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Pixim raises more money

Pixim that makes chips for video surveillance and which has raised $21.6 million of a $23.1 million round from current investors: Mayfield Fund in Menlo Park and Tallwood Venture Capital in Palo Alto, more...
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How can I start my company and keep my day job?

So, this is a fairly common problem. Do you dive full-time into your startup or do you do it part-time, while keeping your day job to keep those bills paid and the wolves from the doors? In Silicon Valley more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

You're Welcome to Conference 2.0

Dan Fost delves into the changing face of Conferences saying that the usual passive role that attendees play in such events is changing rapidly by the use of social media and participatory tools that allow more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

EveryScape raises money

EveryScape that is taking on Google's StreetView has raised its second round of $7 Million which was led by new investor Dace Ventures and includes existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Online Apps and Widgets  |  

The Problem with Social Media Marketing

Joshua Porter has this post talking about Social Media Marketing which is the challenge for zillions right now - he says it’s better to think of social media tools as amplifying customer opinion rather more...
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Fred Wilson - Hypocritical, Wrong and Conflicted

The daggers are out. VC Fred Wilson came out with a blog post that criticized bloggers and singled out Matt Marshall of VentureBeat and Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch for this. And now, Michael Arrington more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

A Start-Up Says It Can Answer - Deal or No Deal for Startups

Stirring up a lot of scepticism and past history of failed attempts by others, Kirill Makharinsky, 21, and Bob Goodson, 27, call their software a “start-up predictor,” and they say their company, YouNoodle. more...
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Video site Revver selling itself for a song

Los Angeles based YouTube competitor Revver has fallen upon tough times. Backed by such investors as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Bessemer Venture Partners, and William Randolph Hearst III, Revver had offered more...
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Startup puts wireless monitor on a band-aid

UK based startup Toumaz Technology is putting a wireless monitor on a band-aid. "We not only have an aging society, but one that does not have healthy lifestyle," said Alison Burdett, director of technology more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Healthcare  |  

JSW Energy files papers for IPO

With lead managers JM Financial, Kotak Mahindra Capital and ICICI Securities, India based JSW Energy has filed for an IPO in the Indian stock market. It plans to raise over Rs 3,500 crore from the issue, more...
Discuss  |  Topic: IPO  |