Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: DocVerseQuick Pitch: DocVerse brings the collaboration functionality of (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and mor (Read More)
: He asks if massive content sites gaining momentum is "cause for concern about the future of the Web?" - my thinking on this is it's cause for rejoicing. Regardless if you're building your site(s) for fun or profit, the point is constant and quality content creation should ultimately be rewarded.
TechCrunch:
I’m in India this weekend with fellow TechCrunch/BusinessWeek writer Sarah Lacy. After we’re done with the elephant rides in Jaipur, we’re going to be meeting local tech startups. Then we head back to New Delhi to meet more aspiring entrepreneurs. Sarah is writing a book on how startup culture has gone global and I’m resear (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
After successfully selling MyBlogLog to Yahoo, it was surprising to see Lookery founder Scott Rafer write a blog post announcing his company's "orderly shutdown". In heartbreaking detail he took full responsibility for the company's demise saying, "In chronological order, the sins Lookery committed under my leadership were (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner:Shoestring marketing for startups – Young companies typically don’t have the budget for a substantial marketing campaign, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. As you search for your niche and your company evolves, serial entrepreneur Scott Olson offers advice on th (Read More)
Venture Capital and Angel Investor Profiles:
Steve Fredrick, General Partner, Grotech Ventures Steve Fredrick is a General Partner with Grotech Ventures and focuses on investment opportunities in the software, wireless, digital media, and Internet sectors. He is active on several portfolio company boards, including Rollstream, Omnilink Systems, and Hillcrest Labs.Prio (Read More)
startup - Google News:
Report: Chip startup Stream Processors to shut downSan Jose Business JournalVenturebeat reported Saturday that it was told by an executive at the Sunnyvale company that it will be formally shut down in a month or so. ...Chip design firm Stream Processors shutting down and selling assetsVentureBeatall 4 news articles ». (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Stream Processors, a chip design firm focused on video processing, is shutting its doors and is engaged in an asset sale, VentureBeat has learned.Jack Horng, an officer for the company, said that Stream Processors will be formally shut in a month or so. The former chief executive, Chip Stearns, is forming a new company to a (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Tom Wheatcroft, the millionaire motor racing and construction entrepreneur and owner the Donington Park circuit and the biggest collection of classic Grand Prix cars, has died, aged 87. (Read More)
India Times:
Meet a new breed of teens who are already CEOs of their own companies. Their success shows that you don't need a fancy MBA to be an entrepreneur, only broadband and some out-of-the-box thinking. (Read More)
Xconomy:
startups, entrepreneurs, events Gregory T. Huang wrote: I’m not going to do justice to this event. Let’s just get that out there right now. There were some great speakers and panels at yesterday’s Entrepreneur University in Bellevue, WA, organized by the Northwest Entrepreneur Network. But this isn’t about them. This i (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
The manager has had to be an accountant, salesman and agony aunt to keep Pompey alivePaul Hart would like it to be known that, contrary to what you may have read elsewhere, he did not describe Portsmouth recently as football's equivalent of Fawlty Towers. He did, however, say that life at Fratton Park had begun to resemble (Read More)
VentureBeat:
VentureBeat is throwing a new mini-conference and networking event, DiscoveryBeat.DiscoveryBeat addresses one of the biggest conundrums for Silicon Valley’s most dynamic startups and developers: How to get your social game or mobile application noticed in an age of noise?It will be held in the afternoon of Dec. 8 at the Aut (Read More)
TechCrunch:
More good news for Indian entrepreneurs! Infosys co-founder and chairman N. R. Narayana Murthy’s new VC firm, now called Catamaran Venture Fund, just added a whole lot more money to its coffers. A few weeks ago, we reported that Murthy was turning to “the dark side” after selling a large amount of company shares in order to (Read More)