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Got 3-minutes? Startup can set you up with a date

San Mateo based Speeddate.com is offering speed-dating services based online and on a round-robin style. What started as a Stanford Business School project, has become a company now with service offerings. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Helion Ventures pumps $5.1 million in Hurix

E-learning and online-publishing company Hurix has bagged a hefty round of funding from Helion Ventures. Hurix has been serving clients such as McGraw-Hill group, Pearson Learning and many others. The more...
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Israeli Startup Sportingo bags first round funding

A UK investment company has taken the lead to fund Sportingo, which is a Israeli based startup that focuses on providing a platform for sports and sports-related websites. The Round A funding is valued more...
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Create Media Kits for Startup success

Even for startups, creating a media kit will turn out to be a very good investment. It will fetch returns not only in terms of good publicity, but also present the right face to investors, customers and more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

Loic Le Meur Starts a Video Startup

French Entrepreneur and Blogger, Loic Le Meur has moved to the center of the buzz - San Francisco to launch his own online video startup. This new company is yet to have a name. This certainly signals 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...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Stories  |  

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...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Funding Announcement  |  

Motivate your startup staff using stories

A constant problem that startup companies face is keeping up the morale of its employees. It is possible that the leaders use story-telling as the technique to bring them into the fold in the first place more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Nokia to Pay $8.1 Billion for Navigation Company Navteq

Chicago based Navteq is being acquired by Nokia for a big figure - $8.1 Billion, which comes to around 50 times the earnings of the target. This deal now makes Nokia much stronger against its rivals and more...
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Mini-Projector Startup - Light Blue Optics grabs $26M

Light Blue Optics, a startup focusing on mini-projector using holographic laser projection has raised its first round of venture funding, amounting to a total of $26M. The funding was led by Earlybird more...
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