The Start-Up Council, a group of industry experts committed to supporting the next generation of emerging companies, today announces a call for entries for the Q1 2011 Start-Up Council Roundtable to be held on Wednesday, March 23. Created in 2006, the Start-Up Council is a forum providing gratis counsel to entrepreneurs launching new businesses by providing guidance on public relations, social marketing, funding, legal, business development, outsourced manufacturing, marketing and branding. Entries will be accepted until Friday, March 4. Applications can be found at http://bit.ly/hnl0uO ...

Matthew Phelan and Chris Hyland, co-founders of London's fastest growing integrated search agency 4Ps Marketing, have launched new sister agency 4Social. The new social media agency will offer standalone social media strategies for all existing 4Ps Marketing customer base. 4Social will offer social media project management for medium to large companies. Strategy, research and advice should be the main focus of an appointed social media agency but we believe that a brand should think twice before outsourcing 100% of this activity to an agency. To do social media well, ...

Devart announced the release of the new versions of ADO.NET data providers dotConnect for Oracle 6.10, dotConnect for MySQL 6.10, dotConnect for PostgreSQL 5.10 and dotConnect for SQLite 3.10. dotConnect data providers are the enhanced database connectivity solutions built over ADO.NET architecture with support for Entity Framework and LinqConnect ORM solutions. New versions of dotConnect data providers contain new greatly improved model designer and code generation tool - Entity Developer with significant technical advancements. The new version of Entity Developer ...

According to many of the latest reports, including the Employment Situation Summary issued by the US Department of Labor earlier this month, the job markets are starting to gain momentum. As consumers cautiously open their wallets, small businesses, the backbone of the economy for job creation, are poised to expand. But many of the thousands of small businesses that were born during the Great Recession are faced with a new dilemma: they are ready for growth, but can't get the funding to hire new employees and purchase inventory because banks are still reluctant to loan ...

ShaverStore.co.uk launches as a major online price comparator in the mens electric shaving industry. Utilizing the very latest online price comparison engine technology. "We hope to grow to quickly become one of the UK's leading online shaver price comparison web sites". ShaverStore.co.uk is able to search the major UK online and high street shaver and shaving product retailers providing an impartial price comparison. Websites searched include online retailers such as Shavers.co.uk and high street retailers such as Boots. ShaverStore.co.uk comparison engine compares ...

Artensoft Photo Collage Maker gives a full range of options to produce a coherent collage. For example, the user can specify types of tiles to be used for generating a mosaic (mirrored images, 90 degree image rotation to the left or right, or 180 degree rotation). Besides, it is possible to set a radius for eliminating neighboring duplicate tiles, increase or decrease the number of large pictures, and select areas to be filled. When the first mosaic is generated, the user can manipulate a collage to individual preferences by replacing some tiles. The program offers a ...

Earth Heart Inc., a manufacturer of a broad line of natural remedy mists for dogs, is showcasing Guard Well as a featured product to its line of award-winning remedies. Guard Well is an all-natural, safe and healthy mist specially formulated to help nurture a dog's natural state of health, so very important in these Winter and upcoming Spring months. The mist, made with pure essential oils of niaouli, ravensara and frankincense, can be used on puppies from eight to ten weeks of age, and is effective in over 95% of dogs with itching, swelling, skin problems, and other ...

BeanAir's constant endeavor is to provide a full packaged solution for our customers. In that way, we offer Scilab Scripts for advanced users. Fully developed by BeanAir, these scripts integrates FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) and PPV (Peak Particle Velocity) algorithms for digital filtering on vibration & shocks signal measured by the BeanDevice AX-3D (Wireless Tri-axial accelerometer). Essentially based on Scilab software tool (free open source application), customers can easily have an access to the source code of the scripts for a full customization. Scripts are provided ...

Coming from the notion that smooth seas do not produce good sailors, smooth roads never make good drivers. Talking about driving and driving schools, there are a few things that I have always been highly concerned about. How can driving institutes actually be efficient and effective? And how do they measure their performance? Do they keep a track of their pupils in order to check as to who made a mistake while driving or who met with an accident because of a blunder committed by him? Well, all these questions end as irrelevant when I think about London Driving School. ...

The U.S. is making significant progress toward attaining its goal of doubling renewable generation capacity over the next two years, due in large part to support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) introduced in 2009. ARRA investments are funding research projects to develop next generation renewable energy technologies, such as solar thin films and new wind turbine designs that will create a cost competitive alternative to electricity currently generated from coal or natural gas power plants while simultaneously creating long-term economic market ...

Speakman Company, an innovative leader in the shower industry, today unveiled a brand new line of shower products. The newly released product line includes aesthetic updates to some of Speakman's most popular showerheads as well as the introduction of 30+ new showerheads and accessories. The introduction of the new shower products brings a number of new showerhead designs to Speakman's well known shower line. "For years we have spent time perfecting the performance of our showerheads, which has allowed us to become one of the best known shower companies in the world", ...

VQ Capital Inc., in conjunction with Advantage Capital Inc. and BFT Ltd., has set up a $50 million fund to help seed new start-up and growth business opportunities in the renewable energy, agriculture, IT, media, and light manufacturing sectors. This capital program is designed to help companies bridge the gap to traditional finance over a 2-5 year timeline. VQ Capital, a direct-to-source lender with working relationships with over 500 lenders in North America, will now begin management and rollout of its own portfolio. This joint venture has been six months in the making, ...

Sstudio has catered to the whole of Scotland and its suburbs for years now with its impeccable and ultra-furnished portrait photography and wedding photography services. They pride themselves in being able to deliver the most affordable, the most reliable and the most focused services that value each and every customer as if they were royalty. Now, in due appreciation towards the loyalty of their customers, Sstudio proudly presents an offer of GBP100 worth of photo prints absolutely free to anyone who orders for a family portrait before the D-day i.e. February 14th 2011. ...

