Startup Works for People in Need of Professional Service

When you need professional help, there are several different way to go about getting it. You can begin checking online or calling numbers until you can find a business or professional who can help and hope that they will perform the desired service satisfactorily. You can rely on recommendations or check Craigslist and local forums as well, but there are many risks involved. Fortunately, TalkLocal is, in its creators’ words, a faster, less frustrating way to get immediate help with everyday challenges. Whether you need a plumber, a contractor, a vet, accounting help, or just about any other service imaginable, TalkLocal is a better way to get it. It is also better for the professionals offering these services, connecting their businesses to the consumers searching for them more quickly and easily than ever before. Read more »

Using crowdsourcing to answer questions has been a staple of the web for a very long time. Just look at the prevalence of crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia over the years.  Other companies have recently turned the crowdsourcing model to professional services as well.  Sites like 99Designs have made the model applicable to freelance graphic design work and become very successful.  Now, a cool person in technology named Josef Dunne has founded a company named BabelVerse that takes the crowdsourcing model and applies it to another service—professional translations.  Read more »