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Five College Startups That Help Others

YoungUpstarts

The company was originally started in March of 2010 by a Californian high school student who now attends the University of California, Berkeley. Shortly after starting Waybu, Michael teamed up with the inventor of a solar water cleaning device called the AquaPak in order to help people in need of clean water in Haiti.

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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

8AM Regulatory Scrutiny of Social Media: The Impact on PR Communicators in 2010 and Beyond. We're kicking off 2010 with demos from four exciting new local startups. 10AM through the weekend Crisis Camp Haiti NYC-New York technologists helping the Haiti relief effort. RSVP: [link]. Tuesday, January 26th. RSVP: [link].

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The Crazy Marketing Campaigns That Actually Worked

YoungUpstarts

Using car accident and claims data, Confused.com discovered that Somerville Road, Worcester was the most dangerous street in the country and wrapped the entire street in bubble wrap on 27 January 2010. The press, bloggers and social media went crazy for the stunt which combined just enough silliness with a serious message.

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This Week in NYC Innovation - February 22, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

The conference is free and open to the public.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

With a baby on the way, me and my wife bought our first home in 2010. When I decided to leave my mobile data start-up in 2013, I remembered my mortgage experience from 2010, and found that nothing had changed – the model was broken, antiquated and inefficient. Image Credit: Nick Stamos. 24 – Systematic & No Emotion.

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Go Live With The Whales

YoungUpstarts

Another example, at the end of February 2010 while I was about to leave Chile an earthquake struck. Help Haiti recover. In Patagonia, the most powerful thing to do was choose your reactions to events, not try to control the events themselves. That is an insight worthy of taking into my life. How about yours? 562 people died.

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the world without altgate

Altgate

.  Below is the complete map of the countries still without a visitor to Altgate…if you know someone there send them a referral!    I'll update you all when I get the list of those without Altgate down to a dozen or so.