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The world’s leading innovator of learning and performance improvement tools, Fort Hill Company, has announced a new strategic partnership with LAB SSJ, Brazil's leading provider of learning and development solutions. Wilmington, Delaware (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 The partnership includes a capital investment by LAB SSJ as part of Fort Hill’s expansion of the company’s three flagship innovations – ResultsEngine®, Achievement Roadmap™, and We Achieve™. “This...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freelancer.com has been presented a Smart Company Web Award in the category for Best Company Website with over 20 employees. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120709/NY36516LOGO) For the fourth year in a row, SmartCompany has recognized the best in Australian internet enterprise with its Web Award. Selected by a panel of fifteen judges with expertise across a broad range of industries, winners in eight categories are...

TULSA, Okla., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tulsa, Oklahoma based 1.0 Innovations has launched a Kickstarter project to help fund production of their versatile tablet stand called XFLEX. "Everybody loves their iPad or Kindle, but no one likes holding it," says George Bashaw, President of 1.0 Innovations. Marketed as The Single Stand Solution(TM), Bashaw says, "XFLEX is the most versatile tablet stand on the market today. The weighted base and flexible gooseneck allow for unlimited...

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InnoCentive, Inc., the global leader in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, and Scientific American, the leading authoritative publication for science in the general media, today announced a partnership for the Scientific American Open Innovation Pavilion, an online hub where science enthusiasts will be able to help solve global scientific problems. Scheduled to go live in the Spring of 2013, the Scientific American...

Crowd Funding a Robotic Rebellion Starting with Light Switch - iGloLED is Funding a 12 Volt Controller on Kickstarter - The WiFi Based Controller Will Have an SDK with Example Code - A New 12v Dev Kit is $99 Compared to $299 for Current Range Product New York, NY (PRWEB) December 09, 2012 MEA Mobile today announced funding for the next generation of its breakthrough WiFi controller will be crowd sourced through Kickstarter. The goal is to enable easy hardware connection to mobile...

Christopher Oliver and James Villepigue announce BigfootBlimp.com homepage will redirect visitors directly to the Kickstarter fundraising page for the falcon project. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) December 08, 2012 Christopher Oliver and James Villepigue announce BigfootBlimp.com homepage will redirect visitors directly to the Kickstarter fundraising page for the Falcon Project. The Falcon Project’s Kickstarter fundraising drive is now live and runs through January 25, 2013. “We are making it...

WHITINSVILLE, Mass., Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JamHub Corp., makers of an innovative line of silent rehearsal studio products for musicians and schools, today launched a new Kickstarter project to fund its new BandLab(TM) cloud-based digital audio workstation (DAW). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121207/LA25870) Supporters will gain early access to this complete reimagining of the traditional DAW, as well as founding member designation and other rewards. To...

SEMINOLE, Fla., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Two grandmothers, on fire to make a difference, recently launched a Crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. They are raising funds to create an online platform, called The Kindness Wave, to join individuals and communities together in a collective effort to make a real difference in the world. Our society is rapidly changing and it's time for a kindness movement. The online social community concept has been in development for almost a...

DETROIT, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pending final U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval in 2013 for equity-based crowdfunding, campaigns like DoughforHostess.com will be serious contenders in this up-and-coming financial movement made possible by Title II of the JOBS Act of 2012. DoughforHostess.com launched during Thanksgiving as the Hostess company received the go-ahead for liquidation of its assets. In two weeks' time, thousands of individuals flocked...

STOCKHOLM, December 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this fall, FundedByMe [http://www.fundedbyme.com ] started testing its crowd equity platform in stealth. Only 40 days later, the company has shifted its main focus away from classic crowdfunding towards equity crowdfunding. By doing so FundedByMe [http://www.fundedbyme.com ] wants to get involved in early-stage startups by providing the entrepreneurs with all the necessary tools to manage fundraising campaigns and large...