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7 New Startups San Francisco Can't Stop Talking About
What's the San Francisco startup world chattering about right now?We met with a bunch of investors and entrepreneurs over the past few weeks and grabbed their phones. Here's what's on them:Gametime: We...
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When On-Demand Is And Isn't Appropriate
Anyone covering the tech and startup space can attest to the endless amount of pitches for different on-demand services.After receiving these emails on a daily basis, I figured it was worth giving some...
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Two Friends Were Struggling To Find A Good Pair Of Men's Shoes, So They Left...
Lane Gerson and Ariel Nelson were trying to find shoes for Nelson to wear to an upcoming wedding, but they were striking out."We were like this is nuts," Gerson told Business Insider. "I can’t afford...
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A Hilarious New Tumblr Shames Guys Who Only Wear Their Free Startup Shirts
The startup world isn't exactly known for its fashion. And with a gender ratio that undoubtedly tilts toward males, there's a real sense of a "brogrammer" culture in Silicon Valley. A new Tumblr called...
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There’s A Looming Threat To The Way Uber And Other Rich New Startups Do Business
New York Magazine's Kevin Roose just wrote a story exposing a big threat to a whole host of successful startups.Lately, there's been a rise in a new type of startup: "on demand" startups.Basically they...
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This Rabbi Quit His Job To Create A Better Intercom For Keeping An Eye On His...
Jonathan Frankel is not your average startup founder. He doesn't live in Silicon Valley, or even Silicon Alley. He hasn't worked in the technology industry before.Oh, and he's an ordained rabbi.Frankel...
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BILLION-DOLLAR STARTUPS: Are We In Another Tech Bubble?
Among the things that lead normal, well-balanced people to conclude that the IT industry is crazy are the valuations at which internet companies are launched on the stock market and the prices these...
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This Guy Used Cupcakes To Help Him Land An Interview With His Dream Startup
Looking to get your foot in the door with your dream employer? Try showing up to the office with a box of cupcakes.At least that's what worked for Jon Ebner, now the East Coast sales manager at...
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9 Incredibly Successful Startups That Were Born At Stanford
Thanks in part to its proximity to nearly every major tech company you could think of, Stanford University has become a sort of incubator for Silicon Valley itself. Some of tech's most important...
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This Startup Sounds Like A Giant Eye Roll — Here's Why It Could Actually...
The latest craze in Silicon Valley is to create an Uber-like startup for everything. There's Uber for delivery (Postmates), Uber for food (Sprig and Munchery), and now there is BloomThat, an Uber for...
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This Stat About Digg Reveals Biggest Difference Between Starting A Tech...
Vox's Timothy B. Lee has a great story on Digg's comeback. In it, he reveals a super interesting stat.It's a stat that explains why starting a tech company today is so different than starting a tech...
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Here's How To Get A Successful Startup Off The Ground, According To The...
Sam Altman is president of Y Combinator, a prestigious startup accelerator program that incubated companies like Airbnb, valued this year at $10 billion, and Dropbox.Altman and Facebook cofounder...
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NYC IS HEATING UP: In The Past 365 Days, 3 New Startups Have Skyrocketed To...
New York may not have Snapchat. It may not have Google, Twitter or Facebook. But in the past 365 days, a lot of value has been created by a few New York City-based startups.In the past year or two,...
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Every Entrepreneur Should Read This Guide From A Facebook Co-Founder
Dustin Moskovitz co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and it made him a billionaire. Now he's working on another company, Asana.Moskovitz created a startup deck that's full of advice about how to...
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ANOTHER TOP INVESTOR SOUNDS THE ALARM: When The Market Turns, A Bunch Of...
Netscape founder and Andreessen Horowitz partner Marc Andreessen just joined the startup burn rate conversation and expressed his point of view in a series of tweets.The burn rate conversation was...
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Recruiter: Startups Are Offering Crazy, 1999-Like Hiring Incentives — Such As...
Brad Stadler has been a tech recruiter at the executive search firm he founded, True, for more than 10 years. He tells TechCrunch's Danny Crichton that he's seeing some crazy startup recruitment...
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Silicon Valley Heavy Hitters Mock Over-Hyped Startups To Promote Ron Conway's...
SV Angel founder and San Francisco city advocate Ron Conway got together with a bunch of tech heavy hitters to launch One City, a new initiative supported by Mayor Ed Lee, that aims to make positive...
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How To Tell If Your Startup Is Burning An Irresponsible Amount Of Cash
While Bill Gurley's comments about burn rates (tl;dr he’s concerned they are getting dangerously high) are geared toward later stage startups, the article has kicked off conversations about responsible...
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Startup God Paul Graham Has 6 Pieces Of Advice For Anyone Thinking About...
Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham gave a 45 minute presentation to a class full of Stanford students, which he summed up in 4,000 words on his blog.His main point: Startups are counterintuitive. If...
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After Google Bought Their First Startup, This Duo Is Back With A New App That...
Anish Acharya and Jeson Patel became friends in college, at the University of Waterloo.After graduating, they worked at Amazon and Microsoft, respectively, but eventually decided to ditch their...
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