Learning a Language is Better with Nulu
Billions of people worldwide speak more than one language in some capacity, but not fluently, and many need or desire to learn another language for both personal and professional reasons. This is a problem addressed by many companies, and a number of English-learning services apply technology to be more effective. Nulu is one startup looking to help, serving as an interactive web platform that helps users learn languages. There are many different ways to do this, but Nulu takes a different approach than most. Simple dictation and repetition have shown to be effective, but Nulu takes that concept and modifies it to be more appealing and interesting in a way that can better keep the attention of the learner. It offers new, interactive content every day in a way that is more engaging than any simple “hear and respond” system or any textbook. Read more »
Searching for a healthcare provider with the intent of finding good care at an affordable price can be a lengthy, difficult, and sometimes confusing prospect. There are some services online that can help you do this to some degree, and even the government is now involved in the effort. Now, you can rely on a startup called PricingHealthcare to make your search easier and more fruitful. It is a service that works to help patients find ways to better afford care and simplify the sometimes massive amount of paperwork involved. It provides open access to healthcare prices in a more transparent way than ever before, but it offers some other benefits as well. Not only can users view pricing in a way that is not confusing from many different healthcare providers nationwide, but there are many other helpful things that they can gain from utilizing PricingHealthcare. 
Inventory management and sales reporting are two of the most important functions of a retail store. Shopventory is a startup using technology to provide what its developers refer to as advanced inventory management and sales reporting that helps you “empower the small business you love.” It does this by providing an inventory management system particularly idealized for small to medium-sized business that is also easy to use. One of the ways it does this is by integrating with the most popular and widely-used payment systems, including retailer favorites PayPal and Square. 
If you are tired of the stress and tedium that comes from all of the planning for a vacation or family trip to a city that is meant to be fun, you are not alone. That is the premise behind Citybot, an app designed to help you plan, organize and schedule the best activities for your trip. While this is not a new concept, current apps, programs, and traditional methods still, for the most part, force you to spend hours figuring everything out and sorting through city maps, digital or otherwise. Conversely, Citybot uses smart data to ease the difficulties of the city travel planning process, and its creators have stated that the intent behind the app is to “make travel planning fun again.” 
Customer engagement and conversion of potential customers to long-term ones is the driving force of any business. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to pinpoint exactly how best to do this, and many factors can affect your company’s customer base for better or worse. Sales leads are key in the process of building a customer base, and this is where a startup called realSociable comes in. Simply put, a sales lead is a potential consumer of your product or service created when he or she shows interest and provides his or her contact information. The main methods businesses use to gain access to sales leads are advertising, trade shows, and mailings or emails, among a number of others. The Internet has been a great source of help to companies small and large with marketing automation platforms, which have made it simpler than ever to create a steady rise in potential customers, but many of these still lack the tools necessary to best analyze them and determine which are most important. 
For many homeowners, utilizing a short sale is an effective way to avoid foreclosing on a house, but the short sale process is not as easy as many think. This occurs when a lender allows a homeowner to sell his or her home at a lower price than the amount still owed on a home loan. Fortunately, there is a startup called Shortsalesopedia that exists to help people with the entire process of performing a short sale. It works to solve the problems of the many people who find the experience so convoluted that it can be extremely difficult to figure out, as there are few other resources available to give them the information and resources they need. A straight answer can be difficult to come by in discovering and working through the many technicalities, legal and otherwise, of real estate transactions. Shortsalesopedia provides an interactive website where people going through short sales can ask questions and get answers from hundreds of real estate industry experts. 
Keeping up to date with the technology that helps a business work as efficiently as possible is always an important aspect of daily operations. This is even more important in the medical field, where an IT issue or lack of compatibility among the programs care providers use can drastically affect the health and even threaten the lives of those benefitting from the technology used. MDTechPro is, as its creators call it, a technology solution for healthcare. It offers professional technology solutions for the healthcare industry, specifically to integrate the many programs or apps a health care provider uses in one place. It provides integration with and support for lab work, prescriptions, billing, transcription, and any other medical related services. It also specializes in helping your practice operate the programs themselves whether you are a single practitioner or part of a much larger healthcare facility. 
Traditional methods of signing documentation, particularly for legal purposes, can often lead to lengthy wait times for approval and other issues such as cost of manpower for paperwork and verification and questions of legality. Few companies offering electronic signature (or e-signature) collection and verification offer mobile optimization for their software and services, and it is for this reason and all the issues involved that a startup called Vignature exists to aid in the process. It is not only easier and more user-friendly for mobile devices, but it works to add an additional layer of safety and verification to the e-signature process. Simply put, Vignature makes verification of binding documentation a quicker and easier process than ever. 
With the constant access granted by the Internet, particularly by means of social media, the modern consumer wants and expects to engage with the brands they love. Conversely, it is of great benefits to companies to grow as large and knowledgeable a fan base as possible. Fancorps is a service that works to aid in this process by giving brands control over interactions and recommendations on social media that have become key to success on major networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Instagram. Brand success relies heavily on these networks, serving as free or cheap advertising and information for customers on everything a company may desire to share. 
It is easy enough to find a good deal on the items you want, whether that means searching through the Sunday paper, clipping coupons, or using websites such as Amazon or eBay. Unfortunately, however, these methods are very often time-consuming and sometimes fruitless. Even with mobile devices, finding a bargain may require you to install several apps, possibly even on a brand-by-brand basis or through many individual companies, and an online retailer may not always have what you are hoping to find. Fortunately, there is Upside, which helps you save money simply by linking an online account with existing social media to let you find all the discounts that once required much more effort or the use of many different mobile apps. Upside is a quick, paperless option that works with a large range of major brands at any store that accepts coupons. Online retailers can be cheap, but Upside can give you discounts in real time while you are out shopping, even on items that are already on sale.