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Case Study: Zecco's 300% lift from Promoted Tweets Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:07AMTwitter's new Promoted Tweets ad platform may be new, but it's already gotten top ratings from advertisers. Online investment brokerage Zecco announced Promoted Tweets has increased the company's engagement rates on Twitter by as much as 300%. Why is the company so pleased?
eWeek: Necessity pushes entrepreneurs during recession Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:49PMDesperation is typically a good way to scuttle a relationship.
Innovation helping Arizona companies succeed Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 8:17PMIn Arizona's business world, creativity could be defined by the young paramedic who launched an air-ambulance company, the owner of a janitorial service who developed a more sanitary approach, or the creators of countless energy-saving, time-saving new products.
Beware of These 10 Myths About Innovation Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 8:03AMMost people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process.
Health is focus of Internet radio station based in St. