BuildASign won the first ever Austin Startup Olympics Summer Games. The company, co-founded by Dan Graham, received a $10,000 prize to donate to its charity of choice. BuildASign chose Austin Pro Bono, a nonprofit that connects lawyers and other professionals to nonprofit organizations. “SpareFoot took home the silver this year, earning $5,000 for Kure It […]
Austin Startup Olympics Summer Games this Saturday
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will kick off July 27th in London. But you don’t have to wait that long. Some of the best geek athletes in Austin will be demonstrating their athletic prowess this Saturday at the Summer Austin Startup Olympics. (And if it’s anything like the Winter Austin Startup Olympics, held last January […]
WhaleShark Media Buys Miwim, a French Coupon Site
May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
WhaleShark Media has acquired Miwim, an online coupon and deal site in France. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Austin-based WhaleShark Media connects consumers with multiple daily deal and coupon services like Deals.com and CouponShare.com as well as deal sites outside of the U.S. Founded in 2010, WhaleShark Media has received $300 million […]
WhaleShark Media Awards Top Shark a Costco Shopping Spree
April 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
At WhaleShark Media, the “Employee of the Month,” known as its “Top Shark” gets to spin a wheel of fortune and win a prize. Employees nominate the hardest working WhaleShark employee and management votes on the winner. In the past, Top Sharks have won free flights and hotel stays anywhere in the U.S., Super Bowl […]
RetailMeNot.com launches new mobile coupon site
January 24, 2012 by 6 Comments
WhaleShark Media’s RetailMeNot.com, online coupon site, announced the launch of its new mobile site. The new site provides coupons and other deals to Apple iPhone and Android mobile phone users worldwide. It also provides exclusive in-store mobile deals from retailers who want to reach customers on their mobile devices. “In 2011, we experienced triple digit […]
WhaleShark Media seeks to dominate the deal industry
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Eoghan McCloskey Special Contributor to Silicon Hills News The popularity and success of daily deal sites such as Groupon and Living Social have created opportunities for others like WhaleShark Media. The Austin-based startup connects consumers with multiple daily deal and coupon services like Deals.com and CouponShare.com as well as deal sites outside of the […]
The importance of play at Austin Startup Olympics
January 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Never underestimate the importance in play in the workplace. People who play together have better collaboration and social skills, according to SocialWare, which produced this info graphic on the Importance of Play in Enterprise. But the guys at uShip already know that. They got together with seven other startups companies: BuildASign, Mass Relevance, Adlucent, Sparefoot, […]
uShip wins first Startup Olympics in Austin
January 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Geek athletes compete at Austin’s Startup Olympics
January 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
Put Geek athletes into the Google search engine and what do you come up with? A correction suggestion for Greek Athletes. So the conclusion must be that Geek athletes are an evolution of the ancient Greek athletes that invented the Olympic Games in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece. And as part of that evolutionary […]
