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Archive for September 2008

I’m a PC

I’m not a pc, but I like this commercial.

Microsoft finally took its jab back at Apple.

Fortune Cookie Spam

I opened up my fortune cookie …

And I got spammed.

The site doesn’t even work.

Startup: The Psychological Factor

I think the hardest part of doing a startup is the psychological factor. During conferences, there are always panels about raising money, bringing together a world-class team, and staying competitive, but there’s little talk about the founder’s lifestyle. However, before you get going on a building that killer app, you have to have heart for [...]

SeedCamp Underway, Youth Innovation Abroad

 

SeedCamp, a week-long event targeted at young entrepreneurs, is now fully underway. The program chooses up to 20 companies and provides them mentorship as well as connections to VC, marketing, PR, the whole package. Five companies will be selected as winners and given funding. All in all, it’s a European event trying to replicate [...]

Entrepreneurs Under 30

Keeping with the theme of my blog, I decided to look up the founders with some of the companies I know of. I was excited to find out that some of the most well known startups/websites are led by young and driven people. Some of these people you probably know of already, while some, probably [...]

How Much Money Does It Take To Be A TechCrunch50 Finalist?

The answer is the zero, of course! Any company with a compelling enough idea can be chosen to present. However, financing plays factor into how well a company performs. Over the previous decade, the amount of money it takes to start a company has decreased dramatically. I went on the TechCrunch50 website and decided to [...]

TechCrunch50 Livestream

For the people who can’t be there, here are the livestream.

Time, Information, and Money

Running a startup is about maximizing the resources you have. Unless you’ve already have previous successes, chances are you’re just barely getting by. Here’s some overgeneralization I recently heard: there are three things that you want, but usually you can only have two: Time, Information, and Money.
For example, if you’re young and out of college, [...]

TechCrunch50 Tomorrow

“The conference features a variety of keynote speakers, expert panelists, and a DemoPit with 100 additional early-stage companies.”
TechCrunch50 is tomorrow! I was helping them set up at the exhibition center today, making a bazillion name tags. It looks like it’s going to be fun. The floor place is way larger than last year, lots of [...]