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ConcertCrowd is a new Facebook and mobile web app based on a user’s location, music likes and friends list, helping fans discover live music in any city around the world. As the only company focusing on the discovery aspect, ConcertCrowd aims to provide fans with all the tools they need to find their next favorite show, including: integrated streaming audio for sampling artists, geolocation based discovery, venue maps and personalized event recommendations.
MD Local provides rapid and convenient access to primary care physicians (PCP) in the United States by leveraging existing telemedicine technology in virtual kiosks at local retail pharmacies or supermarkets. MD Local provides a solution to the ballooning PCP demand and associated access and wait-time challenges through readily improving telecommunications technology, enabling a patient and a physician to be physically located in different parts of the country, thus revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
Memeja is a social networking site that aims to unify users from around the world by identifying with common memes, or pictorial representations of themes, ideas, and experiences. Users can upvote or downvote content based on how much these memes resonate with them and can also share their content with the online community. Through this process, Memeja hopes to create a meaningful user-driven compendium of the human experience.
Traverie is an explorer focused startup that leverages the emotional, personal and inherently social aspects of travel discovery to make the process visual, fun and trustworthy. We bring structure to the current ad hoc and offline model of discovering and selecting destinations. We blend user-generated content, professional content and advertising to deliver a compelling user experience. Our founding team comprises a designer, engineer and product manager from MIT, Harvard and Berkeley-Haas, respectively.
Yaygois a mobility company that will improve transportation by leveraging the smartphone trend. Yaygo hopes to provide a reliable, on-demand, comfortable and safe mode of travel with the flexibility of a taxi and the affordability of a bus.
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