1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: ShopForBags.com

ShopForBags (SFB) is a women-owned apparel and handbags distributor that targets small-town salons, boutiques, and retail outlets. It also has its own private label, Katydid. The company sells handbags, messenger bags, laptop bags, belts and wallets, and apparel for women, men, and children. >>>

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Arthrosurface ,Franklin, Massachusetts

Oseteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis, is not a new disease – evidence of it has been found in skeletons from the Ice Age. But effective methods of stopping the disease, especially ones appropriate for young and middle-aged adults, have been elusive. In the United States, anywhere from 16 million to 20 million people over the age of 25 have osteoarthritis. World statistics are not easily calculated, but British researchers estimate that 9.6% of men and 18% of women over 60 have osteoarthritis. For older osteoarthritis patients, often the only option to restore range of motion is total joint replacement. For patients too young for joint replacement, Arthrosurface offers a less invasive implant system that it says is effective in slowing the disease’s progress. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: RetailMeNot.com ,Melbourne, Australia

RetailMeNot.com is the flagship property of Melbourne, Australia-based Web development company Stateless Systems and one of the most popular coupon websites in the United States. Other Stateless Systems products are CushyCMS, a content management system powering over 50,000 websites, and Trendsmap.com, an application for visualizing Twitter trends in real time.
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Deal Radar 2010: American Retroworks Inc.

Suppose you could recycle your TV for the price of a few cups of coffee, and know that it was done safely? This is the mission of American Retroworks Inc., an international recycling company for used electronics equipment – TVs, computers, printers, cathode ray tubes, mercury fluorescent lamps, and so forth – from business and residential “e-waste” collection programs in a six-state area. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Empathica, Georgia, Ontario

Over the next few weeks Deal Radar will feature companies that have been successful in creating and using Facebook applications as part of of their business model. Empathica is a company that has used Facebook in its efforts to automate the measurement and management of customer loyalty and thereby prevent customer defection. The company’s mission is to help businesses build an intimate relationship with their most important stakeholder – the customer. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Black Helmet

Black Helmet Apparel is the first high-quality, modern apparel line targeting the firefighter industry. Its products, most of which are made in the United States, feature intricate designs that often incorporate the firefighter’s symbol, the eight-pointed Maltese cross. The company started small but got a big boost in sales and its customer base from social media, most notably Facebook. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: JAM Paper & Envelope ,New York City

JAM Paper & Envelope is a niche retailer that has turned to the Web to expand its market for a much older communication technology – paper. From its New York City stores and warehouses on both U.S. Coasts and in China, the company ships envelopes, paper, cards, card stock, wrapping paper, gift bags, paper clips, folders, ribbons and other products around the world. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Rural America OnShore Sourcing ,Ohio,Kentucky

Rural America OnShore Sourcing, Inc. (Rural America) is a U.S.-based onshoring company. Through its offices in Ohio, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, it provides the same outsourcing services performed by offshoring companies, except it uses professionals based in rural parts of America instead of overseas, hiring these professionals for 25% to 40% less than the cost of U.S urban labor. The goal is to offer clients the advantages of using U.S.-based labor while reaping the cost benefits equivalent to offshoring. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Just Moulding , Maryland

Just Moulding is an interior design firm that is using a franchise model with strong online and software components to change a business “usually handled by skilled carpenters in an unskilled manner.” >>>

Deal Radar 2010: LeadForce1 California, Michigan

Through its marketing automation 2.0 approach, LeadForce1 aims to provide the missing link between Web analytics and customer relationship management (CRM systems), thus enabling B2B sales and marketing teams to uncover previously hidden leads, new prospect opportunities, and critical business intelligence within existing accounts. LeadForce1’s SaaS product deploys a patent-pending intent determination algorithm that spots sales opportunities among website visitors and moves those opportunities through successive stages in the sales pipeline. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: HyperQuality ,Seattle, Washington

When you make a customer service call and hear, “This call may be recorded for quality assurance,” that may be HyperQuality. The company listens to customer service calls and digs for patterns, trends, red flags, and important business intelligence that can affect company performance. It also specializes in working with clients who have outsourced to determine whether the decision has hurt or helped sales and retention, and to improve service if necessary. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Preparis ,Atlanta, Georgia

On September 11, 2001, Armistead Whitney was an executive in midtown Manhattan. As news of the attack on the World Trade Center broke, he was quickly inundated attempting to locate and assure the safety of his more than 200 employees. Cell towers were overwhelmed, news sources were offering conflicting information, and there was no guidance from the government. Whitney determined that a new way was needed to prepare companies to secure employees in a changing world. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: EthicsPoint,Oswego, Oregon

EthicsPoint helps clients to mitigate and manage compliance and organizational risk. The company offers integrated telephone and Web-based reporting hotlines and case management services that clients can use to identify, report, investigate, and resolve issues and events that may not be in line with their codes of conduct or governance policies. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: InHouse Inc ,Santa Ana, California

Among the allegations of misdeeds and unfair practices in the mortgage industry during and after the housing market implosion was New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s 2007 lawsuit of appraisal firm First American eAppraiseIT for collusion with Washington Mutual (WaMu). Cuomo claimed that First American eAppraiseIT allowed WaMu to pressure it to use appraisers who inflated home prices by giving artificially high appraisals. In 2009, to bring more transparency to the appraisal process, Fannie Mae reached an agreement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the New York Attorney General’s office to adopt the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) regulating relationships between lenders and appraisers. Another measure, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Mortgagee Letter 09-28 Appraiser Independence (ML 09-28), stresses the importance of lenders, mortgage brokers, and real estate agents remaining independent of the appraisal process. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: WaterFilters.NET, Minneapolis, Minnesota

It’s safe to assume that for decades, many Americans did not give much thought to safe drinking water. Access to clean water was a given in a wealthy, developed country. But the nation’s water treatment systems often fail to adhere to provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, according to the New York Times’s Toxic Waters series. People are growing increasingly concerned about the water they use for drinking and washing and are turning to filter systems as they lose trust in municipal water supplies. WaterFilters.NET is one company that has benefited both from this trend and the move toward Web 3.0. WaterFilters.NET makes it easy to research, find, and purchase all types of water filters. The company provides a broad selection of of water filter types (reverse osmosis, water softeners, refrigerator filters, undersink water filters, shower filters, commercial water filters, and so forth) and sells all major water filter brands. >>>