Archive for June, 2007
Need Cash For a Startup? Let Google Fund You
Thursday, June 28th, 2007If you haven’t heard yet, Google has released a new funding program around their Google Gadgets idea. Two types of funding are available.
1. Grants of $5,000 to those who’ve built gadgets we’d like to see developed further. You’re eligible to apply for a grant if you’ve developed a gadget that’s in our Google […]
Tools of the Trade
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007You have an idea, you have done your research, and you think you have a winner. Now it is time to do the other part. You know, the part where you do some work and create your vision in reality. When starting a new online business, it always helps to use online tools to get […]
Genwi.com - Phoenix, AZ
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Genwi is a Phoenix, Arizona based social network service that makes information available by aggregating people’s RSS feeds. The service invites visitors to search, share and stay connected with friends, acquaintances and others.
Joining Genwi is free and once a registered member, users can
• Create their independent profile page where they can upload either their […]
So You Want to Be An Entrepreneur
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007I think most people tend to have a misconceived belief that starting a business is a glamorous pursuit. You can call the shots, do what you want with your time, answer only to yourself, create your own corporate culture, make loads of money, yadda, yadda, yadda. Because it is unpopular to go against […]
How To Compete With The Valley: Step 1 - Stop The Brain Drain
Friday, June 15th, 2007From the Wall Street Journal comes this great article about Pennsylvania’s efforts to stop their brain drain. It is something that any city should do to have a vibrant startup economy. Keeping the smart well educated people that grow up or attend college in an area is easier than attracting well educated people […]
Will High Profile Internet Entrepreneurs Venture Outside The Valley?
Monday, June 11th, 2007Rob recently covered Mahalo, the new brainchild of infamous Valley entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. While the startup has garnered a lot of attention for their interesting approach to search, another notable aspect of the company is its home base of Santa Monica. In a recent interview with Wired News, Calacanis expressed his reasoning for […]
Feedtwister - Argentina
Thursday, June 7th, 2007More and more web users are either subscribing to third party feeds or generating their own feeds to update their website with fresh content regularly. Feedtwister.com is a newly launched website that aims at offering greater flexibility to feed users by customizing the way information is displayed using feeds on a website. The […]
Spotscout - Boston, MA
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007The web is flooded with useful resources and SpotScout is one of them, dedicated towards offering innovative solutions to daily life problems with an aim to make life easier for everyone. One of the biggest problems we face today is the difficulty in finding parking space and SpotScout. That’s the pain that Spotscout is […]
Mahalo
Monday, June 4th, 2007Life without the Internet & Search Engines is unthinkable in today’s day and age. Where else can information hungry web surfers find quick access to info on everything imaginable?
Mahalo is one of the latest entrants in the arena of Search Engines and is unique enough that, despite being California based, I think it is […]
The Entrepreneur in the Next Cube
Friday, June 1st, 2007In the valley, it’s much easier to get funding for something that is just an idea. For the rest of us, we often have to start ventures on the side while we hold down “day jobs.” That is why, no matter where you work, you may have an entrepreneur in the next cube.
Once […]
