There is a new education venture debuting at this years One Spark. The Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership - a conference and training venue in northeast Florida - announced the new initiative, #EDSPARK, last November: "#EDSPARK, an initiative of the Schultz Center, will curate a One Spark Venue where Creators with education-related Projects can exhibit at One Spark."
Vinny is a free application that helps you to find the real value of a used car. Just scan the vehicles VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) barcode, or entering the VIN number, adjust the condition of the vehicle (mileage and wear) and the app gives you the "Vinny Price."
Kickstarter and Indiegogo are great crowdfunding platforms for just about anything under the sun. What started out as a way for independent musicians to get their music projects funded, quickly evolved into a platform for games to be developers, products to come to market and even books to get published. But now that crowdfunding is [...]
With just a little more than two weeks until the second annual OneSpark crowdfunding festival in Jacksonville Florida we've been taking a closer look at the creators and their creations that will be looking for over $3 million dollars in funding during the five day event. James Sopchak, a small business owner in Jacksonville Florida [...]
Plexr, a One Spark Creator, has a very strange app, so strange that it may just blow up. Think about it. What did you think when you heard of Snapchat for the very first time? Or Vine? Or Whisper? All a little bit strange, but now they are all at the top of the app stores. Plexr falls into the same sort of category.
There are plenty of tools and SaaS solutions out there for companies with a marketing team, marketing consultant or marketers themselves. But what about small businesses who don't have the time or knowledge to manage their own marketing. In today's busy digital world it's quite possible that a business owner could have an amazing accounting [...]
Tampa Bay's NeverWander has begun what looks to be an interesting and useful project. The company is in the process of building both hardware and software to solve the problem of keeping track of young children in a crowded place - amusement park, mall, and the like
One of the more interesting projects that we had a chance to check out at last years inaugural One Spark was Immersed Games. The company is in the process of building a huge educational MMORPG. Think World of Warcraft or Ultima Online for education.
This year, Khan's STACHE Corp has partnered with six more investment firms - Arsenal Venture Partners, Florida Blue, Healthbox, PS27 Ventures and UE Investors - to up the total private investment opportunity to $3.35 million at this years One Spark
We saw an awful lot at SXSW, but one of our favorites had to be Girlstart. The Austin-based nonprofits' mission is to empower girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They go about this mission in a variety of different ways: The Girlstart After school program; Girlstart Summer Camp; the STEM Saturday workshops; Community Science Extravaganzas; [...]
