Can ccLoop Rid Us Of Our Collective Email Woes?
TechCrunch
Launching in public beta today at Disrupt is ccLoop, a previously stealth startup founded by serial entrepreneur Michael Wolfe that aims to tackle one of the biggest problems with modern communication: the disaster that is email. ...

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Are You An Entrepreneur? Here's How To Tell
The Business Insider
Here's the definition I came up with: if you walk and talk like an entrepreneur, you are one. And while some people assume this term strictly applies to founders of start-up companies, it applies just fine to employees, students, really anyone. 1. ...

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Tech Crunch Disrupt: The Current State of the NY Startup Scene (#TCDisrupt)
NY Convergence
Particularly, we caught the panel “New York Startup Scene, What's Different Now?,” which featured serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Hunch Chris Dixon as the moderator. The panelists included VCs Ron Conway of Silicon Valley's angel firm SV Angel, ...
Ron Conway: 'New York Tech Is Here To Stay'TechCrunch

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MassChallenge start-up competition picks 125 finalists for 2011
Boston Globe
Unlike other start-up programs that focus just on Internet businesses, MassChallenge attracts biotech, energy, retail, consumer product, and non-profit entrants. The organizers say their goal is to "catalyze the launch and success of high-growth, ...

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How to Be a Gaming Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
You've heard the tales of Zynga and Rovio: The first rose from humble startup origins in 2007 to become the overlord of Facebook gaming with offerings like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, and now boasts a valuation of roughly $10 billion. ...

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Entrepreneur (blog)
Taking Stock of Empire Avenue for Business
Entrepreneur (blog)
... to business stardom for your start-up or entrepreneurial effort, you're not alone. Nearly every entrepreneur I talk with -- especially those in the high-tech or social media space -- truly believes their company has the same potential for success. ...

PSFK
You're Successful. Now What?
Portfolio.com (blog)
Karp noted that users may forgive a startup that's experiencing growing pains, but only if it moves fast to fix the problem. “The great thing about the Internet is it has a short memory.” Two and a Half Ideas: Disrupt: Y Combinator's Paul Graham ...
Brain Host Offers 1 Year of Free Web Hosting to Tech Startups in Honor of ...PR Web (press release)

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Ex-Automotive Executives Start Incubator for Greentech Start-Ups
New York Times (blog)
In contrast, entrepreneurs building their first start-up would have a harder time convincing venture capitalists to invest in a company promising distant returns, he said. A common mistake among first-time entrepreneurs, said Mr. Lowe, is raising “too ...
Greenstart Launches as the First Accelerator for Cleantech StartupsPR Newswire (press release)
Clean-Tech Newcomers Launch Greenstart For Quick ResultsWall Street Journal (blog)
Greenstart hits the gasSustainable Industries
All Things Digital -TG Daily -VatorNews
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Greenstart hits the gas
Sustainable Industries
Each startup gets $25000 in funding – Greenstart, in exchange, gets a 3 percent to 10 percent stake in the company. In the course of the three-month program, participants will also get mentorship from a crew of successful entrepreneurs and venture ...
Greenstart Launches as the First Accelerator for Cleantech StartupsPR Newswire (press release)
Start-Up Accelerators Get Topic-Specific: Education, Health and Now CleantechAll Things Digital
Introducing: The Y Combinator for CleantechReuters
TG Daily -San Jose Mercury News -Sacramento Bee
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TheStreet.com
Invest in Young Guns, Says Angel Investor
TheStreet.com
The youngest entrepreneur that Conway has invested in? Kristopher Tate, who was only 17 when Conway took a stake in his start-up Zoomr in 2006. Tate's parents had to be present at the document signing because he wasn't legally old enough to sign, ...

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Google Acquires “Sparkbuy” A Search Engine For...
eBrandz
Sparkbuy, the Seattle-based startup led by entrepreneur Dan Shapiro, which has raised $1 million in funding, is a high-powered product search engine and comparison shopping site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Sparkbuy has ceased operations ...
Google Snaps Up SparkBuyBenzinga
Google buys Sparkbuy, a search engine for consumer electronicsGeekWire
Google Buys Sparkbuy, Less Than Two Months After Seattle Startup's Product LaunchXconomy

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How to Not Waste Your Life: Summary of The Startup Lessons Learned Conference
Forbes (blog)
Really, as Eric argued, although we often think of entrepreneurship as an exciting endeavor, in a strangely paradoxical way success comes from doing the boring work of managing the innovation process and measuring whether your assumptions are true or ...

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Startup Illinois Launches to Accelerate Growth and Inspire Local Entrepreneurs
Small Business Trends
Chicago (PRESS RELEASE – May 24, 2011) – At least 100 of the state's up-and-coming entrepreneurs recently celebrated the kick-off of Startup Illinois and the formation of the Illinois Innovation Network, dual efforts to support and accelerate growth of ...
Illinois Initiatives Aim to Encourage GrowthThe Epoch Times

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Portfolio.com
Two and a Half Ideas
Portfolio.com
Will the failed Web entrepreneur have more success back on TV? Read More Founder and co-editor of TechCrunch Michael Arrington and Ashton Kutcher (R) attend TechCrunch Disrupt New York May 2011 on May 24, 2011. Editor's note: In a vast warehouse in ...

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Entrepreneur Launches New Indiana Incubator
midVentures
As of this month, there's a new business incubator on the Midwest startup scene: JED | Venture Partners, launched by Indiana entrepreneur and attorney J. Eric Davis. More of a business incubator than a venture capital firm, this new acceleration ...

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Greenstart Launches as the First Accelerator for Cleantech Startups
PR Newswire (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenstart, the first startup accelerator exclusively designed for Cleantech companies, debuts today. Based in San Francisco, the company will help promising entrepreneurs get the guidance they require to ...
Greenstart hits the gasSustainable Industries
Start-Up Accelerators Get Topic-Specific: Education, Health and Now CleantechAll Things Digital
Clean tech incubator calls for entrepreneursTG Daily
VatorNews -San Jose Mercury News -Reuters
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Entrepreneur
How ShareSquare Is Leading the QR-Code Marketing Pack
Entrepreneur
QR codes have been around for years, admits founder and CEO Matthias Galica, a graduate of the 2010 Founder Institute startup mentorship program in Silicon Valley. But ShareSquare is making headway where others have failed because musicians--the ...

New tech incubator homing in on green technology
San Jose Mercury News
Like its peers, the "startup accelerator" aims to help entrepreneurs get their young companies off the ground. But Greenstart is focusing on just one slice of the technology pie: so-called "clean" tech. "I started my first company at 23, ...
Introducing: The Y Combinator for CleantechGigaOm

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At Dropbox, Over 100 Billion Files Served–And Counting
GigaOm
On Monday, Houston shared the latest Dropbox figures during a presentation at the second annual Startup Lessons Learned. The day-long event in San Francisco was designed to bring together entrepreneurs and engineers interested in the lean startup ...

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LUCKY OR SMART?: My Biggest Problem Was Time
The Business Insider
Virtually every successful company has, at one point in its life, come dangerously close to death. What revives these young start-ups is the work of passionate entrepreneurs with almost religious convictions about their company's products. ...