Anatomy of a Failed Start-Up: Why NewsLabs Didn’t Make It (And Why I May Not Have Helped)
In which a former start-up CEO explains what went wrong--and why he thinks I made it worse.
"YouTube Instant" Dude Can’t Go to Work for Chad Hurley, Because He’s Already Working for Mark Zuckerberg
Stanford junior Feross Aboukhadijeh built YouTube Instant in three hours, and got himself a job offer from the YouTube co-founder. But he sounds more excited about his internship at Facebook, where he's "building something really cool that's going to be released soon."
The Video That Sums Up the Start-Up Funding Feeding Frenzy
"Good Times RIP"? Forgetaboutit! In 2010, VCs clamor for start-ups' attention. And if that means riffing on the Old Spice viral ads, so be it.
Paul Graham’s Y Combinator Start-Ups Strut Their Stuff and Investors Eat It Up
Meet the man who runs Silicon Valley's most exclusive school: A three-month start-up crash course. You don't get a diploma, but there's a good chance you'll end up with something more valuable.
Sold! On2 Shareholders Agree to Get Googled, Finally. [UPDATE]
It took an awfully long time, and a $26 million sweetener. But the people who own On2 have finally allowed Google to buy the video compression company. Google has also picked up a small email start-up, reMail, with much less drama.
The AppFund Wants to Make iPad Developers a Deal. Should They Take It?
It's a pretty standard chain of events: New platform opens up, investors try to attach themselves to developers who want to exploit it. Thus, the AppFund, which says it will invest up to $500,000 in iPad-specific apps.
Google’s Checkbook Opens Up Again, This Time for Collaboration Start-Up AppJet
Google, which has bought five companies in five months, just made it an even half-dozen: The company has snapped up AppJet, an online collaboration start-up run by veterans of the search giant. That's CEO Aaron Iba on the right, in a photo presumably taken after the deal closed.
Web Commenting Platform Disqus Raises $10 Million