The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: Web Survey Company QuestionPro Acquires PollBob PollBob has been acquired by QuestionPro, an online market research firm based out of Seattle. New Orleans-based PollBob was co-founded by our very own Zach Kupperman [...]
PollBob has been acquired by QuestionPro, an online market research firm based out of Seattle. New Orleans-based PollBob was co-founded by our very own Zach Kupperman along with Ben Jacobson in 2010. Jacobson will now join the QuestionPro team and Kupperman has left the company. PollBob specializes in online and mobile polling, with a user [...]
Louisiana’s first “brick and mortar” store for Apple® and Android™ smart device applications is opening its doors in New Orleans. Visitors to the new myPhoneApp Store, located at 1821 Magazine Street, will now have the opportunity to download, test and play any app of their choosing on in-store devices. The testing is free of charge, [...]
Pollbob, co-founded by Silicon Bayou News’ founder Zach Kupperman, was featured in TechCrunch yesterday after announcing the acquisition of MisterPoll, a more established polling platform. While Pollbob is a relatively young company, launching in 2011, MisterPoll was created in 1998 as a side project. Pollbob’s purpose in acquiring MisterPoll is to roll MisterPoll’s large, [...]
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News since September 1st: New Orleans Downtown Development District Launches “Downtown NOLA Works” Website: The Downtown Development District (DDD) recently launched a new website, Downtown NOLA Works. The site features successful and eclectic business people, service [...]
The entrepreneurial scene in New Orleans is burgeoning with new companies appearing, it seems, every week. Those companies have been accompanied by an expanding collection of support organizations like the Idea Village whose goal it is to guide new entrepreneurs through the often -challenging startup experience—a necessity in what is still a developing community. The [...]
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories Silicon Bayou News published in the last seven days: PollBob: New NOLA Startup Helps You Quickly Discover Opinions – PollBob is a social polling iPhone application and website that lets you survey your friends, gather feedback in real-time, and earn [...]
PollBob is a social polling iPhone application and website that lets you survey your friends, gather feedback in real-time, and earn rewards for playing. We have an interview with co-founder Ben Jacobson coming soon, but in the meantime, check out the great article written Chris Boudy at NewOrleansTech.net. (And in full disclosure SBN publisher Zach [...]
Louisiana’s Digital Interactive Media Incentives have really picked up the pace in the last two years. New projects & companies like Electronic Arts’ $30 Million facility, Gameloft’s New Orleans studio, Globalstar’s move to the north shore, the success of programs like LaunchPad Ignition, and the growth of companies like Calliope Digital, Touch Studios, PollBob, and [...]
As the Louisiana startup ecosystem grows, so does entrepreneurship and startups throughout the rest of the country. Silicon Valley Bank released Startup Outlook 2011 on April 22, a survey of startup company perceptions, in conjunction with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Annual CEO Business Climate survey of its member companies. According to the Startup Outlook [...]
