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Tim O’Reilly - Work on stuff that matter - Part 1

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A conversation with Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media. The subject of the discussion is his recent talk on Working on “Stuff that Matters” Check out this video

[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News, Web Talks |

Tim O’Reilly - Work on stuff that matters - Part Two

Part 2 of the conversation with Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media. The subject of the discussion is his recent talk on Working on “Stuff that Matters” Check out this video

[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Web Talks |

Raise cash ahead of when you need it

Mike Levy gives entrepreneurs the top 3 aspects that every startup should bear in mind specially when setting out to do your own thing. Check out his tips in this video. Its a short clip but the last tip raises a bell.

[ More ] February 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Web Talks |

5 Start-Up Tips from the Father of Gmail and FriendFeed

Andrew Warner from Mixergy interviews Paul Buchheit on launching startups because he fathered the most successful online products: Gmail and FriendFeed.
In a snapshot this is the summary but please do watch the video

Launch a scaled-back version
Notice sluggish competitors
You don’t need virality if your product is good
Follow your passion
Sometimes you have to go off on your [...]

[ More ] February 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Digital News, Entrepreneurship |

Is this why you’re not getting funded?

John Matthesen give Reena Jadhav, Founder, CEO of nuResume.com his top 5 reasons that 8 out of 10 presentations fail to get funded.
These are the 5 points but its always good to watch the video.

What’s the target business
What’s the market and how well do you know it
How do you make money, who’s going to pay [...]

[ More ] February 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Entrepreneurship |

Twitter raises $35-million VC fund led by IVP, Benchmark Capital

Micro-blogging platform Twitter has closed a $35-million venture capital round. The company had earlier raised $20 million in two rounds of funding

[ More ] February 19th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

UGOBE Pitch for Funding

Parent company UGOBE is behind Pleo, a lifelike Camarasaurus robot that displays distinct emotional and developmental behaviors. Pleos weigh about 3.5 pounds and measure 21 inches from head to tail, and are retailing for $349 at UGOBE.com. The Pleo is full of infrared and motion sensors that detect how the Pleo is being interacted with, [...]

[ More ] January 28th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Entrepreneurship |