“The whole idea came along after years of frustration trying to find information. I found most of my days were spent hunting down information and putting things together,” he says.

His solution: Tagle, a software application that allows you to seamlessly search for files across folders and applications of all kinds. The program tags information automatically, allowing you to rapidly assemble information from diverse places – everything from Word to Outlook to Facebook.

The software also creates links between associated information to help with more difficult searches. “Even if you don’t know what you’re looking for, but you know it when you see it, Tagle allows you to find it.”

Unlike other programs that profess to streamline information, Tagle allows users to more easily constrain results, and to use their applications as they normally would.

“What Tagle does is embrace and extend the applications you use now – it doesn’t change the interface you use.”

The idea to register with TEC VenturePrize came from Rosenberger’s dad, who’d spotted an ad in the newspaper. He was sold. Just attending the seminars alone made the entry fee a ‘smokin’ deal,’ he says. “It really helped me in honing a business plan, and gave me a deadline,” says Rosenberger.

Now, as a runner up in the TEC VenturePrize Fast Growth competition, the program gives Tagle credibility among stakeholders and investors. “It’s another feather in my cap.”