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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

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5 years ago

A company that makes smart front door locks that can be controlled remotely. The lock can be unlocked from a smartphone app, or from a website.

317

5 years ago

A micro-funding platform for entrepreneurs, reducing the cost of startup capital for high growth startups by providing a mechanism for investors to match their own funds with the startups they care about. The goal is to save startups money on the front end while generating real returns on the back end.

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3 years ago

This company wants to create an app that will catch the attention of people who are passing by storefronts and then tell them about the experiences within.

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4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to rent or lease their storefronts, with a backend API that developers can use to build apps for managing rental inventory and payments.

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4 years ago

allows companies to create online shopfronts for their products, eliminating the need for physical storefronts. It’s growing quickly, and recently closed a $3.8 million series A round.

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2 years ago 2 views

The app is designed to help community centers run classes in their building. It’s meant to be situated next to their front desk, and can be used to create a schedule and notify people in the building of what’s happening.

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2 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies create several different e-commerce storefronts so they can sell different products in different countries.

222

4 years ago

A tool that helps businesses make and manage their own digital storefronts, which they plug into their website.

221

4 years ago

A startup that provides professional services for marketing, design, and technology to brands that want to set up their own online storefronts.

212

3 years ago

A user-friendly and secure digital passport store that brings biometrics to the forefront of travel documents.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people who don’t want to leave their house and travel to a remote server to control their home. For instance, they can open their front door, see if their dog is barking, and see how far away it is from their neighbor’s home.

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4 years ago

A company that uses Microsoft Azure to help businesses create and manage online store fronts

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5 years ago

The startup is building a service that they describe as “the Uber of air travel”. It replaces the “front-end” that users deal with when they book a flight and instead of a travel agent, will connect them directly with an itinerary.

188

3 years ago

A digital platform for artists to sell their work, giving them a chance to get their work in front of a wider audience.

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5 years ago 1 views

This app helps content creators sell their products on Amazon, using a digital storefront.

187

5 years ago

An eCommerce company that offers virtual and physical storefronts for customers to order from.

167

4 years ago

A digital storefront for artists and designers to sell their own artwork and designs.

166

5 years ago

A tool for creating custom front-end web applications with a drag-and-drop interface

165

4 years ago

A tool for those who sell their own art, such as artists, musicians, and writers. It allows people to set up a storefront and sell their works to paying customers.

164

5 years ago

A startup that helps freelancers get paid up front, then moves that money to a business account if they don’t get enough gigs booked in a given period of time. Today it has paying customers in the US, UK, and Australia, and is profitable.

163

5 years ago

A startup that helps the kinds of freelancers that build websites for clients, by getting them money upfront for their work.

162

5 years ago

A company that helps crews build and launch new apps without a lot of upfront capital. It’s launching with an app that helps small businesses with the software development process—from project definition to iteration on a prototype to launch.

159

5 years ago

A startup that provides an online toolkit for building ecommerce storefronts.

158

4 years ago

A startup that’s targeting the financial services industry with the idea of developing a platform for people to sign up for payday loans. The startup has already built the back end for this app and is now working on the front end.

156

5 years ago

A way of creating a digital storefront to sell products on Amazon.com with 3% of sales going to the seller.

153

3 years ago

A startup that aims to become a store-front for health insurance that helps you shop around for the best prices, based on which plan is best for you. It’s currently in the beta phase of development.

152

5 years ago

A platform for businesses to manage their employee headshots, from the front-facing photos they’re used to seeing on LinkedIn to the full-on professional headshots.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies focus on getting products in front of customers rather than spending too much time on marketing.

145

3 years ago

Businesses that have a permanent physical presence in a city can now use Google Maps to check the status of their storefront — whether it’s open or closed — and see when it will open.

143

5 years ago

A company that wants to help retailers and restaurant chains build their own online storefronts from scratch. The startup helps with building the critical first step of a business, from creating a landing page to getting the store’s inventory all set up.

142

5 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners manage and grow their business across the internet by allowing them to create a virtual storefront, and tap into the expertise of other entrepreneurs.

140

5 years ago

A tool that lets you create and manage your own personal e-commerce store. The startup aims to help you create a storefront, or online shop, on Shopify or WooCommerce that will be managed entirely by you.

139

5 years ago

A digital storefront for low-income people to buy used items from other people across the country, with a focus on items that are hard to find in the country.

