Last year, Co-founders Matt Calligan and Joe Stump set up Simple Geo, a start-up based in Boulder (Colorado, USA). Simple Geo provides ready-to-use location infrastructure which simplifies the addition of geo-aware features to applications. Matt previously founded Socialthing, a company that was chosen to be part of the inaugural year of TechStars.

Anyone with a bit of business nous knows where the next big economic power source is coming from- a rather generously populated nation in the Far East known as China. While economic recession has plagued the world over the past two years, Chinese start-ups have braved the tempestuous business waters in search of innovation and [...]

Emily Corcoran, entrepreneur at Innovatrs talks about how her passion for films led her to set up the production company, Cork Films Ltd in 2001. She went on to produce, co-produce and write a number of short films, documentaries and features and she is now in advanced development with two other feature film projects. Based [...]

Canadian innovator and cleantech entrepreneur, John Paul Morgan, reveals how he founded Morgan Solar, a company which makes inexpensive and affordable solar power in Africa. From formulating the idea, to the construction of a prototype, from building fundraising structures, to forming bonds with major strategic partners, John Paul explains how to successfully create a highly innovative company.

One of Innovatrs‘ top entrepreneurs, Thomas Loarie, gives us an insightful look at the highs and lows that he has encountered on his exciting  career path, which has seen him work alongside a wide variety of successful companies across the globe.   Innovatrs: What made you do it? Why did you take the plunge, became an entrepreneur and give up that cozy [...]

Start-ups can accelerate their growth through the effective use of Crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing brings on-tap and on-demand resources to your venture bit-time, part-time or full time. Online, flexible to the extreme and round the clock, from student to rocket scientist, 24×7. It takes the sweat out of developing your idea. But how specifically should you use [...]

Additional bonus material from the 2008 movie, ‘Work Your Way Up’. In this video the real life Ryan Allis talks about how he built his company (iContact) from scratch and transformed it into a business that made $15 million worth of annual sales. It explores in great depth the skills that are required to become a successful entrepreneur.

It’s a frustrating fact of life. Some of us are tardy. Constantly late for work, late for a date, late going to bed, late for work… again. So how about this for a potential investment opportunity- the electric bicycle. It’s an environmentally friendly and health conscious mode of transport that could end the days of office workers sitting in a corner sweating [...]

Clare Kelway, serial entrepreneur at Innovatrs is a multitasking woman. She started out providing financial services to small companies. She is passionate about helping others get what they want and she is a strong connector. Clare has started up and developed four businesses – in accounting and tax services, property management, credit collection and a [...]

Traditional venture capital is not working. Just look at the average returns of the vast majority of funds. The downturn hasn’t exactly helped. Early stage investing flew out of the pram. We asked our entrepreneurs what they would like to see as a manifesto for change. Here are some thoughts: – treat entrepreneurs like customers [...]

One entrepreneur who really gets to ‘make a difference’. ‘The hangover cure’. How’s yours?

Burton Hamner, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of Hydrovolts, tells us how he invented a radical new hydropower turbine for distributed generation of clean energy and drinking water. Hidrovolts sells water powered portable energy generators. They provide cost-effective technology, training and consultancy – and they teach their clients how to win the support of the community. [...]

I recently heard a successful serial entrepreneur and early stage investor state that the secret to early stage investing is to invest in ‘the chef not the recipe’. One of Silicon Valley’s greatest early stage investors, Bill Draper, used to tell me that he treated the entrepreneurs that he invested in like a stable of [...]