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If hardcore hackers had any doubts whether the real-time web was a legitimate development environment, Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham is dispelling them. In an interview with Graham, ReadWriteWeb learned

In 2006, in an essay entitled How to Be Silicon Valley, Y-Combinator's Paul Graham laid out what it would take to build the next generation of emerging startup hubs. According

Over the weekend, the blogosphere has seen a small but profound eruption of wrath over angel investor groups that charge startups to pitch them. Jason Calacanis' blog post on the

When you're bootstrapping your startup from your basement suite, media relations is often the default responsibility of the non-tech cofounder. For those who haven't already navigated the emotional peaks and

As we reported earlier, 22 teams of European entrepreneurs gathered at Seedcamp in London last week to compete for a chance to win serious investment in their startups. ReadWriteWeb has

When we wrote about the 22 finalists selected to pitch at Seedcamp Week 2009, there were several teams whose ideas excited us in particular. Three of our eight picks have

According to a Bloomberg report this morning, early-stage startups have a new friend in very high places. The tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/09/barack-obama-loves-startups-ne.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; U.S. Commerce Department is establishing a

After months of breathless anticipation, the waiting world can now catch a glimpse of oneforty, a collection and curation of the Twitter third-party app universe from consultant and Twitter for

In these hard times, it takes something pretty nifty to get us to write about a Twitter app; our eyebrows rose an inch or two when we were told about

Peter Shankman knows a bit about startups and PR. Ever since launching his own venture, Help A Reporter Out (HARO), last year, he's been living at the crossroads of journalists

For the fortunate startups selected to present at any of several large tech conferences this summer and fall, the experience is fraught with excitement, opportunity, and pitfalls in equal measure.

Can apartment buildings be communities? Modern times bear little resemblance to the A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, it-takes-a-village scenes of yesteryear; but one startup, at least, is attempting to foster

Twenty-one entrepreneurial teams have been selected to participate in Seedcamp Week 2009, a London-based, startup-focused event now in its third year. Seedcamp also selectively funds (and subsequently accelerates) around 5

What's the easiest travel website? The best test prep software? The most powerful and secure online payment processor? How would you find the answers to these questions, at least from

Recruiting and applicant-tracking SaaS startup Jobvite has secured $8.25 million in series B funding. The round was led by ATA Ventures, a new investor. CMEA Capital, who led Jobvite's Series

A little bit like a slide presentation app and a little bit like Whrrl, Storybird brings ease of use and a captivating interface to the sharing of words and pictures

Kai-fu Lee, who announced his departure from Google China last week, has cause the Internet to erupt with speculation on the reasons for his departure and future plans. News on

Several tech bloggers received a notice this morning that Twtapps, a suite of - you guessed it - applications developed around Twitter, was for sale. Twtapps' solo founder and developer

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

When you think about South by Southwest Interactive, your memory may serve up warm recollections of open bars, awesome booth swag, and the occasional keynote worth remembering. But amid the

Much like competitor LaunchSet, startup support system Prefinery offers beta management software, allowing time-pressed entrepreneurs to buy rather than build these critical systems without reinventing the wheel. A company rep

While talking to musically inclined entrepreneurs Jimmy Winter of RockDex and Shannon Schlappi of Locker Partner, I was reminded of something startup-scene veteran Robert Scoble mentioned in passing at Gnomedex.

Like Guru.com or 99designs, MyMusicCircle is a niche marketplace for an industry notorious for being saturated with broke amateurs. Finding good talent and, on the flip side of the music

Micah Baldwin has heard his share of pitches, and at Gnomedex in Seattle, he spouted off to us about startup failure, including bad ideas, saturated verticals, the "rule of three,"

For anyone who deals with large files or multimedia content, file sharing can be the bane of one's existence sometimes. And trying to find workable solutions for these individuals involves