For Armando Rand and Steve Marks, a few months of retirement was enough to convince them to get back to work — this time on their own startup. Rand and Marks, along with cofounder Ronnie Silos, have created PayForward, a cashback system created to fund personal and charitable causes through rebates when making local purchases.
In January, Santa Monica-based HomeHero officially launched as a marketplace to helps families find, hire and manage quality in-home care for seniors. Just this week, the company was given the “Best Employment Site of 2014” title by the Webby Awards, which honors “excellence on the Internet.”
