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Serial CEO Judy Estrin On Startups and Innovation
By David Strom / June 2, 2011 5:00 AM / 2 Comments

Judy Estrin is a serial entrepreneur, having started seven tech companies since 1981. She was the former CTO of Cisco Systems from 1998-2000, and is on the boards of Disney

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Why Net Neutrality is Critical to Startups & Innovation
By Chris Cameron / August 12, 2010 1:30 PM / 1 Comments

Net neutrality has been in a the news recently due to rumors, speculation and interpretation surrounding Google and Verizon's newly proposed legislative framework for the enforcement of net neutrality. The

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How Ticketfly Emerged from a Corporate Innovation Traffic Jam
By Chris Cameron / May 14, 2010 3:30 PM / 0 Comments

Ticketfly, a startup that helps concert promoters leverage social media and sell tickets, announced earlier this week that it has raised $3 million in Series A funding from various firms

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HowTru Looks to Bring Accountability to Commenting and Journalism
By Chris Cameron / May 5, 2010 5:05 PM / 11 Comments

A few weeks ago we mentioned an open door of opportunity for startups that could provide a solution to one the Internet's longest enduring problems: comment management. Shortly after that

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ReadWriteStart Weekly Wrapup
By Chris Cameron / May 2, 2010 4:30 PM / 0 Comments

It's hard to believe that it is May already as a third of the year is complete and summer is almost here. With graduation season upon us, perhaps the entrepreneurs

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For the Long Haul: Do Founders Make Better CEOs?
By Chris Cameron / April 29, 2010 12:10 PM / 6 Comments

Ben Horowitz of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz wrote an interesting piece Wednesday on why he and partner Marc Andreessen look for strong founding CEOs when investing in companies.

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Looking for the Next Big Idea? Unleash the Beast!
By Chris Cameron / March 29, 2010 10:00 AM / 2 Comments

So you want to be the next big shot entrepreneur to come up with an idea that will change the world, but can't seem to come up with that golden

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Startup Weekend to Host Contest in Haiti
By Chris Cameron / February 22, 2010 2:45 PM / 0 Comments

It has been well over a month since the devastating earthquake struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, and while thousands of relief workers have flocked to the island, some

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Do Tax Credits for Angel Investors Boost Innovation?
By Chris Cameron / February 19, 2010 12:30 PM / 6 Comments

While it is relatively cheap to get a web startup off the ground these days, other industries aren't as lucky. Take green-tech or medical technology for instance; at TED this

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Investing in Innovation: The Circle of Life
By Dana Oshiro / February 18, 2010 8:00 PM / 4 Comments

It's easy to construct an "us" versus "them" mentality between startups and investors, especially when there are so many disgruntled founders who've had the door slammed in their face. But

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How Colleges Can Better Nurture Startups
By Chris Cameron / February 8, 2010 9:10 AM / 6 Comments

While successful technology entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs founded their respective companies after dropping out of college, research universities have still succeeded in fostering their own innovative technologies.

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Bill Gates: Innovation Will Save The Planet
By Chris Cameron / February 1, 2010 10:50 AM / 5 Comments

Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates made headlines a few weeks ago when he decided to join Twitter, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers within just a few hours of signing

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Friedman to Obama: Inspire Entrepreneurs to Create 'Start-Up America'
By Chris Cameron / January 25, 2010 10:55 AM / 3 Comments

Barack Obama's rise to fame in the years leading up to the 2008 presidential election caused many to compare the young Illinois senator to John F. Kennedy. Like Kennedy, Obama

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Entrepreneurs: It's Not What You Do, It's Why You Do It
By Chris Cameron / January 15, 2010 9:55 AM / 10 Comments

Motivational speaker and author of the book Start With Why Simon Sinek believes he has found a way to map out the way inspiring leaders and innovators think. Young entrepreneurs

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Morpheus: Y Combinator-Like Incubator in India (RWS Interview)
By Bernard Lunn / October 2, 2009 4:00 PM / 23 Comments

Morpheus describes itself as "a gang of serial entrepreneurs and around 40 startup founders" who are "trying to make a small contribution towards India's startup revolution." The venture aims to

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Swiss Precision Meets Messy Innovation
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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What Do VCs Say and Do in Early-Stage Today?
By Bernard Lunn / April 30, 2009 5:00 AM / 20 Comments

In the last two months, we have interviewed six VCs. In each case, we asked the same question: "How is early-stage financing doing during this downturn compared to the last

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