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Dan Shapiro » VC insanity, explained
Probably worth reading monthly just to keep from going insane in this crazy town
economics  investing  startup 
4 weeks ago by jimray
An online farmers market
NYT post about a startup called Foodzie that aims to connect local food producers with foodies around the world. Which seems to kind of defeat the purpose, no? The Etsy comparison is interesting, though.
food  startup  tumbl 
january 2009 by jimray
Bandcamp, the anti-MySpace publishing platform for musicians, looks awesome
Nice interview from Andy Baio. I particularly like the embeddable visualization enabledy music player. Fantastic work.
music  startup  awesome  tumbl 
september 2008 by jimray
Seattle startup weekend fails to jump regulations hurdle
Turns out that you can't issue shares in a company without first filing with a regulatory body, like the SEC. Curious to know if they actually built anything, though.
seattle  startup  webdev  tumbl 
march 2008 by jimray
Seattle Startup Weekend
Start a startup in a weekend! In Fremont!
seattle  startup  webdev  via:magnetbox 
december 2007 by jimray
Yahoo Taps Its Inner Startup
Brickhouse will be lead by Caterina Fake. I realize my disdain for Caterina is almost 100% irrational, but I just can't shake it. Anyway, this is smart, go Yahoo.
yahoo  startup 
february 2007 by jimray
Sun Startup Essentials
Sun's got a hardware package for your Next Big Thing. Cool.
startup  sun  hardware 
november 2006 by jimray
The Development Abstraction Layer - Joel on Software
"Software is a conversation, between the software developer and the user. But for that conversation to happen requires a lot of work beyond the software development."
programming  business  startup  design  2read 
april 2006 by jimray
Caterina.net: It's a bad time to start a company
I've always had this sneaking suspicion that Caterina is full of shit - this post confirms it for me. I think what she really means is that it's a bad time to try to jump on the web2.0 VC bubble bandwagon, but, duh.
dumb  startup  business  webdev 
march 2006 by jimray
Freelancer checklist
Things to ask yourself before taking that freelance job
freelance  startup  via:zeldman 
march 2006 by jimray
Creating Passionate Users: Have you updated your buzzwords?
"If I were a VC, the "elevator pitch" I'd ask for would be simply: 'Tell me how this thing helps the user kick ass?' If you can't answer that, don't bother launching your power point."
weblogs  bizdev  satire  writing  startup  wingmanifesto 
december 2005 by jimray
Paul Graham on Web 2.0
"...those who dislike the term are probably right, because if it means what I think it does, we don't need it."
webdev  essays  startup 
november 2005 by jimray
The $50 Million Giveaway
Business 2.0 found a bunch of VC's with money to burn
startup  business  webdev  wingmanifesto 
september 2005 by jimray
Startup School
Paul Graham tells you how to convert your smarts to actual money
startup  education 
august 2005 by jimray
Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes!
Big things happening - be prepared for the Yahoo! buyout announcement in 5...4...3
socialsoftware  startup 
march 2005 by jimray
Summer Founders Program
Paul Graham is giving out seed money this summer for startups [via Daring Fireball]
startup  business 
march 2005 by jimray
How to Start a Startup
Find the right people, build a product people want, grow slowly and spend wisely. Sage advice [via /.]
startup  business  wingmanifesto 
march 2005 by jimray

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