What To Do When Your Startup Doesn't Fail, But Also Doesn't Succeed
There were so many times our start-up almost failed, we joked it was a cockroach, a life form in its own right that, simply put, would never die.There were times when we barely could pay our Rackspace...
View ArticleSteve Blank: Startups Are Getting A Little Too Obsessed With Fund Raising
For many entrepreneurs “raising money” has replaced “building a sustainable business” as their goal. That’s a big mistake. When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours.One of...
View ArticleAR Drone - The Maiden Voyage
I wrote about drones a while back and as part of my exploration of them, I bought an AR Drone on Amazon. It was shipped to my office for some reason and sat there for about a month as I normally cycle...
View ArticleAngry Shareholders Pelt Zuckerberg With Complaints Over Facebook Stock Losses
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions on Tuesday about the company's slumping stock price during the No. 1 social networking...
View ArticleWhy You Should Give Before You Get
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View ArticlePersonal Details Are Being Sold For A Fraction Of A Penny
Personal details including information about serious illnesses and due dates for pregnant women are selling for a fraction of a penny as companies scramble for data, it has been reported.Corporate...
View ArticleFunding Brooklyn Castle
You may have heard about the documentary called Brooklyn Castle in which a team of public middle school kids from NYC win the national high school chess championship. It's a true story and has been...
View ArticleFINALLY: Apple Caves To Samsung Pressure And Explores Bigger, Cheaper iPhones
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colors, over the next year, said four people with knowledge of the matter, as it takes...
View ArticleWhy Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology
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View ArticleAn Immigrant's View on Immigration Reform for Tech Workers
By Natasha Rhodes of CareerBlissEarlier this year, I was laid off from my tech job due to a company closure. For me, the stress and and uncertainty that comes with losing a job were the least of my...
View ArticleFun Friday: Foursquare Time Machine
Those of you who use Foursquare to database your life can have some fun today. Foursquare launched a cool interactive visualization tool called Time Machine yesterday. Go there, login, and watch...
View ArticleCloudAware Announces First Socially-Enabled Cloud Management Tool
Many businesses are using cloud applications to improve day-to-day operations in the enterprise. But while the trend has been sweeping IT departments nationwide, it isn’t without its problems.Plenty of...
View ArticleHere's The 'Specific Evidence' Of US Hacking China That Snowden Might Spill
Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who has turned the United States intelligence apparatus upside-down, said that he won't be extradited back home without a fight.That fight won't take him to Britain in...
View ArticleVideo Of The Week: Talking With Spencer Ante At SourceDigital13
Earlier this week at our portfolio company Flurry's conference, SourceDigital13, I sat down with Spencer Ante and talked about mobile and some other stuff. @boonsri was in the audience and filmed it...
View ArticleGoogle Secretive X Lab Launches Internet-Beaming Balloons
Google unveils Internet beaming balloons launched into stratosphereCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this...
View ArticlePRISM Is Just Part Of A Much Larger, Scarier Government Surveillance Program
What makes Prism shine? National Security Agency's megadata collection from Internet pipelineWASHINGTON (AP) — In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp....
View ArticleUS Government Made 9,000 Requests For Facebook User Info In Six Months
Facebook revealed it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.The requests...
View ArticleFacebook Sent A Cryptic Message To Media Outlets About A 'New Product' Coming...
It’s entirely unclear what Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is about to try, but it must be something big. Media outlets across the country have been getting invites — via snail mail — about an event at its Menlo...
View ArticleApple Mac Pro Reviewed
During Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote speech, it gave developers a sneak peek at the upcoming newly revamped, and powerful, Apple Mac Pro workstation. “Can’t innovate anymore, my ass,” said Apple exec Phil...
View ArticleLessons I Learned from My Dad
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