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  • Meet the man who says he’ll bring in almost $50 million this year, and he owes it all to cute pet pics. Every day, Alex Zhardanovsky posts tons of photos of cats and dogs that are almost guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and generate even more money for his company.

    Zhardanovsky uses pooch pics to promote PetFlow.com, a start-up he co-founded to make sure your pet never goes hungry and you never have to lug a heavy bag of dog food home from the grocery store again.

    CNBC gave Zhardanovsky 60 seconds to bark his big idea to the Power Pitch panel. Click the video to see his pitch and some of the cute pets that helped his company make millions.

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  • Facebook (FB), Twitter and YouTube (GOOG) have revolutionized politics by enabling a direct dialogue between politicians and voters.

    But despite all the new ways to communicate, political start-up ElectNext believes there’s a big issues information gap and aims to fill it.

    CNBC gave ElectNext CEO Keya Dannenbaum 60 seconds to prove how she can inform and engage voters, disrupt politics, and make money while doing it. Click the video above to see if she can sway you to vote IN on ElectNext.

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  • This school season, the battle between professors and social media distractions may be over. One start-up decided to join students where most of their attention ends up - on their smartphones! A startup called Top Hat has created a mobile platform that allows students and teachers to interact on their mobile devices during class. The mission: use mobile devices boost student engagement and improve learning. The company’s big idea has scored over 10 million dollars, and some big name universities are already on board.

    “We believe the classroom is broken and we’re using mobile devices to fix it,” said Andrew D’Souza, COO of Top Hat.

    CNBC gave D’Souza 60 seconds to prove it. Click the video and see if our judges pass or fail D’Souza’s pitch.

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  • This story is about an entrepreneur who does NOT want you to read this article about his new start-up, he’d rather you let a cat read it to you instead. We’re not kidding! Freddie Laker is the CEO of Guide, a tech start-up filled with talking animals, from a panda to a puppy that can all read Web pages to you. Laker’s cute talking animals are no joke; they’ve helped him raise over a million dollars from some big-name investors.

    Anticipating you’d find it all a little bizarre, we included a video so you can see the animals that read and talk with your own eyes. The CEO thinks his furry Web page readers are the start of something big. “We believe this disruptive technology is going to transform how people consume online news,” said Laker.

    CNBC gave him just 60 seconds to prove it. Can he pull it off? Watch the video and judge for yourself.

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