As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies, and their business goals, that are profiled in the New England Tech Directory.

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TDC LLC: Founded in 2009, Brookline-based TDC is the creator of TaskPoint, online project management and collaboration software for small and medium businesses.

Read more at http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2010/09/20/daily20-Startup-Watch-Five-you-should-follow.html

In order to create or manage issues via email please send email to postmaster@[your entity name].taskpoint.com you can use the following list of rules/keywords with your emails (please note that your FROM address should match the email address associated with your account):
-if you add someones email to CC or TO field of your email and their email is associated with TaskPoint account they will be added to list of watchers of the issue and would be automatically notified about all updates
-in the subject line used as the title to create new issue or you have to put tag [#issue number] to update existing issue
- you can use the following list of keywords in the email body followed by a colon:
Project: project identifier
Tracker: tracker name
Category: category name
Priority: priority name
Status: status name
Assigned To: name of the person or login of the person
Custom Fields: name of the custom field.

Example:

This task should be Assigned To: someone@example.com in Project: XYZ with Priority: High and the Status: Assigned.

“MassChallenge finalists will definitely benefit from this offering”, – says Marina Brounova, CMO of TDC LLC. “One of the main challenges early stage startups are facing is bringing the team from the idea stage to the successful company, and that’s where TaskPoint can provide tremendous help in getting things done on time and on budget. As innovators and entrepreneurs we are very proud to provide our contribution to Massachusetts innovative ecosystem by facilitating success of all MassChallenge finalists.”

“MassChallenge is very grateful to TDC LLC for their generosity and is excited about the benefits this software can provide to our finalist teams.”, said John Harthorne Founder and CEO of MassChallenge, Inc. “Our core mission is to help entrepreneurs win, and this is a wonderful example of collaboration increasing opportunities for everyone.”

Full text of the release can be found at PRWeb

About MassChallenge, Inc:

MassChallenge is running a global startup competition and accelerator to catalyze the launch and success of high-growth, high-impact new businesses. The first contest launched on April 14, 2010 with a total prize pool of $1 Million, and received 440 entries by the application deadline on June 11. Expert judges then identified the 111 finalist teams based on in-person interviews in Boston and Cambridge. Every entrant receives training, feedback, PR and networking support via expert volunteers from partner organizations. Finalists receive 3 months of intensive mentorship and other free resources, including office space and targeted introductions to customers and funding sources. In October 2010, the very best startups will be identified by expert judges to receive cash awards toward launching their businesses along with enhanced PR and privileged access to top investors seeking to place seed capital to work in high-growth firms. You can learn more about MassChallenge at http://www.masschallenge.org

According to the Company “We believe the new name will better convey the scope of our services. Our goal is to provide single point, single source for all the project related information for small and medium size enterprises. The name will also indicate the real quality and strengths of our online platform, which is recognized for the high level of support we provide to our users.”

TaskPoint is available as on demand service with monthly and annual subscription options. With simple pricing model without “per user” or “per project” charges and plans starting at just $19.00 per month, TaskPoint is an affordable and attractive alternative to costly in-house deployments.

Project management tools have evolved in recent years become an indispensable tool for any project manager. With its aid projects can be structured optimally, the project’s progress as a whole at any time to retrieve and document the individual progress of all project participants. Anticipated delays and budget overruns can be identified early and appropriate countermeasures taken….”
To read more (in German) follow the link bellow
ComputerWoche.de