Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat
February 9, 2010
New York Times / By JENNA WORTHAM
Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.
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Mark Cuban says rookie guard Beaubois basically off limits for trade
February 9, 2010
DALLAS MAVERICKS
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said before Monday night's game at Golden State that upstart rookie guard Rodrigue Beaubois is basically off limits right now during trade talks as Dallas approaches the Feb.
Startup to launch after Secret London Facebook group amasses 180,000
February 7, 2010
TechCrunch UK / Mike Butcher
There's a certain irony that TechCrunch's in-house satirist Paul Carr is currently slaving over the sequel to his book about his failure to launch a startup.
Better Times for VCs? Redpoint Raise $400 Million Fund Focused on Social, Mobile, Cloud and Clean
February 9, 2010
BoomTown / Kara Swisher
Redpoint Ventures announced that it had closed a new $400 million fund to invest in early-stage start-ups in the "social and mobile Internet, cloud computing and clean technology spaces.
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IACI Q4 Beats; Stock Gains
February 9, 2010
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Barron's Online / Eric Savitz
IAC/Interactive (IACI), the Barry Diller-piloted Internet conglomerate, this morning posted Q4 results that beat Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $367.
Universal Announces Management Appointments
February 9, 2010
Market Wire - Full Feed
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 9, 2010) - Universal Power Corp.
MakeMyTrip To Buy Bus Ticketing Site Ticketvala.com
February 9, 2010
VC Circle - Indian Venture Capital, Private Equity, M&A :: Main Page / Sarimul I Choudhury
MakeMyTrip (MMT), India's largest online travel company, is reportedly in the final stage of discussions to buy Ticketvala.
Nexamp Secures $6.5 Million in Venture Financing from Leading Renewable Energy and IT Investors
February 9, 2010
PR Newswire: Technology
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning clean energy solutions company Nexamp today announced that it has secured $6.
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Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up
February 9, 2010
CNET News.com | Tech news blog - Category:
Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
Maker Business: Venturing out...
February 9, 2010
MAKE: Blog / Gareth Branwyn
Kicking off our Maker Business series is this piece by Jeffrey McGrew, who along with his wife Jillian Northrup, and their trusty CNC machine named Frank, are a two-person (and a bot) design and ...
Where is Entrepreneurship Really Taught?
February 8, 2010
ReadWriteWeb / Dana Oshiro
Between Y Combinator's Startup School, the influx of seed fund incubators, the list of legendary mentor / investors and the dotcom bust's school of hard knocks, is there really any reason to go to ...
Startup links VMware with Amazon to create secure cloud storage
February 8, 2010
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A startup called Nasuni has made software that adds security and performance features to Amazon’s cloud storage
Bandize: Manage Your Band Like a Business
February 8, 2010
Mashable! / Samuel Axon
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups.
Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC’s have a Gender Problem
February 7, 2010
TechCrunch / Vivek Wadhwa
“People in technology businesses are drawn to places known for diversity of thought and open-mindedness”, is what Professor Richard Florida concluded after studying the growth and success of 50 ...
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Nexamp Secures $6.5 Million in Venture Financing from Leading Renewable Energy and IT Investors (PR Newswire)
February 9, 2010
Yahoo! Finance: Venture Capital News
Award-winning clean energy solutions company Nexamp today announced that it has secured $6.
NFIB: Small Business Owners Report "shortage of customers"
February 9, 2010
Calculated Risk / CalculatedRisk (noreply@blogger.com)
Novus completes buy of Albion’s animal nutrition unit
February 9, 2010
Venture Capital News - Venture Capital News Headlines | Bizjournals.com
Novus International said it completed its previously announced purchase of the Albion Laboratories Inc.’s animal nutrition division for an undisclosed amount.
Bertelsmann withdraws from Italy bookselling venture
February 9, 2010
Monsters and Critics World News / DPA
Five compensation-related mistakes startups make (and should avoid)
February 9, 2010
VentureBeat / Caine Moss
(Editor’s note: Caine Moss is a corporate and securities partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.
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