The software consultant and co-founder of Orlando Tech Meetup believes he and his company eventually will return to Orlando because of the talent here and the fact that Doccaster is a convention-related product and Orlando is one of the top convention destinations in the world.
“I want to look back when I am 80 years old and hear Orlando mentioned in the same breath with Boston, Austin, Texas, and Boulder, Colo., when referring to technology communities,” Steele said.
Steele, 37, a software consultant and co-founder of Orlando Tech Meetup, thought the name was better suited to the tech community in downtown Orlando than Orlando Technology Corridor, another name being floated around in early June as a brand for the Orlando tech community.
“It gives us an identify and names the location,” said Steele, who is also co-founder of Doccaster (Gotootie Inc.), an Internet-based document hosting and distribution platform for events.
Silicon Orange is not only a play on the name Silicon Valley, it’s also gives the location of the downtown tech community – mostly alo
Steele, 37, a software consultant and co-founder of Orlando Tech Meetup, thought the name was better suited to the tech community in downtown Orlando than Orlando Technology Corridor, another name being floated around in early June as a brand for the Orlando tech community.
“It gives us an identify and names the location,” said Steele, who is also co-founder of Doccaster (Gotootie Inc.), an Internet-based document hosting and distribution platform for events.
Silicon Orange is not only a play on the name Silicon Valley, it’s also gives the location of the downtown tech community – mostly alo
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Fancy Kiwi - Provides a very easy to use subscription service for intimate feminine hygiene products with the future intention of becoming the one-stop-shop for all related monthly products.
IN2F - Is working on creating a geo-location platform on which geo-centric apps can be easily created for differing products.
Acquia, a Burlington-based provider of services for users of open-source Drupal web content management, on Tuesday announced that it's grown its ranks with the acquisition of spam-blocking company Mollom. Like Acquia, Mollom was co-founded by Dries Buytaert (pictured) who continues to be Acquia's CTO. Company CEO Tom Erickson told me earlier this year that Acquia has strong prospects for an IPO when the timing is right. On Wednesday, the new Inc. 500 list showed Acquia as ranking No. 8 among the country's fastest-growing companies, with $21.8 million in revenue last year.
The company allows patients to go online, enter the type of doctor they need an appointment for and find a doctor who takes their health insurance. The website cuts down on the length of time it takes to see a doctor, currently around 20 days on average.
ZocDoc CEO Cyrus Massoumi said three specialties have enough doctors to launch: primary care, OB-GYN and dermatology
I'm going to spend some time seeing if I can put together a Seed Accelerator for Drupal. Thus - step 2 in my personal plan for Drupal world domination.
What would this look like? I'm not completely sure yet. I suspect it would work a great deal like the TechStars program (see also the FAQ):
Interested teams would submit an application to get into the program.