Archive for March, 2007
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Monday, March 26th, 2007One young entrepreneur has listed 13 reasons that North Carolina is the best place to start a business.
Twitter Me This, Twitter Me That
Saturday, March 24th, 2007Twitter, the now infamous service for letting the world know ‘what you are doing’, has been getting A LOT of press lately. Although it was launched nearly a year ago, a brilliant marketing strategy at SXSW has catapulted the service to the foreground of the blogosphere conversation.
While many people have the “warm and fuzzies” […]
Young entrepreneurs Resource
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Adam posted yesterday about Startupping, a internet community for entrepreneurs. On that note, I’d also like to point out a great resource for young entrepreneurs - MindPetals.
Mind Petals is a site focused on young entrepreneurs under 25 and how they are changing the business world. The site features young contributors who are entrepreneurs all currently […]
ClipMarks - Just The Best Parts of the Web
Friday, March 23rd, 2007ClipMarks is a company I first stumbled across when I met Eric Skiff at SXSW. I love the idea - to just clip and save part of a web page instead of the entire thing - so I was excited for the chance to interview CEO Eric Goldstein. Here’s the best stuff from […]
A Community For Internet Entrepreneurs
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Let’s face it; entrepreneurship can be a lonely pursuit. For tech companies in non-tech cities, well, it can be extremely lonely. Serial entrepreneur Mark Fletcher is looking to relieve this disconnectedness with his latest project, Startupping.
With a blog, discussion forums, wiki and blog aggregator – this site is a great community resource “created by […]
CollegeMedum.com - Classifieds For Colleges
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007We just got a tip about CollegeMedium.com, a classified site that lets you target specific schools. In speaking with George, one of the founders, we learned that the business was launched out of Atlanta, GA with no outside investors as of right now.
To bring this down to a local, more personal level, I have […]
The Lackluster State of Web 2.0
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Thankfully, I am not the only one noticing it…
EarlyStageVC has a great writeup, Web 2.0-Over and Out. In it, Peter Rip says -
Many of us in the VC community have been quietly wondering about the state of Web 2.0 innovation. We aren’t seeing much. Startup activity remains strong, but the consumer web landscape seems to […]
MegaBuzz - A New Model For Rewarding Participation
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Just when you think someone has launched every type of social site possible, along comes MegaBuzz. The best way to think of Megabuzz is as an “opinion and prediction networking site.” Think of it as MySpace + Prediction Markets + Rewards. The site is busy and has a lot going on, but […]
Job Loft - Toronto, ON, Canada
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007So you are in high school, maybe even college, and you want to find a job to fuel your ’95 Honda Civic and support some underage drinking. Aside from flogging your resume at the local mall, what are you to do?
Job Loft, a startup based in Toronto, seems to have an answer. Founded […]
A VC Guide For Realistic Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Seth Godin posts about the things you should consider when looking for VC money. A few items from the list…
1. Investors like to invest in categories they’ve already invested in. If your business is so new that it’s never been tested before, or is in a category VCs hate, think twice.
2. Investors […]
