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Web services startups

Web services startups 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
More than 100 web services startups are profiled in a new report compiled by Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance. This ...

Startups Learn To Do More With Less...
For Now

Startups Learn To Do More With Less...
For Now 04/27/2004 04:38 AM
One of the worst parts about the dot com bubble was that startups were bringing in much more cash than they needed, and it often made them careless with their money. When a company is in startup mode, it's often good to have them be a little tight on cash, as it can actually lead to more creative solutions, while keeping the company focused. It appears that's happening these days as more startups are learning to ma ke smaller amounts of cash last longer. Of course, recently, the VCs started opening up the vaults (which are still quite full), so it's likely that we may see some more crazy fundings - and this is likely to be followed up with crazy spending. For all the lessons learned about not squandering cash, many will disappear when cash is actually present.

advertising-based startups

advertising-based startups 09/01/2004 06:10 AM
incredible experience .. :::Enemyster::: .. Friendster .. The Crack .. Frienster .. networks

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No. of startups up for two straight
months

No. of startups up for two straight
months 04/18/2004 07:08 AM
Maekyung Internet Apr 18 2004 11:12AM GMT

Startups Line Up to Take On Google

Startups Line Up to Take On Google 03/09/2004 12:06 AM
Startups Line Up to Take On Google
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A crop of new technologies designed to produce more sophisticated search results is challenging Google's market leader position. Eurekster, the brainchild of Grant Ryan, offers users "personalized" responses based on how long they perused various Web sites the last time they performed a similar search. The idea is, if someone finds a particular result valuable, it floats up to the top of the list on the next search. That same site may figure prominently in results delivered to designated friends of the original searcher as well. Ryan's next plan is to market a more specialized product -- search engines designed for particular topics, such as fly-fishing, which could then be installed on the Web site of a tackle shop. "You'll be able to have different views of the Internet," says Ryan. Other challengers are targeting geographically localized searches in their efforts to personalize results. A recent survey by Kelsey Group and BizRate found that 25% of online buyers were seeking merchants near their home or work. And Groxis Inc. is taking a different tack by adding value to the Google's search results through its Grokker search organization software. Grokker takes Google's results and categorizes them into groups displayed on the screen as bubbles. Click on a bubble and it expands to reveal the next layer of relationships between search terms. The search market is "going to evolve away from search engines to answer engines," says SearchDay editor Chris Sherman.

Intel Capital for Startups

Intel Capital for Startups 01/24/2004 12:39 PM
MSNBC Jan 24 2004 4:05PM GMT

BI startups aim to undercut bigwigs

BI startups aim to undercut bigwigs 04/18/2005 07:33 AM
BI just may be poised to become the next big piece of the open source puzzle.

XML startups use buddy system

XML startups use buddy system 12/18/2003 01:05 PM
CNET Dec 18 2003 12:26PM ET

Nortel Challenges Startups

Nortel Challenges Startups 11/01/2003 03:10 PM
Nortel's trials for mesh networking backhaul could threaten unknowns with similar products: Strix, FireTide, BelAir, Tropos, and others use wireless backhaul -- often 802.11a -- to create clouds or islands of access without bringing a wired connection to each location. But Nortel's product sounds similar and has their marketing and brand behind it....

No. of Venture Startups Falls

No. of Venture Startups Falls 12/30/2003 08:38 AM
Hankooki Dec 30 2003 7:40AM ET

Startups Are Missing the Mac Opportunity

Startups Are Missing the Mac Opportunity 03/17/2005 03:38 AM
Business 2.0: “The startup buzz is back in the Valley. Entrepreneurs are at work again, dreaming up new ideas and new ways of doing old things. And even as they put their neurons through a grueling test, they are still hanging on to conventional notions of platforms and market share.”

Startups Take To The Open-Source Trail

Startups Take To The Open-Source Trail 12/31/2004 12:32 PM
Computer Reseller News Dec 31 2004 4:53PM GMT

Time For VCs To Start Pitching Startups?

