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Fascinating Small Business Startups

10/19/2016

 
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Startups create their success based almost entirely on innovation and creativity. This leads them to be some of the more interesting and exciting businesses in each industry.

A novel approach to data security
With an increase in data breaches and damage to online portals, digital security takes top priority to leaders in the private and public sectors. Silicon Valley Innovation Center, an executive education service provider, reports startup HackerOne is making waves in the IT security arena with a new approach to innovation: hiring hackers to decide whether online assets are safe. HackerOne's innovative approach helps to proactively reduce the risk of a data breach. 

The future of food service
BostInno, a publication that follows entrepreneurship and innovation in Boston, reports startup Spyce has opened the first fully automated restaurant. While some restaurants have already deployed automation for paying checks at the table, Spyce has removed the need for kitchen workers. With this technology, more aspiring restaurateurs can open their businesses with lower costs because they won’t need to hire as many employees. 

​There is no telling how the restaurant industry will react to this type of technology, but it is certainly in the realm of disruption.

Tech meets parenting
Tech.co, an online magazine that follows technology news, explains Cocoon Cam has received a patent for its technology that takes baby monitoring to the next level. The hardware-software combination tracks things like chest movements, heart rate and temperature to determine when a child might need attention, and then notifies parents or caretakers through their smartphones. 
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Cocoon Cam is certainly within the Internet of Things wheelhouse, where more startups are likely to pop up in the coming years. 

Tech-based style
TechCrunch, an online publication for tech industry news, named GarbShare among 21 interesting start ups at Web Summit 2015. The business invented an app to help individuals better manage their clothing, logging all of the attire they own in a digital format. This allows the user to create outfits and even plan out how he or she will dress in advance. What's more, it provides a social function that connects friends and family members who want to borrow and lend certain articles of clothing. 
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The next era of entertainment
VentureBeat, a publication that discusses business matters, states Magic Leap shows significant promise in the world of augmented reality. The startup creates augmented reality devices and technology, which layer digital projections over the real world, such as a headset with a visor that projects a life-like image of a whale in a gymnasium. Before they released their products, Magic Leap raised more than $800 million. Augmented reality has applications in entertainment, advertising and more, and Magic Leap expects to jump into the gaming or industrial markets with its latest injection of cash. While AR technology hasn’t had the jumpstart many industry experts would expect, the publication anticipates Magic Leap’s first product launch will breathe new life into the effort. 



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