138

5 years ago

A company that helps brands co-create merchandise for sale, using a virtual store front to sell the items.

136

4 years ago

A tool that helps users find, contact and automate the adoption of new mobile workflows. The startup wants to help organizations with the upfront and ongoing costs of getting employees to adopt new mobile apps.

136

5 years ago

A platform that helps recruiters lower the barriers to getting in front of candidates, even when candidates are only in the US and abroad with different time zones.

133

5 years ago

A new way to create personalized cards, with a variety of materials printed on the front. It’s a way to create business cards that are more meaningful than traditional business cards.

132

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for marketers to get their wares in front of creative people, and for creative people to get paid for their work.

130

4 years ago

BizCloud is building an app that allows companies to turn any website into a digital storefront. This would allow them to create an “app store” and sell digital products and services.

130

2 years ago

a “platform for developers to build and launch their own open-source projects”. They provide the backend to allow users to create and manage projects on GitHub, the frontend to allow users to manage their projects on GitHub, and the ability to help developers make their projects on GitHub better.

125

4 years ago

A cloud-based platform for e-commerce that allows sellers to create their own storefronts.

122

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses by giving them a platform to get their products in front of large-scale advertisers.

121

5 years ago

The company wants to make it easier for people to sell their old games online with a digital storefront, and also make it easier for people to get paid when they find bugs in games.

119

5 years ago

A digital storefront for selling and marketing your art. The company is currently focused on artists whose work is sold by galleries, but it wants to expand into more verticals.

118

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants build a digital storefront on their own websites. The platform allows restaurants to build their own landing pages with a toolkit that is easy to use.

117

5 years ago

A company that helps retail chains and radio stations travel agency and tour operators to create their own digital storefronts.

116

5 years ago

a free front-end application for Gmail that allows users to download and share their email directly to other messaging apps. The company’s aim is to provide a simpler, more intuitive interface for users to manage their email.

116

5 years ago

P2P lending is the new frontier for startups, with this one looking to build a P2P borrowing platform.

114

5 years ago

A startup for crowd-sourcing, developed by the founders of Yelp, to help providers compete for customers. It’s currently a beta app, but the founders say it will be available for businesses to use in the coming weeks. If it catches on, it could disrupt the way users find and book services by grouping a person’s needs in front of a provider that has been vetted by the community.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that allows small businesses to sell items on their own websites, without worrying about offline inventory or storefronts.

108

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for businesses to advertise products and services, but the business doesn’t necessarily have to be in the company’s physical space. The startup wants to bring the physical world online by creating a virtual storefront for physical businesses.

108

4 years ago

A tool for freelancers that allows them to create invoices with no upfront cost or monthly subscription. The startup is looking to be a cheaper alternative to Upwork and Freelancer.

106

4 years ago

A tool to help a team collaborate more easily by giving them a “Morning Scrum” checklist up front and allowing them to complete the checklist in the morning.

105

3 years ago

An insurance company for drivers with good driving records, that offers discount rates for those who pay for dependents up front.

103

3 years ago

A storefront for selling used goods and new goods from the same seller on Amazon.com.

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4 years ago

This startup aims to help companies in the legal space, including startups and other legal startups, to centralize their legal documents and data, manage them all in one place, and get them in front of a lawyer for a consult when needed.

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3 years ago

An online shopping cart that integrates with a retailer's own digital storefront. The startup allows customers to shop online, then have the items shipped directly to their home.

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4 years ago

A small team of developers who specialize in both front-end and back-end development. The startup is looking to build a web platform to integrate data from other sources into Tableau. They’re currently $5,000 in debt.

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2 years ago

A digital marketing platform for businesses and startups looking to get in front of web audiences.

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4 years ago

A platform for student loans, with no upfront fees. They’re currently in talks with over 100 banks to make it available to their customers.

85

4 years ago

Mobile-first applications are a thing. So is the idea of a mobile website. But one startup, UpFront, wants to take it a step further, allowing users to create mobile websites from their mobile apps. The company is looking to build a mobile-first CMS, and one of its clients, Humble Bundle, is already using the tool to create a mobile-first website for its App Store.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a way of getting more people involved in investing. Think about it as putting a more accessible and polite version of robo-advisors front and center.

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4 years ago

This startup lets retailers build a custom app for their business. The idea is to let retailers build a store-specific app that gives them the tools to keep track of inventory, take reservations, and handle loyalty programs. It’s like a storefront made for the store.