Time For VCs To Start Pitching Startups? 03/25/2005 07:27 PM
Back during the boom years, newly minted MBAs seemed to believe that the only way to start a company was to take their cocktail napkin scribble to a VC and get startup cash. The VCs didn't mind getting in early. They claimed their connections and know-how were necessary, but a bit of ancedotal evidence and some research suggests entrepreneurs are realizing that's not the way it needs to be done. In all honesty, it's always been the case that most startups are not right for venture capital -- but even those who will need it eventually can do quite well for themselves by bootstrapping. The recent sales of Topix< /a> and Blogl ines are two cases in Silicon Valley where seasoned founders (who know both the upsides and downsides to VC funding) bootstrapped companies, passed on the VC money and sold their companies instead. The deals appear to give the start-ups access to capital to grow their businesses, some upfront payout for their hard work and continued control over the business. Going the acquisition route as opposed to taking funding and shooting for an IPO may have limited the upside of the founders, but the entrepreneurs are still making out well. VCs may discover that they need to rethink the "value proposition" they offer to a new generation of hot startups that seem more skeptical of the typical VC route.

Microsoft Expands IP Licensing to
Startups

Microsoft Expands IP Licensing to
Startups 04/11/2005 07:55 AM
Internet News Apr 11 2005 11:41AM GMT

Microsoft Licenses Tech IP to Startups

Microsoft Licenses Tech IP to Startups 04/11/2005 01:50 PM
Microsoft said on Monday it has signed intellectual property licensing agreements with a number of companies that will use technology developed by Microsoft Research, as well as Windows fonts and Windows Connect Now. But Jupiter analyst Joe Wilcox notes that one of the startups was founded by Microsoft employees.

Startups tackle XML traffic (InfoWorld)

Startups tackle XML traffic (InfoWorld) 09/16/2002 11:44 AM

BI startups aim to undercut bigwigs
(InfoWorld)

BI startups aim to undercut bigwigs
(InfoWorld) 04/18/2005 07:42 AM
InfoWorld - BI just may be poised to become the next big piece of the open source puzzle.

XML startups partner with larger players

XML startups partner with larger players 12/18/2003 02:23 PM
ZDNet Dec 18 2003 12:52PM ET

Switch Startups Mull IPOs

Switch Startups Mull IPOs 02/13/2004 07:54 PM
Airespace's Cohen says there is one more issue that could influence all tech startups now trying to decide whether they should go public: The Google factor. ...

VCs Back To Funding Actual Startups

VCs Back To Funding Actual Startups 07/27/2004 11:14 AM
It looks like venture capitalists are finally willing to actually bet a little of that money they've been hoarding on actual startups. Rather than focusing just on C-round and higher deals, last quarter more than 30% of the deals went to "early stage" companies. This seems to match with what most people in the startup world have been saying lately. Of course, the VCs are still complaining that they actually have to compete for deals these days, but it's about time they realized that if everyone else in the world has to compete, so should they.

Startups Take A Swing At Online Trust
Metrics

Startups Take A Swing At Online Trust
Metrics 04/14/2005 10:36 PM
Lots of people have tried to create more sophisticated and useful online trust metrics. It ain't easy, as you would assume when brains like MIT get involved. Now a handful of startups such as Opinity and ZoomInfo are bringing their ideas to the table, and their stories only highlight the difficulty of the task. For starters, there's the complicated computer stuff, like devising reliable algorithms and data collection methods. These so-called "reputation management" sites then require lots of input by users (registering and updating profiles, for example) for their systems to work well, adding a huge burden of drumming up interest in the service. Opinity estimates it needs 1 million users to reach critical mass. Will enough people go out of their way to contribute to these unknown systems? Doubtful. The extra effort notwithstanding, the notion of trust is relative and almost impossible to measure explicitly, so it won't be easy convincing people that your system is more trustworthy than others (motto idea: "Trust us, our trust metric is great!"). Of course, there's also the chore of building a business around a radically new, free internet service. It just makes the uphill battle that much steeper.

Canada's tech startups need nurturing,
study says

Canada's tech startups need nurturing,
study says 04/18/2004 10:46 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 19 2004 3:06AM GMT

Business 2.0: Startups missing the 'Mac
opportunity'

Business 2.0: Startups missing the 'Mac
opportunity' 03/19/2005 02:48 AM
Om Malik of Business 2.0 says startup companies that launch their products only for Windows-based PCs are missing a big opportunity...

