Local Radar
FranShares Brings Crowdfunding to Local Franchises
New investing platform FranShares wants to lower barriers to franchisee ownership by bringing the crowdfunding model to the franchise world.
Local Radar
Openmart Offers Pain Relief For SMB Sales
Openmart wants to tackle the most vexing and longstanding challenge of the multi-billion dollar SMB Saas sector: sales. We examine drivers & dynamics
AI
Are SMBs Ready for AI?
With $6 million in seed funding, Enso aims to assist various SMB daily operations and marketing tasks through pre-programed and purpose-built AI agents.
Augmented reality
Can Augmodo Bring Local Search to Store Shelves?
A two-decade-old ambition in local search has been to find out exactly what’s on the shelf at nearby stores. Seattle-based Augmodo may have a novel solution to this longstanding challenge.