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Wherigo lets anyone build games

Wherigo lets anyone build games (or tour guides or local reviews or real estate apps) using the Lua programming language. The games can be tied to a specific location or they can be "play anywhere". The more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Video Games  |  

Six Apart Gets Into Microblogging with Activity Streams

Six Apart this morning launched a plugin for their MovableType blogging platform that aggregates and displays a user's activity from social web sites. Similar to FriendFeed, the Action Streams plugin displays more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

ThisNext raises $5 million

ThisNext, a social shopping services company has raised $5 million in series B round as reported by Techcrunch. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: E-Commerce  |  

BlogTV and ICQ join hands

Techcrunch is reporting that the BlogTV has signed a strategic deal with ICQ. ICQ is owned by AOL. This will allow BlogTV to promote its product to ICQ users through ICQ website. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: New Media  |  

Etsy Raises $27 Million in Venture Capital

Etsy, the site which sells hand crafted goods has raised $27 million in series C funding as reported by Techcrunch. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: E-Commerce  |  

The Dreaded Lunch Invite From Your Venture Capitalist

Most of startup founders are fired in the very first year as founder CEO's and are typically replaced by a VC selected CEO. This is typically done by adding another member to the board, and then voting more...
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VCs Have Flashback Syndrome

Experienced VCs have invested in lots of companies and inevitably some of those companies have failed. When a VC sees a new company that is similar to a previous investment that failed VCs tend to shy more...
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How to Optimize the Founder’s Mind

Carleen Hawn writes about what startup founders need to do to optimize their brain. From visionaries like Steve Jobs to Sequoia VC Moritz, all read wide variety of books to sharpen their brains. more...
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How to Improve Your Startup Business Plan

Peter shares good advice on how to improve the business plan and use it as a funding tool. more...
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Slide raises $50 million dollars

Slide, the maker of applications for social networks, has raised another round of funding – $50 million from the private equity funds at Fidelity and T-Rowe Price, two major Wall Street investment houses. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Funding Announcement  |