BoomStartup, a seed capital and mentor-focused investment program for web and software start-ups has selected 10 startup companies for its investor demo day next week Friday September 10, 2010 in Park City, Utah. According to Anthony Ha of venturebeat, BoomStartup had about 150 applications. And of the 10 chosen [...]
Github was boostrapped and its been successful. According to Chris Wanstrath,
GitHub was a weekend project. Tom Preston-Werner and I were hanging out at a sports bar after a local programming meetup when he told me his idea for a git hosting site. It’d be a place to easily share code and learn about git, [...]
Too many startups are still figuring out how to make money. A revenue model needs to do the job whilst you do your best to keep your customers. Are you still on the white-board brainstorming how to bring in the revenue from that customer who just signed up. I taught you will never ask [...]
Email is here to stay. I taught email was going to suffer with the introduction of real time messages, chat services, document management tools with collaboration. But traditional email has been in existence for a long time now and continues to be the same service. Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail continue to provide good email services. BUT [...]
Qualcomm unveiled Qualcomm Services Labs, Inc. (QSL), a wholly owned subsidiary created to develop and introduce new services and applications that tap into the advantages of mobile technology. Qualcomm manufactures chipsets, licensed technology and provide communication services around the world.
The company disclosed that it will focus [...]
In a similar model to the US incubator
The Founder Institute is a technology startup accelerator and entrepreneur training program currently on pace to launch over 500 companies per year in over 13 cities worldwide. The program identifies high-potential entrepreneurs using predictive social science testing, and then guides them through weekly company-building sessions featuring a network of over 250 CEO [...]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its fourth annual startup-challenge, a contest that is open to startups that are using the Amazon platform in innovative ways. 5 regional semi-finalists from each of the 3 regions willbe recognised,out of which 6 finalists will be selected and one global grand prize winner [...]
The Innovate!2010 Seattle Pitch slam is scheduled to take place today August 17th 2010 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, Seattle, WA . The Pitch Slam is taking place in conjunction with the pii2010 – privacy identity innovation conference as part [...]
New York is a great city and a lot to offer travellers. If you live in New York the better.
The Scoop is an iPhone guide to New York City from the staff of The New York Times. Offers lists of favorite restaurants, bars, events and experiences. Check off places you’ve been and [...]
