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Meet Startup Onzo the iPod of Cleantech

UK based startup is coming with cool designs to manage the energy of your home. Sigma Capital Group and Scottish and Southern Energy, each of whom put up £1 million and a company representative to sit more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Funding Announcement  |  

Xobni impresses highly

Here's a way out for those of you stuck with Outlook for emails. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Networking  |  

Marc Andreessen says it's a bubble

Using the right tone and satire, Marc Andreessen says that we are in the middle of a bubble - the wave of Web 2.0 and related hype created are part of this unsustainable ride that will not last, but only more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

Dear Founder: Do you want to be Rich, or be the King?

As a Founder, if you want to be the King of your startup, then your days are numbered. The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go? is based on a new work co-authored by Noam Wasserman, a professor of entrepreneu more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

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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Yelp Raises $15 Million Fourth Round, Valuation $200 Million?

Started in 2004, based in San Francisco, local guide and review site Yelp is going into its fourth round of funding boasting some impressive numbers: 8.3 million uniques in the past 30 days and over 2.3 more...
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The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Bias

Marc Andreessen this time takes a long, long tour through multi part series based on Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's long-time partner and Vice-Chairman at Berkshire Hathaway and his book about human more...
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The end of young startup Mowser

In April 2007, Russell Beattie started a mobile browser company called Mowser and now after one year of trying hard, is giving it up. He says that he was unable to raise capital or get enough users to more...
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Yahoo to outsource Messenger phone calls to startup Jajah

Startup Jajah is in the news. Jajah will connect the calls to and from users of Yahoo Messenger and handle billing and customer care; so, Yahoo is outsourcing this part completely to Jajah which is a more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Online Apps and Widgets  |  

Khosla backs Four Lesser-Known Green Car Companies

Former Kliener Perkins honcho Vinod Khosla is revving up his Khosla Ventures investments into batteries, alternate energy sources and well, four less known green car companies. See if you know these names more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Clean Tech  |