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Do you a-Spire.com?

Ooooh, here comes another social networking site that caters to the rich - Boston based startup Spire.com is now competing against the likes of DiamondLounge and aSmallWorld to gather eyeballs - well, more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Founders  |  

Our Playbook - Social Community for Sports Fans

OurPlaybook.com, the community for sports fans of both pro and college sports recently launched. The free community allows sports fans to create a free profile, share pictures and videos, create their more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Networking  |  

Tech Newsjunk

Dave Winer has launched a new tech news site. It is called Tech Newsjunk. Its like techmeme but exclusively focused on products. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: New Media  |  

How to handle reference calls?

The world that we live in trades on reputation. What that means is that eventually whether you are raising capital or landing new customers, your references will matter. If you are an entrepreneur, a more...
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Twitter May Buy Summize

A source close to Twitter says that the two companies have been in discussions around a merger over the last couple of weeks, but won’t comment on whether an actual sale has occurred, or the terms of more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

Question is - To VC or Not to VC?

Every entrepreneur will face this pivotal question and needs to carefully evaluate raising PE/VC money as he/she thinks about scaling their ventures. The barriers to entry and capital requirement to start more...
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Microsoft is Buying Mobile Services Company MobiComp

Portuguese based mobile back up and application services company MobiComp has been acquired by the Redmond giant for an undisclosed amount. While it seems to fit well into their Windows Mobile strategy, more...
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Startup Blist tries to make Sharing Documents Easy

Blist is competing with the likes of Zoho and is trying to keep pace with new ideas. It has secured a nice $6.5 Million in Series A funding. It has come out with a new way of sharing documents that takes more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Gadgets and Tools  |  

iYomu: A Social Network for Old People, Expired

At one time, it was agreed upon by all (the pundits) that vertical social networks is the way to go and iYomu focused on it, winning some degree of eyeballs and visitors. Yet, it failed and Richard MacManus more...
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Diary of a Failed Startup

If your idea starts with "We're building a platform to..." and you don't have a billion dollars in capital, find a new idea. Now. more...
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