Archive for April, 2007
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007Anyone that has read a newspaper or watched television the past few years is surely aware that it has been a tough decade for North American car companies. In the face of dominating foreign competition, sky rocketing operating costs, and an overstressed health insurance infrastructure – corporations like Ford and GM have begun abandoning […]
Mom and Pop Motels
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007Over the past three years I have been fortunate enough to travel across 14 countries and roughly 12 States. During this span I have literally slept everywhere. Hotels, motels, inns, hostels, train stations, airports, condos, bed and breakfasts – you name it.
The over-riding conclusion I have arrived at during the course of my (sleepless) […]
How to leverage college resources for your startup (Part I)
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007As a college student and entrepreneur, I’m faced with the everyday challenge of balancing schoolwork, social life, and my startup venture. But when you know how to leverage available resources at your college, it becomes less of a load to run your business and manage schoolwork. This post is the first part of a series […]
Launching Viddler 2.0
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Viddler 2.0 has just been launched with some great new features. For those who are new to Viddler, the site offers a fresh new look at online video. With timed comments, searchable movie content, and a healthy social network, the startup is sure to shake things up in the online video niche.
Here’s a […]
Peasy.com – Parking Made Easy
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Despite major advances in science and technology mankind is still plagued with a fundamental problem – finding parking spaces. Ask anyone that has had the (dis)pleasure of working in a city center and you’ll quickly hear how much of a challenge it is to drive around searching for that ever illusive last parking […]
Quintura - Is A Visual Search Engine The Better Way to Find Information?
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Search is a very difficult problem to solve. When a user enters a keyword into a search engine, what exactly does she mean by it? Does she want to find a specific match? Does she want to run a query and show everything related to her search? Does she want to […]
Techcrunch20 Conference
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007TechCrunch just announced that they will be organizing a conference, to be held Sept 17-18 in where else but…San Francisco. The concept: Choose 20 of the “hottest” startups, based on “merit”, and provide them with a BIG forum to demo their product/service/application.
Of the “chosen one’s”, it will be very interesting to see the spread […]
Starting Up 2.0
Monday, April 16th, 2007ConversionRater.com has a presentation that was given at Web 2.0 Expo titled, “Starting Up 2.0: Strategies for Pitching, Financing and Growing Your Web 2.0 Startup” with Jeff Clavier of SoftTechVC and Rob Hayes of First Round Capital.
The points really are very simple:
The Idea
The Team
The Company
The First Money
The Pitch
The VC Process
The Funding Process
The End of the […]
Another resource for entrepreneurs
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Om Malik, blogger at GigaOM and the founder of the GigaOM network, has launched a new blog as another resource for entrepreneurs. Found+READ is a blog that speaks from the entrepreneur’s point of view, the problems that startups experience, and the solutions to everyday business problems. Om himself is an entrepreneur and has been through […]
The Venture Process When You’re Outside the Valley (Part II)
Saturday, April 14th, 2007Securing an investment:
This is the second installment to my “The Venture Process When You’re Outside the Valley” string. You can find the first post here. (Adam wrote a great follow-on post on how to get your foot in the door which is worth a read.) In this post, I’ll discuss the […]
