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Wallstrip Chat: Daniel James: Julie continues her visit to Menlo Park and has a conversation with Daniel James, founder of Three Rings. James explains the idea behind the online game, Puzzle Pirates, and how some fans have taken it too far -- aarrggh!; Tags: analysts, dubloons, game, Games, howard lindzon, invest, investing, julie alexandria, menlo park, nasdaq, nyse, Personal Technology, pirates, puzzle, role playing, rpg, start-up, stock stock exchange, stocks, wallstrip; Videos 2008-06-30
Wallstrip Chat: Ted Rheingold talks Dogster, Catster: Julie Alexandria continues her visit to Menlo Park, and has a conversation with Ted Rheingold, founder of Dogster and Catster. Rheingold discusses why he created the online communities for dog and cat lovers, and their monetization strategy.; Tags: analysts, animals, catster, community, critterster, dogster, howard lindzon, invest, investing, julie alexandria, menlo park, nasdaq, nyse, pets, start-up, stock stock exchange, stocks, ted rheingold, wallstrip; Videos 2008-06-18
Unleash Your Inner Intrapreneur: Starting a new venture within an established company can satisfy the entrepreneurial itch — without the risks of going solo. Learn how "intrapreneurship" can give your career, and your company, a boost. Ever dream of leaving your middle-management job and striking out on your own? For a lot of people,...; Tags: BNET Feature Package, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, Marketing, Career, Intrapreneurs, Nicole Solis, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Management, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Start-up, Entrepreneurship; Articles 2008-04-10
Emily Burg of Growthink: Strategy for Startups: Looking to start you own company? Emily Burg has some advice for you. The company she works for, Growthink, specializes in full-spectrum strategy, planning and research for startups. In this interview, she discusses where the private equity market's going, how you can take advantage of networking and how a company...; Tags: Financial Services, planning, startups, Emily Burg, private equity, Growthink, Strategy, Start-up, Management; Videos 2007-10-19
Ben Goldhirsh: Good Magazine, Great Business: Can you do good without being boring? Ben Goldhirsh is out to prove you can. He's founded Good magazine and Reason Pictures to celebrate "doing things for the right reasons." That means not only putting out a first-rate publication, but also helping corporate America think differently by creating "good" marketing...; Tags: Publishing, Corporate Responsibility, Marketing, Finance, Brand, Start-up, Branding, Magazine, Marketing Research, Business Structures; Videos 2007-10-04

How to Evaluate a Startup: Often managers are responsible for grappling with complex problems in their enterprises -- new problems with many diverse elements interacting in a dynamic way (for an interesting model of these sorts of complex problems, check out this diagram). Recently many startup companies have sprouted up promising to help solve such...; Tags: Financial Accounting, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Corporate Law, Finance, Jessica Stillman, Strategy, Product Development, Corporate Governance, Start-up; Blog posts 2007-08-15
Liftopia Raises $1 Million From Former Expedia CEO, Others: With ski season just ahead, discount ski ticketing site Liftopia has raised $1 million in a second round of funding led by former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford and Amicus Capital. Sand Hill Angels, North Bay Angels, along with individual angel investors also participated, co-founder Ron Schneidermann tells us. Liftopia...; Tags: Expedia Inc., Resort, Start-up, Liftopia, Schneidermann, Business Structures, Productivity, Finance, E-Commerce, Travel, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff; External links 2009-09-30
VentureBeat Buys TradeVibes To Launch Startup Database: Venture capital industry news site VentureBeat has purchased TradeVibes, a wiki info site on startups, which it is relaunching as its own startup directory site. The new site—VentureBeat Profiles—features capsule profiles on startups. Readers and the companies themselves can update basic information, submit press releases, and also explain why...; Tags: Database, Start-up, Site, VentureBeat, Wiki, Venture Capital, Online Communications, Finance, Financing Startups, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Joseph Tartakoff; External links 2009-09-22
Inside Word: Why Do So Many Startups Fail?: The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: Steve BlankBlog name: Steve BlankBackstory: Blank is a serial technology entrepreneur, who wrote Four Steps To The Epiphany, which was published in 2005. He teaches...; Tags: Start-up, Model, Product Development, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Product Marketing, Venture Capital, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Features, Inside Word, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff; External links 2009-09-11
