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Yowza: A Video Interview with Heroes Actor Greg Grunberg
Written by Dana Oshiro / November 19, 2009 5:50 PM / 3 Comments

When Heroes actor Greg Grunberg tells you to download an iPhone application, you can't help but listen. Best known as television's mind controlling savant Matt Parkman, Grunberg demoed location-based coupon

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Hacking the Tower: Jelli Crowdsources FM Radio
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 19, 2009 9:00 PM / 5 Comments

In a few weeks, moviegoers will flock to Philip Seymour Hoffman's latest rock ensemble flick Pirate Radio. A fictional period comedy about an illegal station in the North Sea, the

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With So Many Startups, Where Does One Get Customers?
Written by Mick Liubinskas / September 24, 2009 11:19 AM / 10 Comments

With DEMOfall 09 now behind us, pitch season has given us a lot of "Wow": solid businesses with promising applications. The majority of new ventures we're seeing today are variations

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VC Series A Web Tech Deals in August
Written by Bernard Lunn / September 15, 2009 8:00 AM / 2 Comments

Today is the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, which triggered the financial meltdown. That was when ReadWriteWeb started tracking Series A deals in Web technology. Thanks to our partner

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Pitch Glut: 220 Web Startups Launch in Two Weeks
Written by Mick Liubinskas / September 14, 2009 10:50 AM / 3 Comments

I joked that one of the best reasons to go to events such as TechCrunch50, which starts today, and DEMO, which runs September 21st to 23rd, is to get good

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Swiss Precision Meets Messy Innovation
Written by Bernard Lunn / September 11, 2009 4:00 PM / 9 Comments

The Swiss love precision. You can see it in their watches and reliable trains. You can see it in their founding myth, the story of William Tell. He had to

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Congratulations! What's Next?
Written by Bernard Lunn / September 2, 2009 5:00 PM / 3 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. You did it all: you built a valuable venture

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When and How Founders Should Hire a Professional CEO
Written by Bernard Lunn / August 26, 2009 5:30 AM / 8 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. There are two schools of thought about founders as

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Federal Funds for Startup Incubator? Memphis Firm Takes a Shot at ARRA Half Million
Written by Jolie O'Dell / August 13, 2009 8:10 PM / 1 Comments

According to reports from local news sources, a Memphis startup incubator and business accelerator is taking aim at a grant from the federal government to fund its expansion and growth.

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Planning Your Exit
Written by Bernard Lunn / August 13, 2009 2:00 PM / 2 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. If you have raised money from investors, you will

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VC Series A Web Tech Deals in July
Written by Bernard Lunn / August 10, 2009 12:00 PM / 0 Comments

We have been tracking Series A deals in Web technology since the market mayhem in October 2008, and since May we have been working with ChubbyBrain, which tracks this kind

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Maintain Focus, Health, and Passion During the Grind-It-Out Phase
Written by Bernard Lunn / August 6, 2009 7:46 PM / 0 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. When you first start out, you will find it

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How to Scale Without Losing Your Shirt
Written by Bernard Lunn / August 4, 2009 2:53 PM / 4 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. There comes a time for every venture when the

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ExpenseBay Takes the Trophy at Twiistup 6
Written by Jolie O'Dell / July 31, 2009 11:09 PM / 4 Comments

Of twelve competing startups selected to present at Twiistup 6 in Los Angeles, only one would go home with the prestigious trophy, which was, to adhere to strictest journalistic standards

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Three Steps to Building an Online Brand
Written by Bernard Lunn / July 21, 2009 4:49 PM / 16 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. The three steps to building an online brand are:

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How to Build Age-Appropriate Processes
Written by Bernard Lunn / July 16, 2009 5:17 PM / 5 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. If you have kids, you will often hear (or

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How to Hit Your Numbers
Written by Bernard Lunn / July 14, 2009 5:35 PM / 7 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. The language of business is numbers, not concepts. All

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A Startup Movie: Never Mind the Valley, Here's Boulder
Written by Jolie O'Dell / July 14, 2009 11:00 AM / 13 Comments

It's no secret that we at ReadWriteWeb have a lot of love for startups that make their homes outside Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. We've decided to make a

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Five Early-Stage Alternatives to the Traditional Investment Model of Growing Startups
Written by Jolie O'Dell / July 9, 2009 8:40 PM / 7 Comments

The ways to grow a tech startup company are outnumbered only by the ways to skin a cat. In between multiple rounds of venture capital from investment groups and skin-of-your-teeth

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How to Fire Non-Performers
Written by Bernard Lunn / July 9, 2009 6:36 PM / 8 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. We added this chapter after reading a recent comment:

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How to Hire an A-Team
Written by Bernard Lunn / July 7, 2009 6:19 PM / 7 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. In How to Be an Effective CEO, we noted

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How to Be an Effective CEO
Written by Bernard Lunn / July 3, 2009 8:25 PM / 14 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. First-time entrepreneurs are usually also first-time CEOs. When you

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Learn to Negotiate and Close
Written by Bernard Lunn / June 30, 2009 10:07 PM / 12 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" means

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Build an Insanely Great Web Service
Written by Bernard Lunn / June 25, 2009 2:30 PM / 24 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. First, the good news: building a website today is

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Understand the Scale vs. Profitability Trade-Off
Written by Bernard Lunn / June 23, 2009 12:37 PM / 4 Comments

This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. This is possibly the most important strategic decision one

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