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Start-up as comodity, start-up as nine-to-five

If you don't want the hassle of taking on employees and trying to increase year-on-year returns for investors but do want a job in a field you know and like, working for yourself, the barriers to entry more...
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Numbers for Startup Exits for Q3 2007

NVCA or National Venture Capital association has released the numbers for startup exists for the Q3 of 2007. Jitendra summarizes the key findings. As per the post, 67 VC backed Mergers and acquisitions more...
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What is the future of Web Startups?

This essay is from our dear Paul Graham on the future of web startups. In this essay he discusses new startup trends. As the cost of doing a startup has gone down, there are more and more startups out more...
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Techmeme to Leaderboard - a blog ranking system

Techcrunch is running a story on Techmeme's new blog ranking system. Technorati was the defacto blog ranking system so far, but as per Michael Arrington, the new Leaderboard from Techmeme may the last more...
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5 Tips To Spot A Hot (or Not) IPO

GigaOm has this informative article on how to spot hot IPO's. "The floodgates are back open for tech IPOs. Since August - a seasonally sluggish month compounded this year with market turmoil - VMWare (VMW), more...
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Slide.com Grows 228%

Photo-sharing website, Slide.com grew by 228% between 5 May 2007 and 22 September 2007, overtaking Flickr during the week ending 8 September 2007 in the New Zealand market. Slide.com ranked at second position more...
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Share option in Zoho’s Facebook App

Small write-up about Zoho's Facebook App on ZOHO's official blog. Zoho now lets you share your documents with your Facebook Friends. more...
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Google Buys Zingku, Mobile Social Network

Zingku got bought by Google. "With Zingku, things you wish to promote or share, can easily be created and fetched via mobile, instant messenger, and web browser." Read on... more...
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Linked-In now supports photo support in profiles

Linked-In finally launched the picture support after four years of wait. What I liked about the feature is that it lets you crop the photo directly from the browser. This was a feature long over due. Read more...
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Facebook CEO visits Seattle - likely investment from Microsoft

Facebook is looking for investors. Likely investment size is $500 million most likely from Microsoft in exchange for a 5% stake as per this Forbes article. Google is also rumored to be in the running. more...
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