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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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Is Digg wooing the Guardian for an acquisition?

After Guardian acquired PaidContent last week for $30 Million, there are very strong rumors floating around that Digg is looking to the Guardian as a possible buyer. The startup has been in the news and more...
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Ad startup IntroNiche claims to be different

An ad marketplace is just what we were all missing. IntroNiche is claiming that its offering - a marketplace where small companies and entrepreneurs find the right partners to promote each other in the more...
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The Story of Tesla’s Founders' Fight

Tesla Motors has been in the news for a lot of reasons. Some of it has been positively negative - the fight between the investor, founder Elon Musk, who it is now reported had put in about $55 Million more...
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