GolfNow.com offers the best golf tee time deals on the web.

Golfnow.com is today the largest online tee time retailer in the United States. Operating in 25 states, and partnered with more than 1,500 courses across the nation. GolfNow sold 1.8 million tee times in 2007.
GolfNow’s easy and convenient booking methods uses leading edge technology which through its website, email, toll-free number, PDA’s, text messages and RSS feeds. (Sold to Comcast, 2007)

Limos.com helps you get competitive limo rental prices from limo hire services in your area online.

Limos.com is a lead generation site that features limo companies with exceptional service based on thousands of customer reviews. (Acquired by private equity group in October, 2008)

MyTrade is your own customizable desktop brokerage platform.

MyTrade lets you build your own brokerage platform right on your computer desktops. Be surrounded by all the tools and content that will help you become a better investor. Incorporate graphs, news, portfolio info, your trades and video. This is personalized stock research at its best. (Sold to thinkorswim [NASD:SWIM], 2008)

Rent.com is the premier online apartment rental site available.

Rent.com’s powerful apartment search tool and detailed rental listings make it easy to find the right new apartment. (Sold to Ebay, 2005)

Wallstrip is where pop culture meets stock culture.

Wallstrip’s business is hot trends and stocks at all time highs. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we take a look at a company whose stock is trading at or near an all-time high, and try to find the real world trend that explains why the stock is doing so well. (Sold to CBS, 2007)

AdaptiveBlue lets you browse smarter with personalized shortcuts.

AdaptiveBlue develops personalization technologies that leverage semantics and attention. AdaptiveBlue helps build the Semantic Web using an untraditional approach. The Semantic Web is really about leveraging existing information to create a better online experience for everyone today.

AMD sells devices that treat cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

This Hong Kong distribution company is currently selling its products throughout Asia, and has signed exclusive distribution agreements with two American companies.

AMD’s objective is to secure multiple year distribution rights to selected American and European medical device companies that seek to expand their business into Asia.

appssavvy matches brands with applications and offers integrated advertising solutions above and beyond “the banner ad.”

The appssavvy Partner Network facilitates direct connections with premium advertisers allowing the brand to enhance the user experience and be a part of the conversation. Management is 100% focused on social media applications and widgets and has industry-leading experience selling in the widget and application space. The appssavvy team is trusted and widely respected by top national brands and agencies.

BlogTalkRadio is an open, global, community radio service.

The company offers a free service that lets anyone with a telephone and a computer host a live radio talk show that’s broadcast over the Internet-no downloads or special equipment necessary.

BlogTalkRadio also sets up branded internet radio stations for companies for a monthly hosting fee. The companies create and run their own shows, which are streamed live on their own web sites and on BlogTalkRadio’s site.

Buddy Media helps the world’s largest brands navigate social media, extending their advertising campaigns into the social world.

Through its unique Brand Advocate Process, Buddy Media plans, develops, promotes and monitors “app-vertising” campaigns, increasing engagement and interaction between people and brands. The engaging social app-vertisements �games, quizzes and contests� create social brand loyalty.

Covestor is a portfolio sharing service for proven self-investors and for those wishing to track them.

See what stocks other members are investing in and why. Tens of thousands of self directed investors share their real trades and you can follow them live for free.
Professional grade tools measure and display your results and keep track of your investments. All your data is private, secure and anonymous.

Disqus is a service and tool for web comments and discussions.

The Disqus comment system can be plugged into any website, blog, or application. Disqus makes commenting easier and more interactive, while connecting websites and commenters across a thriving discussion community. Disqus is a free service to the general public with absolutely no inline advertisements. A premium service for large-scale websites is in the works but not yet available.

ECHOage : An ECHOage birthday party is a unique opportunity for you and your child to do something extraordinary – to improve the world – together.

Guests are invited to an ECHOage birthday party online. Instead of bringing a wrapped and packaged present, guests simply RSVP and give a secure online gift of money. Payments are pooled for the purchase of ONE special gift and to support ONE meaningful cause.

ECHOage will arrange everything, so no need to drive, shop, wrap or even pick up the phone to make a donation. (I’m a board member)

Edufire has a simple mission – Revolution education.

Thousands of students are learning languages and preparing for exams in live, one-on-one video chat tutoring sessions.

The goal is to create a platform to allow live learning to take place over the internet anytime from anywhere. Edufire is the first to create something that is completely open and community-driven as opposed to closed and transaction-driven.

FaceDial : Social networking, now on your phone!

Automatically retrieve complimentary pictures and information to augment the contact info on your phone from other social networks.
This application shares your profile picture every time you call. Every call virally spreads an invitation to join the FaceDial community.
The Telecom business will in a few years be one of the largest global industries and FaceDial will be a natural and integral part of that industry.

Filtrbox is the time saving cure for information overload!

You probably already type keywords in somewhere to find important articles – so give Filtrbox your keywords and let it do the rest.
The system acts like an intelligent agent that constantly monitors online media and delivers to you the most relevant, credible mentions of the critical things you need to track. (I’m a board member)

Foodzie.com : Taste something different!

Foodzie.com is an online marketplace where you can discover and buy food from small artisan producers and growers.

GreenScreen works with world-class partners to make great games.

Founded by seasoned interactive entertainment veterans, GreenScreen is a growing global publisher of interactive entertainment software, headquartered in New York.

Releasing high quality licensed and original IP casual products under its Zoo Games label, the company has distribution and retail presence worldwide.