TechStars, the leading startup accelerator program in the United States, has launched the TechStars Network, an alliance of independently owned and operated startup accelerator programs from dozens of cities across the United States and around the world. Based upon the mentorship-driven model pioneered by TechStars, these programs provide seed funding and mentorship to innovative entrepreneurs. The TechStars Network connects these organizations and provides best practices, professional development, networking opportunities and ongoing support for member organizations. The ...

There are already 2 million people waiting, and the list is guaranteed to be growing even while you read this - so to avoid disappointment the organisers of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games are urging spectators to book early by signing up to their online waiting list. And who can blame them? For the 2012 London Olympics are the most hotly awaited games of all time with the whole world eagerly watching every brick that is laid, every blade of grass that is sown and every seat that is riveted into the Olympic Park main stadium. There are currently over ...

C G Pitcher and Son, family builders based in Blandford, Dorset have won the Constructing Excellence Best Small Contractor UK 2010 at the awards held at the end of last year in London. C G Pitcher and Son had previously won the South West regional award for 'Best Small Contractor 2010' in June of last year and were put against the best of the other seven regional winners at the London awards in December. Director of C G Pitcher and Son, Mark Pitcher said "We are thrilled to win this award, which confirms us as the best small builder in the UK. This is a great award and ...

Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner at Blue Asset Management LLC said his fund has listed for sale properties in Williamstown and Barrington New Jersey. Blue Asset Management listed both properties for sale with Coldwell Banker Elite, who maintain real estate sales offices in the area. According to Blumenkehl, "These properties represent investments made when the mortgage crisis was first manifesting itself in the need for cash strapped banks to monetize non performing loans quickly to achieve liquidity. I am pleased we were able to help the bank we worked with in achieving ...

Block-shifting, shape-making, time-beating, award-winning puzzle game Denki Blocks! is coming to the PSP Minis store in Europe, thanks to the team at Tiger Games in Scotland. Originally conceived and created by Denki, Denki Blocks! is a unique, simple and fun puzzle game, which combines really, really simple controls and concept with the most fiendish puzzles, traps and pitfalls since mankind stopped building huge, sinister temples. The goal of Denki Blocks! is really easy. Join together all of the same coloured blocks. However, all of the coloured blocks slide - all ...

Sherwood Park Dodge will be selling the latest FIAT 500 models in February 2011. Chosen as one of four Edmonton FIAT dealers to sell the Fiat 500, Sherwood Park Dodge is excited and optimistic about distributing this great little car. FIAT 500 has been remodeled to become a comprehensively modern small car. Its premium engineering and retro-chic styling makes it both a hit and hip for the sophisticated but practical city driving dwellers. Since its re-introduction in July 2007, FIAT 500 has become a mini-car macro sales success story as sales near 600,000 units. FIAT ...

Buker, Inc. offers a Visual Factory Course for companies on their Lean Manufacturing journey. The Visual Factory Course is a one day event that defines the basic visual factory blueprint of best in class Lean Manufacturing factories. The course focuses on the visual tools being utilized in Lean factories to drive continuous process improvement. The Visual Factory Course focuses on: 5 Pillars of Workplace Organization The Value Stream's Territory Visual Production Control Visual Quality Control Communication and Visible Progress Michael Tincher, President of Buker, ...

The web platform developed by CADWARE Engineering is intended for both resellers and end-users, allowing fast and friendly access to product information, learning resources, online shop and discussion forum where users can post their experiences and opinions. "We consider it necessary for this communication and trading instrument to exist, because we wish to have a close and prompt relation with the users of 3D Space applications, and in addition we align ourselves with our external partners who distribute the products.", said Niculae ION, Managing Partner, CADWARE Engineering. The ...

Mai-BS (Thailand) signed an agreement with the owners of Pratunam Hotel at Khon Khaen, north-eastern Thailand to provide professional hotel consultation and full operational and sales and marketing support to re-brand, re-organize and re-structure the hotel. Pratunam Hotel is a one year old hotel development, only minutes from the city centre and part of a shopping market with over 1200 shops. The Khon Khaen hotel offers 124 rooms, extensive banqueting and meeting facilities, 2 restaurants, Karaoke rooms. It is our aim to develop this hotel to be the leading ...

There are situations in which it is always a good idea to have a reliable archive in addition to records for radio broadcasting. RadioLogger is a complete solution allowing you to do precisely that. It has a minimal impact on system performance. RadioLogger is impressively reliable and it leave a minimal footprint on your computer performance and does not, in any way, adversely affect your radio broadcasts. Being able to archive your broadcasts is ideal in case you ever need to refer back to a previously broadcasted track for legal reasons or to solve an advertising ...

Double glazing giant Safestyle UK is stepping up its recycling campaign and making strides in its commitment to the environment. The company is cutting down on the amount of waste it produces by expanding in-house eco-friendly methods at all of its 40+ branches and depots nationwide, while also expanding its range of energy-saving double glazing products. Safestyle is encouraging its customers to reduce their carbon footprint, alongside improvements that have increased the green credentials of its window and doors. The replacement window firm has a dedicated ...

Donna Price, Leadership Strategist and Team Builder, along with Co-Founder Debora McLaughlin, Executive Leadership Coach, are pleased to bring the "Accountability Experience " to the Real World Leader's Institute. Workplaces demand a responsive team that can deliver and meet the demands of customers. But the reality is that leaders develop BIG strategic plans and implementation strategies and still find there is a huge gap between strategic goals and performance results. Employees feel pressure to perform with demands of management that are higher and higher. The key ...