84

4 years ago

A digital storefront for physical objects, similar to Etsy but focused on travel and experiences.

83

4 years ago

This startup is building a “connector” for B2B companies to get their voice and image out to the world and get their products and services in front of the right people.

83

4 years ago

A sort of storefront for people selling their used items, with a focus on selling “non-traditional” goods, like vintage clothing or vinyl records.

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2 years ago

Hitting the $1 million to $2 million mark in funding over the course of 12 months is fairly rare for a startup. But it’s true in the world of payday loans. Money Mart has managed to do it for the past two years. They’re a next-generation bank that offers storefronts, mobile apps and online banking as well as traditional loans. They’re growing in Canada, the UK and the US.

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2 years ago

A web-based tool to build and maintain a digital storefront. The startup is attracting traction with a useful tool that lets sellers develop a storefront and manage their products, images, and descriptions without having to go through the tedious process of building their own e-commerce site.

83

3 years ago

A startup that builds websites for small businesses. The company has already built over 100 sites, and has been featured on Techcrunch and on the front page of Medium.

82

4 years ago

Helping companies lower the cost of building a loyalty program by allowing users to opt in to a loyalty program without the need for one upfront.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to build a platform for online contracts. The company wants users to pay for services in advance without paying upfront fees.

79

3 years ago

A startup that helps hotels manage their inventory. The startup, which launched in May, wants to help hotels manage their inventory, ensure the right product is in front of their guests, and ensure that they’re tracking their inventory accurately.

78

3 years ago

A platform for sellers and brands to grow on the Shopify platform by providing an alternative to the storefront that many sellers already use there.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help retailers and brands use their social media channels to get their products in front of people buying them.

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4 years ago

A front-end real-time interface for log management

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4 years ago

A network that helps people build wealth by giving them an app they can use to invest their savings with the best options. The startup is aiming to grow and compete against Wealthfront and Betterment.

73

3 years ago

A platform that acts as a digital storefront for artists, connecting them directly to fans, and allows them to sell digital downloads as well

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4 years ago

A startup that lets users pay for their own ads on websites and social media. The startup is also announcing its first acquisition, a company called ad optimization engine Storefront that has developed a technology to show ads to people based on their demographic profile.

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4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to create a “digital storefront” for their products, which then appears on their website.

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4 years ago

The company makes a tailored set of business templates that are created for each company, and help entrepreneurs launch quickly, with little to no upfront costs.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies build the frontends for their data analysis applications, for CRM, supply chain, and more.

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4 years ago

A company that wants to build a platform for local businesses to get their products in front of people who are interested, by connecting them to other local businesses.

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4 years ago

A platform to help retailers sell their products. The startup recently launched a “marketplace” where it displays products from different retailers that it has teamed up with on a branded storefront.

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3 years ago

A tool for real estate agents to manage a client’s home from the front desk, using new technology to track who’s in each room, what needs to be done, and how much it will cost.

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3 years ago

Tapping into the underutilized expertise of the hotel industry, a startup is building software that helps hotels find and hire the right employees, from housekeeping to front desk to maintenance. The software aggregates online listings from local job sites, and then works with a candidate’s information to determine the best fit for the opening. The startup is also working with the hotel to get the word out about the opening to their customers.

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3 years ago

A “hotel concierge” that enables guests to book the rooms they want without worrying about the hassle of dealing with the front desk. The startup’s flagship product is “Rooms”, a website that allows users to book rooms at hotels around the world.

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3 years ago

A product platform that allows companies to easily create, download, and manage custom eCommerce storefronts on their own website.

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4 years ago

A food delivery app for restaurants and food trucks, with the goal of helping them cut down on wasted food by bringing it right to the front door.

65

4 years ago

A delivery app that integrates with existing couriers and delivery services that allows people to order food from local restaurants and have it delivered to their front door in an hour.

65

3 years ago

A startup that is working to eliminate the “stoplight syndrome” from traffic flow. For those who don’t know, a “stoplight” is when one car slows down while in front of another, causing the one behind to slam on the brakes and back up.

65

4 years ago

A platform that helps photographers build portfolios using a variety of photos. The startup is bootstrapped and currently working to get in front of bloggers and other influencers before it's ready for a round.

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4 years ago

An adtech company that enables brands to reach the most relevant people on social media. The company is working on the front end of how social media ads are shown and paid.