GreenScreen is uniquely positioned to successfully launch new publishing brands and intellectual properties across multiple platforms in the space.

Internet Brands operates a network of websites that lets consumers share information.

Internet Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:INET) is a leading Internet media company that operates a rapidly growing network of community and e-commerce web sites in the automotive, careers, home, shopping, and travel and leisure categories.

With a flexible and scalable platform, Internet Brands operates a rapidly growing network of websites that offer consumers the ability to share information through extensive online communities and make informed purchasing decisions.

Knight’s Bridge is an opportunistic and diversified financial services provider and Private Equity Fund located in Toronto, Canada and Phoenix, Arizona.

KBC is focused and dedicated to building portfolio companies into market leaders and industry stars. It looks to back passionate, experienced entrepreneurs. KBC has always been able to see value where others cannot. (Howard is one of the founding Partners)

LifeLock is the industry leader in proactive identity theft protection.

Identity theft can happen anywhere to anyone. Many people are victims without knowing it. LifeLock offers a proven solution that prevents identities from being stolen before it happens. This company will protect someone’s identity and personal information for $10 a month – and guarantee its service up to $1,000,000.

Marketbright is an on-demand marketing automation platform.

This automation platform enables self-service campaign execution, automated lead scoring and qualification, and closed-loop marketing analytics. Marketbright’s solution enables companies to improve their demand generation activities through self-service campaign execution and automated lead scoring and management, and gain visibility into campaign metrics via real-time dashboards.

Matador Networks is the first travel website to optimize a high quality online magazine with the interconnectivity of a social network.

By blending the most dynamic elements of new journalism and online community, Matador has created something totally original. Its professionally written travel content is published in an interactive blog format that links back into its growing social network. In effect, every article becomes a conversation.

Silicon Alley Insider is a community site for businesses.

The Alley Insider covers the intersection of the technology, media, and communications industries. It puts focus on companies and people that are making waves and shaping digital business. Specifically, it provides news, commentary, and discussion about digital publishing, entertainment, news, music, social networking, mobile, and gaming.

The Spiritual Gangster product line offers Yoga clothing, accessories and supplies.

Spiritual Gangster represents a lifestyle that vibrates at a high frequency. The company makes this lifestyle accessible to the masses through its product line and what it represents. Spiritual Gangster carries out its vision by giving back to the community and others around the globe through charitable donations, fundraisers, programs and workshops. (I’m a board member)

Spongecell ADS builds display ads that drive real world traffic.

Spongecell helps advertisers create display advertising with measurable results. It brings more people to retail sales, entertainment events, trade shows, political rallies, sporting events, or a TV show. It makes participation more likely by capturing the excitement you’ve built.

The best advertising gives its audience information that they want to hold onto and share. Spongecell lets people do just that, by pushing advertising onto calendars, social profiles, mobile devices, home pages and other permanent places, without disrupting their browsing experience.

StockTwits is a social, stock microblogging service.

StockTwits is an open, community-powered idea and information service for investments. Users can eavesdrop on traders and investors, or contribute to the conversation and build their reputation as savvy market wizards. The service takes financial related data – using Twitter as the content production platform – and structures it by stock, user, reputation, etc. StockTwits helps people interested in stocks to socialize their ideas. It focuses on stock trading, letting users discuss their latest stock trades in an interface using Twitter as the content production platform, adding features like graphs and the ability to filter messages.

(n)Torus delivers a more valuable online video ad-unit.

The largest challenge facing online video today is the search for a viable advertising model. The industry needs a solution that is able to balance the need for sufficient revenues with the high quality content needed for a positive consumer experience.
The cornerstone of the new advertising model is a more valuable ad-unit. This is precisely what (n)Torus delivers. (n)Torus knows that the only way to make advertising more valuable to marketers is to make advertising more valuable to the consumer. (n)Torus’ ad-unit is the most cost effective video advertising platform in the industry.

Travelfli.com helps frequent flyers maximize the full potential of their loyalty programs.

The Travelfli solutions help users manage all their frequent flyer accounts from one place, search for and monitor award availability, and book online using awards, cash or both.

TubeMogul is the leading syndicator of Web Video across the web.

Over 40,000 video producers rely on TubeMogul software every day to get their videos in front of their audience. It makes video publishing manageable.
Instead of uploading your videos to numerous distributors’ websites one by one, TubeMogul allows you to upload via their interface and syndicate across a wider number of sites. Howard has a board seat and is very close with the whole team.

Wallhogs makes wall-size prints of your photos or artwork.

Wallhogs lets you get specialty oversize digital printing on several different materials. Simply upload a digital photo, and Wallhogs will print it on reusable vinyl, Photo-Tex, glossy poster or fine art canvas.
Customers get the features and benefits of specialty digital printing, traditionally only available to business customers, at very affordable prices.

vSocial powers the most successful promotions on the Internet.

vSocial’s platform lets marketers add social media to their promotions to increase traffic, registration, and return on investment. The platform integrates video, audio, and images, with features such as commenting, ratings, profiles, and voting to enhance online promotions. End users can easily share content via email, embed video to personal websites, and share content on websites like MySpace and Facebook. The vSocial platform allows customers to spread brand messaging that enhances customer loyalty, strengthens brand identity, and increases sales.
Seamless integration with current websites allows marketers to augment existing websites with social media elements that increase campaign effectiveness.

Zentact is a social networking service to help you build better, closer relationships with your family, friends and business contacts.

When you are browsing the web, Zentact provides simple reminders to help you reconnect about shared interests.