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Facebook - Long Tail Rules

A really interesting post by Tim O'Reilly on the rise of Facebook as the application platform. As per this article, there are currently about 5000 applications for Facebook but 87% of the usage goes to more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

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...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

How to Get a Job Like Mine

The American writer Kurt Vonnegut used to always title his talks "How to Get a Job Like Mine" and then proceed to talk about whatever he felt like. I'm in a bit of the opposite situation. I was told I 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...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

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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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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New Farecast Service Tells You Whether That Hotel Rate Is Really A Deal - Consumerist

Farecast.com is testing a great new feature that evaluates a hotel's given rate, then tells you how much of a deal it really is when compared to past quotes and fares at similar hotels. more...
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How ArsDigita went from a being buzzing Startup to legal fight between founders and VC's

A very interesting story of a startup which went from being one of the sought after by VC's to going bust and being entangled in legal fights. Their philosphy "we'll attack this problem a few years before more...
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Why most Startups Fail and why this one is different

Gigamon recently announced that two years after they launched their product in May 2005, they have acquired their 150th customer while their sales continue to grow organically, from new customers as well more...
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