Freeport Metrics Awarded TechStart Grant for New App Development

Freeport Metrics Inc. is awarded TechStart Grant from the Maine Technology Institute to create a new, innovative web and mobile app for those in the wedding floral industry.

Portland, ME, March 10, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Freeport Metrics Inc. is pleased to announce it has received a TechStart grant from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI). Freeport Metrics will use these funds to create a web and mobile app targeted to those working in the wedding floral industry. This new, innovative software will revolutionize the way wedding floral designers communicate and interact with their clients.

Freeport Metrics will be partnering with Emily Carter Floral Designs (http://www.emilycarterflowers.com/), an expert in the wedding floral design industry, to create this cutting-edge software. This collaboration between the highly skilled software developers at Freeport Metrics with an experienced, talented floral designer such as Emily Carter will undoubtedly result in the development of ground-breaking software that is not only technologically advanced but also fully meets the needs of those professionals in the industry. "We're looking forward to collaborating with Emily Carter Floral Designs to create an innovative and much needed software platform for this industry,” says Freeport Metrics President Daniel Piltch. “We're excited for this opportunity from MTI and look forward to getting started.”

The funds provided by the TechStart Grant will enable Freeport Metrics to conduct the necessary preliminary steps required when creating a new software platform such as this. It will include the development of a formal business plan, recruitment of a board of advisors from the floral, wedding and software industries, and the creation of initial wireframes which will be used to help explain the concept to advisors, potential customers and developers.

The TechStart Grant is offered as part of the MTI Business Innovation Program to individuals and companies in Maine who are looking to develop their new ideas and new products.

About Freeport Metrics Inc.:

Freeport Metrics is a team of technology consultants, software developers and business intelligence specialists with offices in Portland, Maine and Warsaw, Poland. They design and build innovative custom applications for the web, mobile devices and kiosks and provide cutting-edge business intelligence solutions for large enterprises, governments and start ups. They are the creators of the app MenuRadar as well as the Rubbi business intelligence platform, an innovative and custom data analysis software that helps businesses make sense of their data. For more information about Freeport Metrics, please visit www.freeportmetrics.com.
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