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Promising once, startup Bungee Labs In A Freefall

At one time they had 38 employees and seemed so promising, but now they just laid off 15 employees to just stretch that dollar a little more. Competing with others like DabbleDB, Zoho Creator, LongJump, more...
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Why is a Xobni Executive Leaving this Red-Hot Startup?

The very first employee of the Paul Graham nurtured startup Xobni and the Vice President of Engineering, Gabor Cselle is leaving the startup to start his own venture. That is a bit of a shocker for this more...
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Revision3 CEO Speaks DoS, Media Defender, And The FBI

Mashable is reporting that the Revision3 was attacked by Media Defender which brought down the Revision3's servers. The incident was reported to FBI which investigating the incident as per the Revison3 more...
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Examining Layoffs 3.0: Big vs, Small, Start Up vs. Your Own

After Yahoo, Susan Mernit examines the question of whether one should start his/her own startup or join a startup. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach and why would one work in more...
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Totally Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business

Chris Anderson brings a fascinating account of how businesses have evolved over the ages, starting with the story of Gillette to where it is going now - towards free services and new models of monetizing more...
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An Outsider’s Flawed View Of Silicon Valley

When Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman wrote a blog post a couple of days ago comparing Silicon Valley unfavorably to the Seattle tech scene, it raised some attention. Now, our own Michael Arrington takes on the more...
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How I started Seesmic and raised $6 million

Loïc Le Meur tells you the total insider story of how he raised $6 Million from a list of individuals (this actually reads like the Who's Who of the social networking, blogging, podcasting space), how more...
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Talk to my OB/GYN to know me as an Entrepreneur

Guy Kawasaki highlights how children are the ultimate startup and what lessons one can learn from an Entrepreneur who is a mother. He talks of Sherry Couch of BizNiche who sent him a list of reasons why more...
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The Great Inventors Often Were Neither Great, Nor Inventors

Mike Masnick walks one through this maze again - he explores, explains and expounds on the differences between invention, innovation and the fact that most of the well-known names from history books were more...
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The Top 10 Startups Worth Watching in 2008

Ok, drumroll please ... here is the list of 10 hottest startups to watch in the next year 2008: it includes 37Signals, 23AndMe, LinkedIn which are some of the known ones to others such as Spock (provides more...
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