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Humayun Khan

Humayun Khan is a Senior Writer and Analyst at BetaKit. A marketing graduate with honors, Humayun's work experience spans the fields of consumer behaviour with noted contributions in an academic paper published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology and market research consulting having coordinated projects for a major financial services client at Decode Inc. More recently he was involved in business strategy as a Business Analyst for an equipment rental outlet and prior in the National Marketing Department at Ernst & Young LLP. He is passionate about emerging and disrupting technology and its ability to transform and create entirely new industries.

BrightNest Launches iPhone App To Take Curated DIY Handy & Decor Content Mobile

Mar 18, 2013

Denver, CO-based BrightNest, an online platform that provides personalized content to help users meet their home maintenance…

Trunqshow’s iPad App Notifies Shoppers When Items They Want Go on Sale

Mar 18, 2013

With consumers continuing to be inundated by daily deals and email marketing campaigns from retailers, Trunqshow wants to cut…

Pinfluencer Rebrands As Piqora, Launches Gallery To Help Brands Build Visual Landing Pages

Mar 18, 2013

Pinfluencer, the startup BetaKit covered only a month ago to highlight the Pinterest analytics and promotions platform’s…

Digital Textbook Platform Kno Partners With Publisher HMH to Power K-12 Content

Mar 18, 2013

Kno, the interactive and digital textbook provider BetaKit last covered when it launched its Advance platform to provide publishers…

Linksert’s Platform Looks to Get Anyone in the Affiliate Marketing Game

Mar 15, 2013

Switzerland-based Linksert wants to be the easiest way for anyone to earn revenue from affiliate marketing, which lets users…

Larky Launches to Help Association or Club Members Redeem Their Perks

Mar 15, 2013

Today Ann Arbor, MI-based Larky announced its public launch out of beta to help users who are members of an association or…

Kincast Looks to Tackle Social Video Space With a Focus on Families

Mar 14, 2013

Mobile video apps like Keek and Vine have made headlines for their simple focus on capturing and sharing mobile videos, with…

Flash-Enabled EdTech Browser Rover Hits 1M Mark, Adds Paid Subscription Plans

Mar 14, 2013

Apple has sold over 4.5 million iPads to educational institutions in the U.S., and more than eight million to educational…

Exec Expands to NYC, Chicago, LA, & Boston to Be the Amazon of Local Services

Mar 14, 2013

There’s been a lot of activity in the peer-to-peer marketplace space, with startups increasingly wanting users to outsource…

Media Spot Me Launches to Connect Experts With Journalists Looking for Sources

Mar 13, 2013

Media Spot Me is the latest startup to launch out of the Communitech hub in Waterloo, and looks to give journalists a way…

Secret Shopping Platform Quri Launches QCards for Ongoing In-Store Intelligence

Mar 13, 2013

Today, San Francisco-based Quri, a secret shopper platform that pays consumers to perform “shifts” of work that range from…

Pressly Raises $1.5M to Help Publishers & Marketers Build HTML5 Mobile Sites

Mar 12, 2013

Today Toronto-based Pressly, a platform that lets media companies and content marketers create HTML5 mobile versions of their…

Automatic Launches Device, iPhone App to Make Cars Connected for Smarter Driving

Mar 12, 2013

San Francisco-based Automatic is the latest startup to tackle the connected car space with the launch of its hardware device,…

500friends Adds $5M, Looks to Bring Retailers Up to Speed With Social Loyalty Program

Mar 12, 2013

500friends, the startup behind a social loyalty program for retailers called LoyaltyPlus, announced today that it has closed…

Crushpath Adds $6M & Launches Pitch Sites to Help Salespeople Close More Deals

Mar 12, 2013

Crushpath, a startup BetaKit first covered when it launched its real-time play-by-play interactive timeline to track the sales…

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