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by tj on September 30, 2005
We have 16 votes in the drawing for our book give away #1 - apparently you like the book. The new give away book is titled the Virtual Handshake by David Teten and Scott Allen.The book is essentialy a...
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by tj on September 30, 2005
Another company we really enjoyed at DEMOfall was Filmloop. The company specializes on producing Filmloops for your desktop and on the web. We wanted to know more and had Co-founder Kyle Mashima to...
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by tj on September 28, 2005
The next day offers a panel discussion on how to bridge the gap between the US and international venture capital. We missed that one but we trust that the US venture industry is still the most...
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by tj on September 27, 2005
The afternoon session here at the New York Venture Summit is also providing some interesting companies - here is our selection: EcoMilesEcomiles has a positive conscious alternative to many miles...
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by tj on September 27, 2005
We are here at the WorldVentureSummit in NYC, Madison Square Garden. The name might be a bit far fetched but shows ambition. The team at Young Startups has not blocked the whole Madison Square Garden...
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by tj on September 25, 2005
As promised we would like to continue our series of in-depth interviews with the best companies and most inetresting entrepreneurs from DEMOfall. On the spotlight today is Steve Iverson, President...
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by tj on September 25, 2005
Jason at our newly opened site - Java Entrepreneur has good thoughts on new buzzword AJAX: "AJAX, the web development technique and not the cleaning product, has been getting so much buzz for the...
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by tj on September 23, 2005
Om Malik and Daniel Primack both confirm the first institutional round for (in) famous BitTorrent: "Om Malik heard a rumor last month that P2P digital content company BitTorrent had raised some...
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by tj on September 23, 2005
Remember the great book I recently reviewed - "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins? I was wondering if you would like to dip into it as well and I'm happy to send it to if you are...
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by tj on September 22, 2005
We will continue to feature selected companies from DEMOfall on this channel. Today's first is Videoegg: Videoegg helps bloggers and publishers to easily publish platform independent video. No...
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by tj on September 22, 2005
Curtis sends in this very interesting community site that discusses how to use the tools of economic development most effectively. One of the topics in favor lately is certainly Microfinance:...
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by tj on September 21, 2005
FatlensFatlens display their new shopping categories. They mostly had event tickets before but it also features clothing right now. Looks pretty helpful - definitely worth a...
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by tj on September 21, 2005
The second day starts with a fury of very interesting startups: EasyReachEasyreach has a client/ server system that allows you to access desktops through a simple central browser interface (but your...
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by tj on September 20, 2005
It is a rainy afternoon here (this being L.A.!) but another superb line up of presenters: United Keys These guys have really found a niche - they implement small displays on top of a keyboard or...
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by tj on September 20, 2005
First a question for you - what company you would like to see in an interview? Let us know and we will have it done later today. The line-up in the morning presenting session: U3A company that puts...
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by tj on September 20, 2005
We are here at DEMOFall in Huntington Beach, CA enjoying the first proceeds of the conference. Chris Shipley is just presenting here opening remarks. The conference has more than 600 attendants and...
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by tj on September 17, 2005
The Young Venture Capital Society posts in its latest newsletter about a rather new deal sourcing strategy: "When was the last time you were excited to receive a telemarketer's call? Well for...
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by tj on September 15, 2005
Courtesy of Gen Kanai comes ebay's presentation (PDF) to its shareholders. It is a 80 pager full of great graphics. Reading through I can't stand the impression that there is a company out...
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by tj on September 15, 2005
BusinessWeek has started an MBABlogs section for their site provided by 21Publish. "Want to discuss what the B-school application process is really like? Or share ways to boost your GMAT scores?...
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by tj on September 14, 2005
TrendWatching.com has a story about state-of-the-art tools for 'mini entrepreneurs': "Want numbers? According to a July 2005 survey conducted by eBay, more than 724,000 Americans report...
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by tj on September 13, 2005
Now after the deal is through more analysis comes through that shows the incredible valuations involved. VentureWire notes: "That makes the deal valued at roughly 12 times 2006 expected revenue...
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by tj on September 13, 2005
We also just got the confirmation for upcoming live coverage from the World Venture Summit in New York. The event is organized and presented by youngStartup Ventures. "The 2005 World Venture...
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by tj on September 13, 2005
As you might have seen we are blogging DEMO Fall live this year. So we promise to have a lots of coverage at this falls premier event for startups meeting investors. DEMO released some hints about...
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