64

4 years ago

Startups with a “retail-first” mindset, focused on selling a product through a web-based storefront, rather than in a physical store. They tend to be larger, with 4–7 employees.

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3 years ago

A startup that offers a way for small businesses to customize print products online to create special-edition products without the high upfront costs associated with traditional custom products.

64

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for small business owners to have a storefront presence on the internet. Instead of opening a website the company works with businesses to have a simple storefront integrated into their existing business.

63

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their online storefronts. The tool is meant to help small retailers, who currently have to manage their storefronts themselves. The startup is offering the tool as a monthly subscription with a free one-month trial.

62

4 years ago

The company, known as “The Pick”, is building a system that helps users find the products they need when they’re not in the store. The Pick offers a digital storefront and mobile app that allow users to search products, compare prices, and get delivery times.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to move the digital accounting process from the back office to the front office.

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3 years ago

This is a shop that’s trying to bring the best of a physical bookstore to the digital world. The startup is currently working with a handful of brick-and-mortar stores and wants to use partnerships with retailers like Barnes and Noble’s and Amazon to bring their digital storefront to those physical stores.

61

3 years ago

A connected home security system, with a plan to have a front door-based system, a camera-based system, and an in-home monitoring system.

61

3 years ago

This startup wants to make the internet more “friendly” to businesses by helping smaller companies get their products and services in front of the right people. They’re currently working with over 200 businesses.

61

4 years ago

This works to match and hire the best freelancers on the web, with a focus on software engineers and front-end developers.

60

4 years ago

A company that makes smart locks for high-end residential housing, so that you can unlock your front door with your phone, for instance.

60

4 years ago

A platform that allows a business to rent space in their storefront for shoppers to use to do their own shopping. This is done either by the business itself or by a third party that acts as an agent.

59

3 years ago

A company that gives airlines the ability to offer better customer service by offering a direct line to passengers. In the US, the startup says they’ve already onboarded over 50 airlines, mostly low-cost carriers like Spirit and Frontier.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform that helps brands connect with influencers to get their products in front of the right people.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps distributors get in front of retail customers, helping them to create and market online shopping experiences.

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3 years ago

A company that helps companies manage the back-end of their sales and marketing operations and automate the front-end. The company is currently active in the healthcare and financial industries.

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3 years ago

The company has a new product that lets small businesses use the same tools as larger companies to set up a storefront. The product is meant to be a more accessible alternative to the Shopify platform.

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3 years ago

A platform for startup founders to raise capital in a new way. Their pitch is that their platform is bringing transparency and efficiency to angel investing. Instead of a typical deal where a startup founder gets 50% of the company’s future equity, they offer equity up front as well as a stake in the company’s future profits.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a standalone front-end for premium video ads.

52

3 years ago

This is a company that wants to make selling your old books easy and fun. With a combination of delivery, digital storefront, and mobile app, they aim to help both the seller (who can get $20 per book) and the buyer (who can buy many books at once).

52

3 years ago

A startup for lending money to credit unions, with no fees. The company has a lot of traction on this front, with many credit unions currently looking at the platform.

51

3 years ago

A startup that offers mobile phone repair at its storefronts, with the first location opening in June 2015. The company says that most of its repairs cost $70, but that it can return a phone to a customer for free if it doesn’t work.

50

3 years ago

A subscription-based marketplace for businesses to buy and sell products online, in an effort to replace the need for physical storefronts.

49

3 years ago

A self-serve platform that allows anyone to create an online store or e-commerce storefront. The startup has 13 employees and is bootstrapped.

48

3 years ago

A startup that helps merchants integrate digital loyalty programs with their storefronts.

47

3 years ago

This is a platform to help brands build and manage their stores in China. The platform offers a digital storefront with a web and mobile point of sale and backend for inventory, online payments, and marketing.

47

3 years ago

A way for brands to get their products in front of potential customers. The startup was founded in January, and has already partnered with companies like Warby Parker and Patagonia to get their products in front of customers.

46

2 years ago

A smart lock for your front door that automatically unlocks when you come home.

46

3 years ago

A startup that allows businesses to create a secure, private and encrypted “front door” to their company that can be accessed by employees, contractors, and customers.

45

2 years ago

A way for retailers to send direct messages to shoppers on social media, or search for products by brand or category. It will help them create customized experiences around their products, and serve as a digital storefront for their customers.

45

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a version of Amazon, where consumers can buy products directly from brands. The startup says they’re building a storefront that’s all about discovery and discovery is the hard part.

