PT Motion Works is a young startup with an incredibly novel product: the elliptiGO glide bike, a bicycle that pedals like an elliptical trainer, allowing exercisers to take this traditional gym workout outdoors. The bike has many great features, including an adjustable crank arm to modify stride length, and a shifting hub in the rear. Co-Founder Bryan Pate, a former Marine and Ironman triathlete, chats with me about bootstrapping the company, developing the unique design, and setting up a shop in a garage to build the prototypes. There’s a great shot of him riding the bike too, so be sure to check out the video to see the elliptiGO in action!

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Widgetbox provides an interface for users to develop, share, and find widgets. Their gallery offers over 30,000 widgets, and their technology allows developers to create widgets that can be embedded on a wide variety of sites without using APIs. The new CEO of Widgetbox, Will Price, shares about the company’s tech, monetization strategy, and competition with Google, and also discusses his career experience as both a venture capitalist and startup executive.

Widgetbox also has a special gallery with widgets tailored specifically for the iPhone! TechCrunch has a good post with the details.

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In this interview, I had the opportunity to sit down with Bill Demas, President & CEO, and John Whaley, Founder & CTO of MokaFive, a company that provides a way to easily create, update, secure, and control virtual desktops with their LivePC technology. These LivePCs are small enough to carry around on a USB drive, and can be easily terminated if infected with a virus, while still keeping the user’s files intact. The interview covers MokaFive’s technology in detail, and Bill and John also share their secrets to success in the startup world, so be sure to tune in. To learn more, also check out these great posts:

Computerworld.com
ZDNet.com

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