Posts Tagged ‘ Start-ups ’

Twitter’s Slow-Motion Business Plan

2010/07/06
By Peter Kafka
Twitter’s Slow-Motion Business Plan

Don't look now, but the famously revenue-free start-up is busy experimenting with different ways to, you know, generate revenue. Imagine if one of them works.
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Advertising: MDC’s ‘Million-Dollar Challenge’ to Foster Start-Up Agencies

2010/06/24
By By STUART ELLIOTT
Advertising: MDC’s ‘Million-Dollar Challenge’ to Foster Start-Up Agencies

MDC Partners, the holding company based in Toronto, will consider business proposals for agencies and will pay $1 million for at least one.
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Web Start-Ups Making Deals for Users’ Private Data

2010/05/30
By By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Web Start-Ups Making Deals for Users’ Private Data

Start-ups are pushing to see how much data consumers are willing to give up in exchange for getting a deal.


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Social Networks Capitalize on Facebook Privacy Fears

2010/05/24
By By JENNA WORTHAM
Social Networks Capitalize on Facebook Privacy Fears

For small start-up networks, privacy is a selling point as Facebook users are becoming fed up with the site’s efforts to broadcast personal information.


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Facebook Helps Social Start-Ups Gain Users

2010/03/12
By By JENNA WORTHAM
Facebook Helps Social Start-Ups Gain Users

Facebook Connect can help nascent Web services recruit a healthy crowd of users in a hurry, and help the users find their friends on those sites.


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Calling on Leakers to Help Document Local Misdeeds

2009/12/20
By By NOAM COHEN
Calling on Leakers to Help Document Local Misdeeds

WikiLeaks has applied for a $532,000 grant to expand the use of its anonymous system for citizens to submit documents they believe should be made public..


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Still Hoping to Sell Music by the Month

2009/10/13
By By BRAD STONE
Still Hoping to Sell Music by the Month

As CD sales continue to plummet, and the music industry searches for a profitable future, entrepreneurs with various approaches say they believe they can finally make online music subscriptions work.


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