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How To Attract Rock-Star Engineers (Without Actually Paying More)
Top-notch engineers can make or break a startup.But other than equity and salary, there are several other ways to attract talented engineers to your company. In a thread on Quora and bunch of tech...
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Startups Are The Real Job Creators Of The Recovery, But They're Paying Less...
A new report from the Kauffman Foundation takes a look at new data from the Census Bureau, which has started to include companies' ages and sizes in its employment data. That lets researchers compare...
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You Have No Choice But To Look Up To These 17 Tech Execs
If you're familiar with Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink", then you're aware of the Warren Harding Effect, which suggests most powerful people are tall, which gives them an advantage in business.Gladwell...
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Google's New Acquisition Sure Makes It Seem Like It's Gunning For Amazon
Google has made an interesting new acquisition that suggests it may be attacking Amazon's shipping business.It just bought BufferBox Inc, a Y Combinator startup, for an undisclosed sum. BufferBox is a...
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Kleiner's Mike Abbott: Venture Capital Must Change
Mike Abbott, the brilliant engineering leader who turned Twitter around, has been a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins for about a year now. And he's learned a lot.He's now determined to change the...
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Why Startups Are Paying Employees Less Than Ever
Sure, start-ups are creating jobs, but turns out those jobs are paying much less than their big business counterparts. And the gap is getting bigger.It's no secret that start-ups can't hand out the fat...
View ArticleLet's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money
Here’s some stunning, Earth-shattering news: You know all those hundreds of incredibly stupid startups that have been raising seed money in Silicon Valley despite the fact that the people running those...
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Tech Visionary Ray Ozzie Is Working On A New Mobile Startup, Talko
Another bit of news has dribbled out about legendary programmer Ray Ozzie's new gig.He's now raised $4 million for it, according to a SEC filing spotted by TechCrunch.And the company appears to have a...
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Three Reasons Why Retention Is The 'Biggest Problem In Mobile'
Retaining users on mobile apps is no easy feat. Cristina Cordova, who works in business development for mobile payments startup Stripe, said last month that user retention is "the biggest problem in...
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A Bunch Of Students Think They Have Found The Next Mark Zuckerberg
A few months ago, early stage VC firm First Round Capital announced a new ploy to find the next Mark Zuckerberg.It threw $500,000 into an initiative called The Dorm Room Fund (DRF) and gathered eleven...
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How Wearing A Strap-On Cost A Founder $500,000
Sibling entrepreneur duo Ben and Hermione Way haven't had much luck landing a $500,000 investment for their health startup Ignite. If you've been following Bravo's "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley," you have...
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This One Data Point Reveals Just How Dead The Internet Startup Market Is
Over the last six months, many people have observed that we've entered a quiet period for consumer Internet startups, as the latest social, commerce, and mobile waves play themselves out.Venture...
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These Numbers Show Just How Hard It Is For Startups To Find Money Right Now
A few weeks ago, we wrote that startups were running out of cash. Now, every tech site is talking about the "Series A crunch."A "Series A" round refers to the first class of stock issued to outside...
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Here's How To Cook Like Dennis Crowley, Randi Zuckerberg, And Other Techies
"The Startup Chef" cookbook, which just launched today, shows a more personal side of the people who power the tech community.It features recipes from Dennis Crowley of Foursquare, Daniel Ek of...
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The 18 Defining Moments Of New York Tech In 2012
It's been a crazy year for the New York tech scene.We saw the Draw Something craze take over the world, startups get acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars, and entire offices get shut down in...
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Snapchat CEO: I Don't Believe People Are Using My App For Sexting
Snapchat, a new app, is taking over college campuses.It lets you snap a photo, send it to a friend, and have it self-destruct within 10 seconds or less.So media organizations, including us, have been...
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RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK: 10 Startups Cofounded By Married Couples
With the holiday season upon us, we're pressed to socialize with our coworkers and spend time with family all at once.The folks on this list have found an easy solution to that time crunch—all year...
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With Just $250,000 In The Bank, This Startup Says It Can Deliver News 15...
Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters can charge banks, hedge funds, and traders thousands of dollars per terminal user per year because both companies break tradeable news faster than anyone else on the...
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Here's Why Startup ZenPayroll Will Disrupt The $38 Billion Payroll Industry
It's high time an Internet company came along and disrupted the $38 billion payroll industry.That's the plan for ZenPayroll, a startup launching today.CEO and cofounder Joshua Reeves decided to create...
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Two Days After He Launched His Startup, This Guy Sold It For $176 Million
On Monday, tiny startup Contrail Systems was in stealth mode. On Tuesday it officially launched. Today, Juniper Networks bought it for $176 million.Contrail's founders, employees, and investors are...
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