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Silicon Valley Legend Paul Graham Reveals 5 Things He Looks For Before...
Tech startup founders often make the mistake of trying to convince an investor with their pitch, Y Combinator founder Paul Graham writes on his blog. Instead, it's better to let the startup speak for...
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How Ashton Kutcher Finds Startups Like Airbnb And Spotify To Invest In
Ashton Kutcher splits his time between investing in startups and acting. He's poured about $100 million into companies like Airbnb, Spotify and Foursquare.CNBC's Maria Bartiromo asked Kutcher how he...
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An Obvious Reason Why Some Startups Fail Shortly After Raising Tons Of Money
Some startups that fail initially look like they'll be giant successes. That's because they're able to drum up a ton of traffic or users very quickly, and early adoption can be a sign of a lasting...
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Dropbox Is Not Worth As Much As You Think, But Then Again, Neither Are Most...
A prominent Silicon Valley investor is upset about Dropbox.Here's what's bugging him.In 2011, Dropbox raised $250 million.Everyone reported that Dropbox raised this amount at a $4 billion valuation.But...
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Brewster, The Hyped Contacts Manager That Launched Last Year, Has Lost All Of...
Brewster, a contacts manager that launched a little over a year ago, has lost all 12 of its original employees since then, according to a source familiar with the company.There are a mix of reasons for...
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After Selling A Tech Startup For Millions Of Dollars, These Two Founders...
Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring didn't set out to start a chocolate company.When the pair met at Stanford University in 1997, they created Plaxo, a social contact service that ended up selling to Comcast...
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HR Entrepreneur Found The Perfect Co-Founder Through OkCupid
On a mission to create a new way to match employees and employers, it was fitting that Kelsey Conophy used an unusual method for recruiting her co-founder.The 2012 Parsons School of Design Graduate was...
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EverString Reveals The Hidden Relationships Between Internet Companies
How do all the companies on the Internet fit together? Where is the center? What is on the outside and moving in?Menlo Park, Ca. startup EverString has put the whole thing on a map, using artificial...
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11 Apps That Will Help You Get Lucky
Humans have been having sex without the help of technology for ages.But there are still plenty of startups aiming to harness the power of technology to make it even easier to have sex.As of February...
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Some People Are Pretty Skeptical About Bryan Goldberg's New Feminist...
Earlier today, BleacherReport co-founder Bryan Goldberg raised $6.5 million to launch a new site geared toward women called Bustle. Goldberg wrote a post announcing the new round on tech publication...
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More Entrepreneurs Should Be Eating Magic Mushrooms, This Startup Founder Says
As cofounder of a local-social network startup called Circle, Evan Reas is no stranger to finding novel solutions to unusual problems.When you find yourself positively stumped by a creative obstacle,...
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Blue Apron, A Godsend For Busy People Who Don't Have Time To Cook From...
When you come home from a long day of work, the idea of making a meal from scratch is dreadful. It takes time to find a recipe, go shopping, prep the ingredients, then start cooking. A VC-turned...
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SOURCE: Former Zynga Executive Dan Porter Is Working On A Mobile...
Dan Porter was the CEO of OMGPOP (the company that made Draw Something) when it sold to Zynga for nearly $200 million in early 2012.Last spring, he left Zynga and the New York City office full of...
View ArticleAngry San Franciscans Are Putting Up Signs To Tell A Startup Founder To Leave...
Earlier this week, a startup founder in San Francisco wrote a rant in a blog post outlining all the reasons he hates living there. He moved from New York to northern California to participate in a...
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Two Quick Reminders That The Smart People With All The Power And Money Can...
If you're going to try to do something really new for the world, lots of well-meaning people are going to criticize you as nuts or stupid.That was the point of a quote from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos we...
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What It's Like To Intern At Hot Silicon Valley Startup Flipboard
What's it like to intern at a big-name startup in Silicon Valley?The Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Fellows Program hires design and engineering students from across the nation and places them in...
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Finally, A Robot That Will Talk To Your Children So You Don't Have To
You work really hard all day, so when you're finally back at home, all you want to do is kick back with your iPad and play with some apps.A little Candy Crush and scotch to ease the pain, am I...
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'How The Hell Did I Get On A Lion, And How Do I Keep From Getting Eaten?'
Inc. magazine has a good article about how stressful it is to start a company.It starts with a story of Bradley Smith, a founder who sold his watch, cashed out his 401k, borrowed $60,000 from the bank,...
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The Vision For $3.4 Billion Uber Is Much More Than Just A Car Service, And It...
Uber is a car service that sends a driver to a user on demand when he or she pings a mobile app. Investors think the business is worth a lot of money — $3.4 billion to be exact.That's up from a $330...
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Uber Drivers Are Secretly Rating You Too
If you've taken a ride with Uber, the popular on-demand car service, you probably remember that at the end of your ride, you were prompted to rate your driver.A rating of one star implies poor service...
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