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Smule, the music app developer behind I am T-Pain and others, has raised another $12 million in funding, according to a recent SEC filing.

What Medieval mathematics have to do with remix culture, publishing entrepreneurship, and gamification

I am a VC. I have been since 1986. I help people start and build technology companies. I do it in NYC. I am the Managing Partner of two venture capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures.

i/o ventures is an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on mentorship.
We work closely with founders from product launch through the next stage of company development, sharing what has proven to work for product scaling, revenue growth and fund raising.

for Thiel, the bubble that has taken the place of housing is the higher education bubble. “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” he says. “Education may be the only thing people still believe in in the United States. To question education is really dangerous. It is the absolute taboo. It’s like telling the world there’s no Santa Claus.”

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2011 is already shaping up to be an exciting year to watch startups and giants do battle for market share and big ideas. If you’re not sure which companies to look out for in the coming year, our writers and editors have submitted their expert picks.

Newt Fowler hears how service providers help startups raise capital.

Bet on the Jockey, not the Horse: A conversation with Doug Schmidt, CEO of Chessiecap Securities

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Effectuation: How Entrepreneurship Really Works by : Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness

Dave Troy, influential tech entrepreneur, lends an early voice to Baltimore's '11 mayoral contest

I'm an entrepreneur, software developer, and community builder in Baltimore, Maryland. You can reach me at @davetroy on Twitter or via email at davetroy at gmail.

VCs are good for much more than just their money. I have never gotten VC funding, but I have had many VCs help me.

Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner provides a free collection of over 1600 videos and podcasts, featuring lectures by today's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders. Get started by browsing the videos below.

Paul Graham's Y Combinator has stormed Silicon Valley and pioneered a better way to build a company.

Washington D.C.-based startup EverFi has just raised $11 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from TomorrowVentures and independent investors including Michael Chasen, the CEO of Blackboard.

Nathan Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures after retiring from his position as chief strategist and chief technology officer of Microsoft Corporation. At Intellectual Ventures, Myhrvold is focused on a variety of business interests relating to the funding, creation and commercialization of inventions

Technologists have been worrying aloud for years that America is losing its competitive edge as other countries invest more heavily in technology education and innovation.

To counter that trend, Intel and 24 venture capital firms said Tuesday that they planned to invest $3.5 billion in American start-ups over the next two years

Evoke is a crash course in changing the world. Play your way through EVOKE's quests to learn all about social entrepreneurship.

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’ve always liked how outspoken Tim Westergren of Pandora is. He’s not one of those all-too-common founders who puffs up his chest and gives rationalizations for why everything is great even as user numbers are sliding or a competitor is stealing momentum. When his company is in trouble—which Pandora was for most of its life—he’ll tell you in excruciating detail, even down to ugly employee lawsuits.

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If at first you don't succeed, try again -- and if you are an Internet company, do it quickly.

Three students hope to spark a million good deeds this year, starting with a phone: student entrepreneurs at the University of Michigan think they can use their phones to make the world a better place, one download at a time.