44

3 years ago

An online platform that helps professionals give presentations online, either in front of a group or to a single person, who can then edit those presentations and share them via email or other services. They also claim that their platform has a higher percentage of “live” presentations than competitors like Slideshare.

44

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in the US and Canada manage their credit card processing, from the front end to the back.

40

2 years ago

A startup that builds on the concept of front-end-as-a-service (FaaS) and backend-as-a-service (BaaS). It is not only focused on user interfaces, but also on a backend that allows developers to build apps without a coding background.

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2 years ago

A financial company that helps other businesses manage the storefronts of local stores. The startup turns storefronts into “digital showrooms”, letting businesses show off their products online and offline.

35

2 years ago

A startup developing a network of kiosks that can help customers quickly purchase goods and services from a local merchant. The startup wants to help small businesses get online by making them kiosks they can use as a storefront.

35

2 years ago

A platform that helps people find “buddy lawyers”, a lawyer that will work with you to a resolution without charging you upfront.

35

2 years ago

An HR app that helps people find internships on campuses and companies in their area. The startup helps students get the first application in, so they can get in front of recruiters.

31

2 years ago

A social network for people who want help with their finances. The business is aimed at people with tight budgets, and a business model where the company charges a fee for the service, and you pay upfront.

28

2 years ago

A software company that specializes in backend and frontend technologies for marketing.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s focused on making online education more interactive. Its service, called ReadyBuddy, allows students to receive personalized feedback from their instructors for every lesson. It works by having a group of students take a quiz up front, and then having their instructor review it.

27

2 years ago

A startup that helps insurance companies bridge the gap between policyholders and their claims by creating a front end that simplifies the process of creating and tracking claims.

25

2 years ago

A startup that helps people create music, drawing on the talent of others. The startup is starting with the band My Morning Jacket, and has done a deal with the band to get in front of iPhone users.

22

2 years ago

A front-end SaaS company that wants to enable companies to build apps with the same UX and features as their competitors’ products, to avoid vendor lock-in and costly updates.

21

2 years ago

A software company in Utah that helps companies and not-for-profits set up web-based call centers with zero upfront costs. The founders assume that companies don’t want to spend on call center software since most of their deals are over the phone.

19

2 years ago

A tool that helps retailers get in front of their customers and see what they’re purchasing and what they’re not, in order to optimize their supply chain.

19

5 years ago

Idea: Fuctional programming is one of the frontiers of software development, and this startup is building a tool to help developers better understand the functional code they’re writing.

18

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses to create their own branded storefronts on e-commerce platforms.

18

2 years ago

Storefronts of appliances like drones and RC cars. The startup wants to create a marketplace for retailers to sell products that otherwise would have to be shipped from China.

17

2 years ago

A “sales productivity” app that helps sales teams organize their sales pipelines. The startup wants to help sales reps spend less time on repetitive tasks like emailing and more time in front of customers.

17

2 years ago

A tool to help restaurant owners manage their front-of-house staff and keep track of their daily sales.

16

2 years ago

A company that helps brands get in front of their target audience, allowing them to run highly targeted advertising campaigns.

16

5 years ago

A startup that sells a product where you can set your kids up with a set of flashcards, then the flash cards have a QR code on them and a camera sits in front of the flash card and when

15

2 years ago

This is a company that helps businesses and brands find people to sponsor their product or cause. A new way to raise money for organizations without asking people to make an upfront donation.

15

2 years ago

A startup that helps you build a digital storefront for your physical products. The company is really focused on the B2B side of things, but it does have some consumer apps too.

12

2 years ago

This startup, based in Pakistan, wants to help small businesses build e-commerce sites with Facebook’s Create React App. It’s the first platform to let small e-commerce operations build a Facebook-integrated storefront without any coding experience.

11

2 years ago

Open unit is a front-end management platform to help self-storage facilities manage processes and deliver an industry-leading customer experience.

10

4 days ago

A platform that turns street food carts in Southeast Asia into digital storefronts, enabling cashless payments via QR codes and inventory tracking on smartphones for vendors without websites.

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5 years ago

Idea: A company that helps companies increase their sales by getting their software in front of more people

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes a $500 software-as-a-service platform for managing storefronts. These give pop-up shops a chance to set up shop in a new city in a matter of hours.

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10 days ago 2 views

A platform that turns WhatsApp group chats into interactive e-commerce storefronts for small vendors in emerging markets.

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