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How to Get a Job Like Mine

The American writer Kurt Vonnegut used to always title his talks "How to Get a Job Like Mine" and then proceed to talk about whatever he felt like. I'm in a bit of the opposite situation. I was told I more...
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Start-up as comodity, start-up as nine-to-five

If you don't want the hassle of taking on employees and trying to increase year-on-year returns for investors but do want a job in a field you know and like, working for yourself, the barriers to entry more...
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For 2007: 6 Startup Lessons

Jawad Shuaib, the founder of Shuzak.com (a social networking site for geeks) uses all his powers of persuasion to list down 6 lessons for startups for the year 2007. These include: Differentiate or Die; more...
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LS9 Raises $15M in Second Round

San Carlos based California Clean Tech startup LS9 has captured its Second Round of funding (US $15 Million), led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation by existing investors Flagship Ventures more...
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Adam Bosworth on a new startup

Health care guru Adam Bosworth who quit Google Health recently, has started blogging again and has said that he is working on a new startup, writing prototype code, testing it and yes, moving his blog more...
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Video Ad Startup Podaddies Raises $1 Million Funding

Promising advertisers that it will allow them to track and monetize content, Video advertising startup Podaddies has raised its first round of funding. The funding was led by The Band of Angels and The more...
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MSNBC.com acquires Newsvine

Seattle based Newsvine, a social news site was acquired in an all-cash deal by MSNBC.com which is also based in Seattle. This is the first acquisition by MSNBC.com which is actually a joint venture by more...
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What is the future of Web Startups?

This essay is from our dear Paul Graham on the future of web startups. In this essay he discusses new startup trends. As the cost of doing a startup has gone down, there are more and more startups out more...
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Email Startup Xobni uses films to attract talent

Email startup company Xobni (which is actually 'Inbox' spelt backwards) has taken a different tack on recruiting. It has released a film to attract talent now. This party-throwing email startup, venture more...
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Internet Advertising Startup The Rubicon Project Raises $6 Million

Aiming to bring automation and efficiency in the area of Internet Advertising, Rubicon has raised its first round of funding from Clearstone Venture partners and Square1Bank. Clearstone is providing VC more...
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