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Y Combinator's Paul Graham Would Never Do A Startup Again 27 Aug 2013 | 05:02 am
Here is a fascinating interview with Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, in Inc. magazine, by Issie Lapowsky. (Hat tip Matt Rosoff.) When did it become the dream of young people to run off to Si...
Giving Microsoft Free Advice: The Best So Far…And My 2 Cents 27 Aug 2013 | 02:48 am
There has been rush from people (journalists and bloggers) who have never run a lemonade stand or any business, to give copious free advice to Microsoft [$MSFT] in the wake of CEO Steve Ballmer's resi...
Qualcomm CEO Worried About End Of Moore's Law 23 Aug 2013 | 05:14 am
Paul Jacobs heads San Diego based Qualcomm — the world's largest fabless chip maker. By Intel Free Press Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, was recently at the Computer History museum speaking about his....
Living On The Fault Line Of Innovation - West Coast Has 4 Startup Centers 23 Aug 2013 | 04:38 am
Here's an interesting infographic from Intuit showing the world's top 20 startup centers. The West coast of North America has four: 1 - Silicon Valley; 3 - Los Angeles; 4 - Seattle; and 9 - Vancouver....
Zuckerberg's 'Greatest Challenge Of Our Generation' Requires A/B Testing 22 Aug 2013 | 06:17 am
Mark Zuckerberg's call for an industry-wide effort to bring Internet connectivity to billions of the world's poorest is framed in the context of a great humanitarian crusade, he calls it "one of the g...
Some Startup School Y Combinator Apps Focus On Real World Problems 22 Aug 2013 | 01:35 am
Nick Statt at CNET, reports that among the latest batch of startups from Y Combinator there were a small number focused on minorities and the elderly. Among the 49 startups at the recent Demo Day, ....
MediaWatch: Justin Smith - Bloomberg's New Media Warrior CEO? 21 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
Brian Morrissey at Digiday, profiles Justin Smith, the new CEO at Bloomberg Media Group. He says that his track record at the Economist, The Week, and at The Atlantic, will likely result in an embrace...
TWIBFY Launches Its Curated 'Inspirational' Platform 17 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
Thursday evening Amsterdam based Twibfy launched what it calls an "inspirational" platform that allows its users to easily collect and share collections of their own images, and images they find onlin...
FridayWatch: Codefellas On North Korea's Dubstep Virus 17 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
Wired's animation series Codefellas is a lot of fun with sharp writing. Here's the latest episode:
New Gmail Filters Out The Competition: Other Marketers 17 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Promotional email has long been an effective way of delivering opt-in commercial messages and many marketers have rediscovered this method after experimenting with advertising, social media campaigns,...
