Tech Town, NC

One of the brightest lights of the local tech scene, Shoeboxed.com, just celebrated its 1st birthday on Thursday, July 24. Kudos to the team of Taylor Mingos, Dan Englander, and the rest of those happy warriors over in Durham. In just 12 months they’ve established themselves as a thoroughly useful service with some really great technology behind it. It’s a simple concept, eliminating paper receipts and the clutter that ensues, but they’ve gotten the execution of it absolutely right. With the burgeoning mail-in service they’re making it that much easier for all of us to evolve and make the transition. And they’ve got a business model, with paid subscriptions weaning them off the typical “ad supported” model. I’d say that for a 1-year old, that puts them way ahead of the game.

Happy Birthday Shoeboxed, and good luck the next year and beyond.