Posts made in March, 2014

St. Louis Startup Cuts Lawn Care Hassles

Posted by on Mar 28, 2014 in Featured Stories, Innovation Tuesday | 0 comments

Click here to listen to James Hassinger’s Tuesday, April 1 interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan “There’s got to be a better way.” The statement is perhaps the single biggest motivator of today’s innovative entrepreneurs. St. Louisan James Hassinger’s “better way moment” came five years ago. Hassinger, who studied computer science in college and later became a real estate agent and property investor, grew weary of trying to secure lawn care for the properties he was working on.  “Lawn care companies wanted signed yearly contracts, or for me to be there with cash or a...

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St. Louis Startup Provides New Model for Buying, Selling Cars

Posted by on Mar 18, 2014 in Featured Stories, Innovation Tuesday | 0 comments

Click here to listen to Charlie Brennan’s interview with Josh Holstein on KMOX Radio Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Josh Holstein admits he’s really not a “car” guy. But he is an “idea guy”, and his idea has people thinking about new and better ways to buy, sell and re-sell cars. Holstein is the founder of CellARide, a St. Louis startup company that grew from an idea Holstein had while driving down the road three years ago. “I noticed a couple of vehicles that were displaying the old black-and-orange “for sale” sign, with the little white space for a phone number and a little information,”...

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