application process, beginning in their freshman year. Admitted.ly matches students to schools based on a personality profile, tells them which are reaches, likelies, or safeties, and gives them advice on how to improve their odds. In addition to students, there are also specific services for parents and guidance counselors. In the future, the team will be adding an application assistant feature, major and career mapping, financial aid planning, roommate matching, and test prep. Piiku Piiku is a B2B service for publishers that aims toOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/_4MUrLMi5pc/
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