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5 tips for startup ideas

video.google.com · 38 sources

Also covering this docs.google.com2007 Startup School Notes: A rough transcript wiki.startupschool.orgLive Speaker Notes Feed From Startup School 2007! kulveer.co.ukEven more Startup School notes (by Kulveer)
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What dominated April

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Microsoft is Dead: The Cliffs Notes

    5 of 30 days · 7 articles

  2. Technology

    Now Don Dodge is writing about Paul's essay

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Technology

    3 YC Companies That Have Gained Some "Traction"

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Business 76 stories

  1. 5 tips for startup ideas

    video.google.com · 38 outlets

  2. Gapminder: very cool new acquisition by Google

    blog.guykawasaki.com · 5 outlets

  3. Why to Not Not Start a Startup

    paulgraham.com · 1 outlets

  4. Paul Buchheit: Equity math for startups (sometimes 0.1% equals $138 million)

    paulbuchheit.blogspot. · 1 outlets

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  1. Thoughts on Mitch Kapor vs. Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School

    killnine.com · 2 outlets

  2. How to Get the Attention of a Venture Capitalist

    weblog.raganwald.com · 2 outlets

  3. A VC: Why Seed Investing Is Less Risky Than Later Stage Investing

    avc.blogs.com · 1 outlets

  4. How to Hack Venture Capital

    venturehacks.com · 3 outlets

  5. 4 reasons why startup secrecy is overrated

    valleywag.com · 2 outlets

  6. Interesting funding information about some YC alums (includes Reddit's acquisition price)

    mercurynews.com · 1 outlets

  7. Great Summary of the Highlights of StartupSchool

    venturebeat.com · 1 outlets

  8. YC startup launches: Project Wedding

    projectwedding.com · 1 outlets

  9. Why You Have to Work for a Startup

    glinden.blogspot.com · 2 outlets

  10. Anybody using Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2) in their startup?

    amazon.com · 1 outlets

Sports 13 stories

  1. The Option Pool Shuffle: Beat the game and raise your valuation

    venturehacks.com · 1 outlets

  2. It's Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. How to Build a Profitable Startup by Knowing Your Users Better

    readwriteweb.com · 1 outlets

  2. Fun startup: analyzes live sports scores to suggest can't-miss games on now

    areyouwatchingthis.com · 1 outlets

  3. Work/Sleep/Shop Triangle (summary: work at home, be close to beer, be happy)

    webworkerdaily.com · 1 outlets

  4. Wink: a free tool that you can use to create your demo in flash (Linux + Windows)

    debugmode.com · 1 outlets

  5. Windows Vista restricts GNU GCC apps to 32 MB

    trnicely.net · 1 outlets

  6. Software Development as a Collaborative Game

    codinghorror.com · 1 outlets

Technology 410 stories

  1. Google buys Doubleclick for $3.1 Billion

    biz.yahoo.com · 5 outlets

  2. 5 Question Interview with Twitter Developer Alex Payne

    radicalbehavior.com · 4 outlets

  3. Facebook open-sourcing Thrift, their software framework

    blog.facebook.com · 3 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Most Impressive Recruiting Pitch I've Ever Seen!

    senzee.blogspot.com · 2 outlets

  2. My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive

    getdropbox.com · 1 outlets

  3. Microsoft is Dead: The Cliffs Notes

    paulgraham.com · 7 outlets

  4. Why Y Combinator is a waste of time

    scribd.com · 1 outlets

  5. Scaling Y Combinator: the Grahambot [PNG]

    farm1.static.flickr.co · 1 outlets

  6. Didn't make it to YC? Check this one from TechCrunch.

    norvig.com · 2 outlets

  7. Two Kinds of Judgement

    paulgraham.com · 1 outlets

  8. The Architecture of Mailinator - averaging 4.5million emails a day on a single 2Ghz machine

    mailinator.blogspot.co · 1 outlets

  9. Make Something People Want

    aaronsw.com · 3 outlets

Entertainment 41 stories

  1. Kiko guys back as reality tv stars

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

  2. There's food for thought at Justin.tv (Inside the YScraper)

    sfgate.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Justin.tv on NPR (includes link to audio)

    npr.org · 1 outlets

  2. Netflix: Take as much vacation as you want.

    mercurynews.com · 1 outlets

  3. Dinner-and-a-Movie Theory: Why Reddit Gets it Backwards

    alexkrupp.typepad.com · 1 outlets

  4. Justin is having sex NOW on justin.tv

    justin.tv · 4 outlets

  5. Demomyapp.com - Showcase your demo to the world

    demomyapp.com · 1 outlets

  6. Justin.tv on real TV: CBS 5 interview

    cbs5.com · 1 outlets

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