Startup TheraSpecs Lens Help Prevent Migraines & Eyestrain

TheraSpecs are precision tinted glasses that filter certain wavelengths of light that often cause headaches, migraines, eyestrain, photophobia, epilepsy, and many other health problems. Founder Hart Shafer explains that TheraSpecs “was born out of a personal need.” His wife, Kerrie, suffers from chronic migraines and headaches. “We were unsatisfied by both the difficulty of acquiring … Read more

Gadgets for the Guru: Break your Headache edition

Headaches are the worst! Reduce the amount of harmful blue-light that you take in by replacing some of your gadgets, like sunglasses and light bulbs, with gadgets that filter out the bad stuff. Here are some tech gadgets to help break those painful annoyances. TheraSpecs Local startup, TheraSpecs, are precision tinted glasses that filter harmful … Read more

Break your headache with these specs – gadgets – interview

Throbbing, pulsating pain, light sensitivity, nausea and blurred vision, just some of the symptoms that more than 37 million people in the US suffer from when they experience a migraine. While most people have to push through with Excedrin or meds or just curl up in a ball of pain and hope for the best-one founder decided … Read more

AZ Startups to compete at Tech Cocktail Celebrate for $10K

Tech Cocktail Celebrate, a national startup competition and conference, will take place in Downtown Las Vegas from October 23rd through 25th. The conference attracts a plethora of startup founders, entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, investors, media, and local community leaders from across the country. Throughout the year, Tech Cocktail traveled far and wide with the goal of uncovering the nation’s … Read more

Seed Spot Incubator Expands to 14,000 Square Feet

Last night, Seed Spot held an open house to show off their new office space on the southwest corner of Thomas Rd. and Central Ave. in downtown Phoenix. With 14,000 total square feet of developed space, Seed Spot takes up the entire 7th floor of the recently renovated building and is prepared for growth. Co-founders … Read more

SeedSpot Demo Day is @BrettApproved

On Friday, May 17, 2013, sixteen ventures delivered their pitch deck to over 600 people, including angel investors and entrepreneurs, at the SeedSpot Demo Day to attract everything from CEOs to developers to, of course, funding. As part of the event, an audience-vote determined which venture received a piece of the $7,600 purse. Other sponsored … Read more