CommunityVibe Wins NMHC LaunchPad Startup Competition
at 2012 OpTech Conference in Dallas
The National Multi Housing Councildecided to add a little spice to its highly successful flagship OpTech Conference this year. NMHC decided to put its own spin on a version of ABC’s Shark Tank and find some startups in the multifamily industry to come pitch their technology ideas. Of course, they needed somebody to pitch to beside the live audience they were standing before, so NMHC assembled an elite panel of multifamily industry leaders to make the final decision to crown the winner. Read More…
Multifamilybiz.com – Nov 20, 2012
ComVibe Software Review
ComVibe is a cutting-edge property management solution that helps managers improve and optimize property maintenance performance, while helping managers easily communicate with their residents so that they can respond quickly and effectively. ComVibe was designed to give property managers an easy and objective way to assess service performance, identify opportunities for improvement through data analytics and real time resident satisfaction scores. The solution helps lower maintenance costs, administrative overhead, and ultimately increase resident satisfaction with the goal of optimizing operations and resident occupancy levels in each of the properties. Read More…
Software Advice – Oct 18, 2012
Greenlighting 10 Startups
Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund (OFEF) has awarded $500,000 to 10 startup companies from across the U.S. to assist them in growing their business ventures.
The fund was established by CMU alumnus and Flip Video Camera creator Jonathan Kaplan (TPR’90)and his wife, Marci Glazer, to provide early-stage business financing and support to CMU alumni who have graduated in the last five years. Read More…
Pittsburgh Business Times – Jun 19, 2012
Revv Oakland finds space for start-ups
With the hot Oakland real estate market, many small technology companies are squeezed out with high prices or lack of space. One real estate investment partnership is hoping to change that by converting a portion of its holdings into incubator space designed for the growth of start-ups.
Revv Oakland, a collaboration between the Oakland Real Estate Co., its partners and Mark Musolino, chief scientist at start-up VitalClip, is providing space in Oakland for the region’s start-ups coming out of accelerator programs such as AlphaLab on the South Side or Project Olympus at Carnegie Mellon University. Read More…
Pittsburgh Business Times – Apr 06, 2012
THROUGH COMVIBE, CEO KARIITHI KILEMI SHOWS US THE WAY
Researching successful tech startups can reveal a couple of important trends, particularly those that can serve as lessons for other startups. First and foremost, a brand should solve a problem, identifying an issue and then becoming the product or service that resolves it. Sounds simple and obvious, but I personally took a number of business classes that flailed in their attempts to drive this point home. Professors focused on fluff that had no place in the teaching of business practices, which is partly why I don’t believe in the importance of studying business in a classroom, but I’ll save that for another time. Read More…
Fueled – Nov 09 2011
