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To Bootstrap or Get Funding - from a startup founder

I founded Banner Blue in my spare bedroom during September 1984, then sold it to Broderbund in May 1995. I left the company in November of 1996, having been responsible for over 200 product releases (including more...
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Location Based Services for mobile and social networking

LBS provides the user with two way communication model. Users can request the kind of information he needs, and the operator can cater to the user needs by filtering the content. Location based services more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Mobile 2.0  |  

Ex-Googlers Ready to Start a VC Fund

More Google Executives leave to Start a VC fund, and in an interesting twist join hand with ex-Microsoft Executive. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Venture Capital  |  

Top 10 Bootstrapping Tips

Bernard writes about how to boot strap your company. He clearly distinguishes between bootstrapped businesses focused on consumers verses the once providing services or products to other businesses. This more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

Jango's Social Music Service Shines In a Crowded Market

Jango is a social music site. Jango was founded by an international band of mysterious outlaws; they participated in the first bubble, including in European giant portal Spray and "monopoly cable TV stations" more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Music  |  

Weak Ties and Diversity in Social Networks

Weak ties are relationships we have with people outside our own social networks. We don’t utilize them often, but we utilize them in certain situations to help us with things our social networks can’t. more...
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Jump Start Websites With Jumpchart

Diagrams play a very important role in planning and communicating a site’s architecture. They help you visualize a project before developing and piecing things together, leading to smarter design decisions. more...
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Forget Paper and Sign Contracts Online With Tractis

Tractis, which recently came out of private beta, allows you to negotiate and execute worldwide legally binding contracts online. Tractis’ focus is making e-commerce more safe by providing not only digital more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Enterprise Apps  |  

How the Portals Will Win the Social Networking Wars

Steve Rubel talks about Social Networking Wars: "Every time I make a prediction, there's a better than 90% chance I am going to be wrong. But this one, you can take to the bank. The portals - AOL, Yahoo, more...
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Dick Costolo's Entrepreneurial Experience

Dick Costolo is CEO and co-founder of Feedburner. He gave a talk at the Future of Web Apps about startup advice and being acquired & working for Google. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |