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20 Stanford Students Quit School To Work For This Payments Startup
Two years ago, a 19-year-old Stanford student named Lucas Duplan took a break from school to create a startup.Over the next few months, 20 students from Stanford quit school to follow him.The startup...
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19-Year-Old Alex Godin Nearly Flunked Out Of High School To Found A Startup
It's been more than a year since 19-year-old Alex Godin left high school to found a startup, Dispatch.Godin is known as one of the youngest person ever to be accepted into TechStars, at 17, and the son...
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It's Finally Normal To Start A Company In London
A few years ago, the startup scene in London was non-existent.Now, it's bustling. Joanna Shields, CEO of London's Tech City Investment Organization and former Facebook VP of EMEA told reporters this...
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Reid Hoffman Invests In A Startup Building A Simpler, Better, Mobile Version...
A new startup named Sold is building an application that offers a better way to sell your old stuff than eBay.Take a few photos, answer a few questions, and they find a buyer, send you a box and pick...
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Two Andreessen Horowitz Big Wigs Tell Us How CEOs Screw Up Most
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz just announced that it's hired another special advisor.It's Ken Coleman, the former CEO of ITM.Coleman has had a long career in the Valley, with...
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Real Estate Billionaire Is Making A Giant Bet On Detroit
Multi-billionaire Dan Gilbert, the founder and chairman of mortgage lending giant Quicken Loans, is in the middle of one of "the most ambitious privately financed urban reclamation projects in American...
View ArticleA Prominent Silicon Valley Investor Is Talking About The End Of Ownership
Is ownership over? An important Silicon Valley figure thinks maybe.Yesterday, Y Combinator partner Paul Graham tweeted:Will ownership turn out to be largely a hack people resorted to before they had...
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A Startup Called Repost Is Taking Re-Blogging To A Whole New Level
Traditional journalists often complain about new media sites aggregating their stories and re-blogging the content.So a new startup, Repost, will likely enrage them. Repost is geared toward publishers...
View Article7 Tips For Picking The Right Cofounder
As they say, there are a lot of fish in the sea. Finding the right fish or partner can appear to be simple. Two best friends get an idea, decide to create a business and build their business and grow...
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The 23 Coolest Small Businesses In Detroit
Detroit was one of the hardest-hit cities in America during the recession.Its auto industry, which helped build America's middle class, needed multiple government bailouts.Unemployment rose to 20% in...
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Whatever You Do, Don't Start A 'Video Discovery' Startup*
With the vast number of videos uploaded and shared on YouTube, many entrepreneurs have sought out solutions to help people find and manage relevant content.But Hunter Walk, the former YouTube head of...
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How These Public School Teachers Made $4.4 Million Selling Lesson Plans Online
Teaching is by no means a very financially rewarding profession.Even though teachers are doing one of the most important jobs in society, full-time public school teachers make a mere $56,069 per year...
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Two Women Raise $3.5 Million For A Controversial, Girls-Only App That...
In London, two long-time friends Alison Schwartz and Alexandra Chong have an app that helps women anonymously gossip about men. On Lulu, men aren't allowed in, and women can anonymously rate them...
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Grooveshark's CEO Is Making A Comeback After 'Getting Punched In The Face...
The last couple of years were rough for Grooveshark CEO Sam Tarantino. The span of time between 2011 and early 2012 was "a year of getting punched in the face 10,000 times," Tarantino tells Mashable's...
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13 Hot London Startups You Need To Watch
We recently visited London and toured the startup scene there. We met with investors and executives and found out which early-stage companies are buzzing abroad.While there are large, promising tech...
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After Success In Israel, Microsoft Launches More Accelerator Programs (MSFT)
On Monday, Microsoft's second class of Israeli startups graduated from its Windows Azure Accelerator programThe program, started about a year ago, has been such a hit that Microsoft is launching at...
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Why US Companies Are Drooling Over Israel's Amazing Startup Scene
U.S. companies and investors are falling over themselves to get a piece of Israel's startup action these days.There are at least two dozen accelerator programs in the Tel Aviv area, including some run...
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The Next 'Megatrend' In Startups
Social commerce and wearable tech are just a couple areas where entrepreneurs have been innovating.Now another big trend is emerging in tech. SV Angel, an early stage investor in hundreds of startups,...
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A Rising Tech Star Convinced Jack Dorsey And Eric Schmidt To Take A $1...
Sometimes, when you meet someone truly captivating, you know that person is destined for greatness.That's how it feels when you meet Ruzwana Bashir, an enthusiastic, bright-eyed, Londoner who's working...
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Meet The CEO Who Lived In A Taco Bell Parking Lot And Now Runs A Cool New...
AnyPerk CEO Taro Fukuyama made a major decision in August 2011.He and his co-founders decided to leave Japan to seek investment for their dating startup, Mieple. Their first stop: Silicon Valley."I...
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