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SAI Parent Company Raises Lotsa Money

Henry Blodget of Silicon Alley Insider (SAI) says that the parent company of SAI has been evaluated at a pretty decent amount and has secured a pretty decent amount of funding. Another way of saying astronomic more...
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Three Lucky Startups Get Free Advertising on Mashable

Is this a gig or a sign of desperation? Mashable, the venerable social something site is offering three lucky startups a dream deal - they will get free advertising on prime property and get a lot of more...
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China's Oak Pacific mulling HK or Nasdaq IPO

Internet startup Oak Pacific Interactive of China is considering going IPO, but is still trying to make up its mind between the Hong Kong and the Nasdaq. With sales of about $73 Million, it is doing rather more...
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Do the Startup Companies Need Community Managers?

Marshall Kirkpatrick expounds on the idea that since founders and key startup people are too busy to pay enough attention to the community, startup companies will probably do well to have dedicated community more...
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Become.com, a Shopping site raises $8 million in 4th funding round

Mountain View based company Become.com's CEO Michael Yang said that the company was on a roll, raising its fourth round of funding - a neat sum of $8 Million for providing comparison shopping and a host more...
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Sharing the News From 5 Solar Startups

Boston based Wakonda Technologies has secured Series A $9.5 Million in funding. Fat Spaniel is working on solar monitoring. Recurrent Energy has raised a big, tidy sum of $75 Million (yes, you got that more...
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ViroPharma is buying Lev for $442M

Lev Pharma, that focuses on inflammatory diseases is being acquired by ViroPharma for $442 Million. ViroPharma is paying $2.25 per share in cash and 50 cents per share in stock. more...
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Webroot founder found dead in Hawaii

Considered by many to be a security visionary for having come up with the anti-spyware idea and founder of the startup Webroot in 1997, Steven Thomas was declared missing for a few days and has finally more...
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Online advertising: 5 key trends for ad-based startups

Andrew Chen expounds his theory about online advertising during recessionary times and summarizes the five key trends for ad-based startups. Of course, it includes some already known facts like acceleration more...
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Kawasaki looks to a new launch - Frienderati

Guy Kawasaki's Alltop is launching a counterpart to the Twitterati - called Frienderati. Celebrities like Dave Winer, Loic Le Meur, Kevin Rose, and Guy Kawasaki (who is also one of the founders of Alltop more...
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