Social Travel Site Everlater Gets Funding: Everlater, a startup that lets users set up online travel scrapbooks, has raised a first round of funding led by Highway 12 Ventures; the company isn’t saying how much it raised. With Everlater, users designate the origin and destination of a trip and then can add text, photos, and...; Tags: Start-up, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, E-Commerce, Travel, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Joseph Tartakoff; External links 2009-11-05
Inside Word: An Entrepreneur Warns Of The Dangers Of Acquisition Talks: The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: Greg LindenPosition: Linden founded Findory, a news aggregator that adjusted its listings of stories to match a visitor’s behavior on the site; it shut down...; Tags: Acquisition, Start-up, Blog, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Features, Inside Word, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Google, Microsoft, Joseph Tartakoff; External links 2009-10-02
@ONA09: Next 'Everyblock' May Be Paying Something Back Besides Open Source: If Everyblock had been funded by VC money when it was sold to MSNBC in August for an undisclosed amount, the investors would have seen a return on their investment. But Adrian Holovaty’s startup was funded through the $25 million Knight News Challenge—and the only requirement was that code...; Tags: Start-up, Money, Open Source, Staci D. Kramer; External links 2009-10-04
DeepDyve Raising $5 Million First Round For 'Complex' Data Search Engine: DeepDyve, a search startup that can take queries of up to 20 words long, is in the process of raising a $5 million first institutional round, VentureWire reports. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup previously raised $9 million in angel funding, which it used for product development. The new money will...; Tags: Search Engine, Start-up, Search, Product Development, Blogging, Research & Development, Business Operations, Internet, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee; External links 2009-10-05
If the Recession is Long, Web 2.0 Startups Could Be Screwed: Andrew Chen, writer of the online advertising-focused blog Futuristic Play, has a post up today talking about online advertising in a recession. Included is a stark prediction about some of the most active areas in online. From his blog post: Unfortunately, some of the weakest areas for online spend...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Brand, Recession, Start-up, Online Advertising, Andrew Chen, Branding, Marketing, Jake Swearingen; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Energy Roundup: Warren Buffett Goes Nuclear, DoE Awards $17.6 Million to Solar Startups, and More: Warren Buffet may go nuclear on EDF-Constellation deal -- Billionaire icon Warren Buffett is dealing with shareholder protests over the planned merger between the French electricity firm EDF and Constellation Energy, the U.S. nuclear energy company he recently agreed to buy for $.7 billion. [Source: The U.K. Guardian] ...; Tags: Nuclear Energy, Start-up, Petroleum, California, Warren Buffett, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-10-06
Entrepreneurs: Bootstrap or Incubate Your Idea in a Downturn: Entrepreneur and author Jon Gillespie-Brown suggests that entrepreneurs may want to hold onto their day job if they need a bit of time to incubate their ideas. In a video interview for the UK's Enterprise Week, Gillespie-Brown says the prospects for start-ups in cleantech, biotech and IT...; Tags: Entrepreneur, Start-up, Entrepreneurship, Management, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2008-11-20
YouNoodle: The Startup That Rates Startups: YouNoodle, a free-reg. startup based in San Francisco, announced today that it is releasing its database of 25,000 other startups to the public with a scoring system that aims to achieve a comparative analysis of each firm's chances of success in the future. So naturally I joined...; Tags: Start-up, Operational Accounting, Public Relations, Productivity, Finance, Marketing, Corporate Communications, David Weir; Blog posts 2009-02-19
So You're Sending That Resume to a Start-Up...: The Find: A quirky list of resume likes and dislikes from a start-up veteran and CEO â€" not your usual call for concrete achievements and bullet points. The Source: A guest post by Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, on blogger and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki's blog,...; Tags: Job, Start-up, Post, CEO, E-mail, Recruitment & Selection, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2009-03-05
Evernote Raises $2 Million For International Expansion: Evernote, a startup that makes a web- and client-based note-taking app, has raised $2 million from DOCOMO Capital, funds it will use in part to launch additional local versions. With Evernote, users can clip a range of files—including handwritten text, parts of web pages, and audio files—and store them....; Tags: Web, Start-up, Evernote, Channel Management, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Joseph Tartakoff; External links 2009-09-09
Death by Discovery: The Interminable Churn of Music Startups: The more I think about it, the more I see the music start-ups space as a dog that won’t ever bark..err…sing. The MySpace-iLike deal—and the price that iLike got—is a perfect example of what will continue to shape all of the online and mobile music startups. As I see...; Tags: Advertisement, Start-up, Music Startup, Entertainment, Music, Rafat Ali; External links 2009-08-20