Grad News Roundup: August 30th, 2011

Below is a roundup of Founder Institute Graduate news over the past week: 

• Karaoke and the Entrepreneur (Seattle 2.0): In a story originally posted to Seattle 2.0, Paul Watts, Co-Founder & CEO of Meevine, describes why his love for startups and karaoke are actually more alike than one might think. Meevine makes Schemer, a social app that helps you do more with your friends by taking away the pain of planning. Schemer recently launched in beta on the Android Marketplace here.
• What Doomsayers are Missing (BlogMutt): In a story originally posted to his blog Sco.tt, Scott Yates, Founder of BlogMutt, describes his experience in startup land these past few months, and why he thinks the doomsayers citing a "winter of discontent" are missing the point. BlogMutt is a service that provides blog content for small or niche blogs using a crowd of writers, and is currently in private beta.
• 3 Mistakes You're Probably Making on Your First Startup (Flaretag):  In a story originally posted to his blog, Daniel Arroyo, Co-Founder and CEO of Flaretag, shares the three 'ignorant' assumptions he encountered in the early stages of building his first startup. Flaretag, a complete solution for Real Estate Mobile Marketing that allows you to create beautiful mobile pages, QR codes, sms, email and social marketing campaigns, has launched in private beta. Sign up here, with the code BETA100. 
• Fatminds.com on the Cover of IndiaWest Magazine (IndiaWest):  Tejash Unadkat, Founder and CEO of Fatminds.com, was featured on the cover of IndiaWest Magazine. Fatminds.com allows adults to easily research, find, and review continuing education.

• Picuous Launches v2 of Their Private Beta (Picuous): Picuous is a photosharing platform that allows you to share and track pictures easily, transforming them into promotional vehicles.  Sign up at http://picuous.com/account/signup and enter code : "FIGRAD" for expedited processing.
• TouchBase Launches Trust Not Track (Touchbase):  TouchBase launched http://www.trustnottrack.org/ to promote healthy communication between family members about social media.  Touchbase is a location service for families that requires active participation from kids.