Deal Current’s CEO Jimmy Hendricks Nominated for San Diego’s 2011 Most Admired CEOs

We are proud to announce that the San Diego Business Journal has recognized our CEO, Jimmy Hendricks, as a finalist in their 2011 Most Admired CEO Awards.

This is the second year in a row Jimmy was nominated and we are excited about an awesome 2012.

Deal Current is looking for great engineers and supporting the San Diego startup community!

If you are a programmer and looking to work at Deal Current or another one of San Diego’s fastest growing technology companies, then you need to attend Startups are Better. This is a free event for tech talent on Dec 1st, at the Sweet Labs office.

“10 Startups, $100 Million in Funding, 100 New Jobs” Event Highlights Great Job Opportunities at San Diego’s Hottest Startups

 Emerging San Diego Tech Startups Come Together to Showcase Over 100 Great Job Opportunities for Local Tech Talent

San Diego, CA—November  2011—SweetLabs, Inc., the company behind the Pokki app platform and OpenCandy advertising network, today announced that it will host and sponsor “10 Startups, $100 Million in Funding, 100 New Jobs” (www.startupsarebetter.com) on December 1^st at the company’s headquarters in downtown San Diego.

The event, featuring SweetLabs and nine other innovative San Diego tech startups, is free for qualified local product managers, developers and designers interested in job opportunities at San Diego’s hottest  startup companies. The evening will kick-off with a fireside chat between San Diego entrepreneur Michael Robertson, founder of a number of successful tech startups including MP3.com, Linspire, and Gizmo5, and Joe Kraus, founder of Excite and JotSpot and currently a partner at Google Ventures. Following the discussion, attendees will have the chance to network with representatives from 10 San Diego tech startup companies over gourmet appetizers and a hosted bar.

“Everyone knows that the quality of life in San Diego is the envy of every other city in the country, but not nearly enough attention is paid to our growing startup community, which is an engine of real innovation and local job creation during this difficult economic period,” said Chester Ng, co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs. “We want product managers, designers, developers and other technology superstars to understand that they don’t have to sacrifice the San Diego lifestyle in order to find the startup job of their dreams, and we’ve partnered with the most exciting companies in town to showcase the great opportunities available right here in our own backyard.”

Participating companies will be announced on the event website in the coming weeks, and representatives from each company will host a table with information on their products and job openings.  The party will kick off at 6:00 PM on December 1 at SweetLabs offices at 510 Market Street. Qualified attendees can register to attend online at www.startupsarebetter.com.

We are a Finalist in SDVG’s Pitch Fest 2011!

Three Finalists Announced for San Diego Venture Group’s PitchFest 2011 Event

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Need help getting good deals? Deal Current is solving this problem for you in partnership with Mobile Spinach!

Starting in Dec 2011, Deal Current client’s will have access to over 4000 deals in 600+ markets by utilizing Mobile Spinach‘s massive deal inventory. Deal Current and Mobile Spinach have inked the deal and now our tech teams are spending the next few weeks integrating the two systems so that scheduling additional deals is as easy as clicking a button and picking a date.

Read more about in today’s release:

SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile commerce platform Mobile Spinach announced today a partnership with Deal Current Network, a leading provider of daily deal software and marketing solutions for over 120 local online publishers in the US.

Deal Current is a daily deal platform that works with local media companies, radio stations, newspapers and blogs to build sophisticated and branded locally-focused daily deal websites.  Deal Current clients can now choose to integrate Mobile Spinach’s massive advertiser network into their Deal Current-hosted system, instantly giving the publisher a broad range of discount offers from restaurants, retail stores, and various service providers.

Deal Current has an exclusive distribution deal with Triton Digital Media and its more than 800 radio station clients located throughout the country.  Typical Deal Current clients cover a niche market, but hold healthy readerships, which make them ideal candidates for targeted daily deals. The Deal Current solution is fully hosted and is customizable to match the desired look and feel of every publisher. Value-added features available for customers include integrated email, reporting and analytics, and connections to the most popular social networks.

“We are very pleased to work with Deal Current, the market leader in daily deal software and support services,” said John Vitti, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Mobile Spinach. “Deal Current gives its clients a secure and sophisticated daily deal platform that is easy to use and can quickly generate revenue. We provide these companies with instant local inventory of top merchants who are already on-board with using deals. Our reach into 611 cities allows us to complement the sales efforts of the individual Deal Current client, so they can build a complete set of deals from multiple categories. We help these localized daily deal sites to gain traction and build long-term revenue with the local user base.”

The Mobile Spinach service is a mobile website that features the look and feel of a native app. It works on all available smartphone platforms, including Android and iPhone. In addition to its own branded site where consumers can directly purchase offers, Mobile Spinach also works with several key partners as a white-label platform.

About Mobile Spinach:

Launched in 2010, Mobile Spinach is a mobile local commerce platform designed to allow local merchants to reach interested consumers. The company currently works with more than 5,000 merchants in 611 cities throughout the United States, and is continuously expanding its reach through high-level partnerships.  For more information about the Mobile Spinach experience, visit www.mobilespinach.com.

What’s the Deal With Daily Deals from Mashable

This is a great infographic posted on Mashable and is testimony that this market is growing.

Also BIA Kelsey increase their industry forecast for 2011 to $2 Billion.