ETECH Notes: Web Services as a Strategy
for Startups

ETECH Notes: Web Services as a Strategy
for Startups 03/17/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: Flickr's Stewart Butterfield just delivered a fantastic talk called We b Services as a Strategy for Startups: Opening Up and Letting Go, at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. It was a guided tour of the lessons learned from the exhaustive and powerful Flickr API, which has attracted tons of innovative development. Here are my notes from the talk:

We've gotten a lot out of the open API:

* Trust: do you trust your data to someone else's service? Why put my photos there when I can keep them on my own server and know they're safe? API is a safeguard against us being bad

* We've added features we wouldn't have done on our own

* There's cred with the alpha geeks: very influential and good at getting the word out; when it's Xmas and someone gets a new digital camera, they're the ones getting asked what do do with their photos

* Discipline: Makes us plan ahead further than we could have

* Unleashing creativity: Gives people a greater sense of ownership when they can contribute, they buy into the process

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Startups Take To The Open-Source Trail
(TechWeb)

Startups Take To The Open-Source Trail
(TechWeb) 01/01/2005 04:38 AM
TechWeb - Boutique services company MozSource now offers e-mail technical support services for the Mozilla Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client.

Startups Still Having Trouble Raising
Early Rounds?

Startups Still Having Trouble Raising
Early Rounds? 09/13/2004 05:19 AM
Here in Silicon Valley there's been a noticeable buzz among both startups and VCs that the funding gates have opened again and, while it may not be easy to get money, there is money to be had. However, a study now claims that ve ry little venture cash is going into early stage startups, with most of it going to later stage deals. This has been a general trend in VC over the last few years anyway, as the earlier stages are often funded more with angel funds or smaller VC firms that focus almost exclusively on early stages. Of course, it also depends on how you define "early stage." What used to be called "friends and family" or "seed" rounds are often called A rounds to make them seem more important. Also, the biggest reason why this study may not sound right is that it's already out of date. The data seems to be from 2003. It's not entirely clear why it's taken nearly a year to compile this data, but it wouldn't be at all surprising to find the trend heading back in the other direction in 2004.

Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies

Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies 05/17/2004 03:04 AM
There are so many stories of big companies buying startups for lots of money, and then realizing they don't really have a need for the startup. In a few cases, the company's former management team will buy back the startup, but it's a fairly difficult move. There is even the occasional story where startups selling out to larger companies have been able to write in buyback terms - but it doesn't happen very often. However, realizing that this situation happens more often than people like to admit, a new VC fund has been formed to help buy former startups out of the larger companies that acquired them. Basically, these VCs have found an undervalued market. The current owners want out, while the startups are already (somewhat) proven with a known product and known market - which just isn't getting the attention it deserves or needs. Should be interesting to see what comes out of these once again startups.

Azul leads wave of proprietary server
startups.

Azul leads wave of proprietary server
startups. 09/24/2004 10:10 PM
EE Times: Azul leads wave of proprietary server startups. Quite strange.

Entrepreneurs teach other startups
lessons learned from online venture

Entrepreneurs teach other startups
lessons learned from online venture 12/31/2004 09:07 AM
Pittsburgh.bizjournals.com - Fri Dec 31, 10:46 am GMT

Google-eyed: Local search engine
startups enjoying surge in ...

Google-eyed: Local search engine
startups enjoying surge in ... 05/12/2004 01:21 AM
Boston Business Journal,MA-1 hour ago ... January and plans to double in size again over the next several months, driven in part by interest in search-engine technology in the wake of Google Inc.'s ...

Last of the Old School Startups --
Ignoring Conventional Wisdom, a New
Technology Company Builds Computer
Hardware Products by Hand in Founder’s
Garage

Last of the Old School Startups --
Ignoring Conventional Wisdom, a New
Technology Company Builds Computer
Hardware Products by Hand in Founder’s
Garage 08/13/2004 03:41 AM
Disgusted by the high stress and often poorly managed Seattle area software industry, Zan Oliphant left corporate America in September of 2003 to form a new company called Zanware – a play on his name. The company was founded to create a line of products that provide a low cost, generic, and simple interface to remotely located computers running the Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. Zanware is currently seeking funding for volume production of its products. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]
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