Year: 2013

Crowdfunding has been a recent phenomenon in which start-ups can register to a website that gives them access to thousands of possible “funders”. In this case, certain campaigns have been used to purchase fertility treatments. “A couple created ‘operation baby’… Read More

Happy Fourth of July! Thank you to everyone that came out to our event at the Hard Rock Cafe this past Thursday. Everyone at PosEcon hopes that everyone was able to enjoy celebrating america’s birthday from Spain. Thank you again for… Read More

This past weekend, Johnny Agar finished at 5k on his own for the first time. Johnny, at 19, has cerebral palsy, but has completed several 5k, 10k, and marathons with the help of his father. His most recent race, Johnny… Read More

The PosEcon team visited another wine fair yesterday at the Hotel Intercontinental that featured white wines.  Thank you to the many bodegas that provided us with the opportunity to try a variety of white wines and talk about their products and… Read More

Germany’s largest solar company, SMA Solar, will be releasing a daytime solar energy cell for use in the evening. This will cut energy bills for many German households. The product is known as a “solar inverter”. The company says “its… Read More

An article from CNN Business discusses Pixel Academy, “an extracurricular tech wonderland for kids in Brooklyn, NY”. At Pixel Academy, kids learn code, how to make special effects, and use 3-D printers. Mike Fischthal, started Pixel this year and has… Read More

An article that can be found at NBC news, talks about a business, called Webvan that failed as a dot-com online grocery store in 2001. This online grocery store was recently bought by Amazon.com and was redesigned and renamed to… Read More

In an article published by CNN, Jerry Nevins explains how he opened his own frozen cocktails bar, Snow & Co. He explains that him and his three partners thought of the idea, but were having trouble with the initial investment.… Read More