Top 10 Businesses to Watch in 2013

10 TOP III BUSINESSES TO WATCH in 2013 OSquare SPROXIL Ensures the legitimacy of products using coded stickers Allows in-store credit card payments to be made using mobile devices Also manufactures By texting the code to Sproxil's service, consumers can see if their product is fraudulent credit card readers for smartphones Processes more than On pharmaceuticals $10 BILLION ШП annually FAKE 700,000 15% people dié each year from counterfeit tuberculosis 20% Get 2 more punches for a 10% of deal. and malaria drugs 25% 4 Custom Tip Sproxil is now spreading to other products such as agricultural goods and auto parts No Tip Users have the option to leave a tip Some stores offer rewards for paying with Square 4 nest. OXITEC Nest is a home thermostat that Goal: Eliminate dengue fever learns its users habits in order to adjust and save energy Dengue Fever: The first version (released in 2011) helped to cut energy bills by an average of %24 Kills Permanently harms 22,000 & 500,000 $173/YEAR people/year people/year Oxitec genetically engineers male mosquitoes so that when they mate with wild females, their offspring die young and worked in 75% of homes Studies have shown that this does not have a negative effect on ecosystems The new version will work in 95% Oxitex has begun testing on insects that destroy crops in developing regions of homes olive flies, cotton pest moths and fruit flies This year, Nest plans to make more utility deals and spread into Europe proteus 6. Coursera DIGITAL HEALTH Producer of an ingestible medical sensor capable of sending information to your smartphone Coursera offers massive open online courses (MOOCS) Failure to follow prescribed care costs the US at least As of July 2013, Coursera is RX working with $100 BILLION/YEAR 83 educational 1mm in size and institutions and powered by stomach acid offering over 400 free college -level courses Tracks intake schedule and a drugs affect on the body Coursera has begun to work on marketing courses to universities in blended on-campus classes CEO Andrew Thompson expects the Universities pay a licensing fee that Coursera shares with the sensor to eventually be embedded directly into pharmaceuticals institutions producing the courses 7 OUYA 80 PIG NEWTON INC. Production company of Powered by Android, Ouya is an open-source gaming console comedien-actor-writer-direct Louis C.K. Received Created a new model $8,596,474 for fans to buy directly (out of $950,000 goal) from artists without breaking the bank in crowdsourcing on Kickstarter In late 2011, Louis C.K. released a comedy special online for $5 which sold hundreds of thousands of $0.00 copies & Designed to be fully hackable sold tickets to his performances directly to fans for a discounted price All games are cheap or completely free, and all are free to try Many other performers have adopted his model, cutting out the middleman and saving money for fans Ouya also streams shows, movies and music SurfEasy 10 Hailo ONLINE PRIVACY A portable USB plug-in that allows users to browse the Internet privately and without leaving a trace An app that allows users to easily hail and pay for city cabs Received In 2.5 years, Hailo has picked up $69,404 2.5 MILLION in crowdsourcing on Kickstarter passengers Hailo is slowly expanding the service to more cities across the globe SurfEasy can help people use the Internet by encrypting activity and shielding IP addresses, making it harder for big brother to snoop HAIL Encrypts web browsing, has its own web browser, bypasses firewalls and saves all information to the device Someone hails a cab Approximately with the app every 20% without leaving a trace on 5 SECONDS of NYC cab drivers use the service any computer Sources: https://www.ouya.tv/discover http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/07/ouya https://www.surfeasy.com/the-internet-now-with-less-nsa http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/nest http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/oxitec http://www.fastcompany.com/section/most-innovative-companies-2013 http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/sproxil http://techland.time.com/2013/06/27/hailo-its-like-uber-but-less-upscale-o http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/pig-newton http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console http://www.mnn.com/money/personal-finance/blogs/how-does-the-pay-with-square-app-work http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/coursera-an-online-education-company-raises-another-43-million http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/proteus-digital-health-dexcom-ge-healthcare MASTERS-IN-BUSINESS.NET DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING DISCOUNTED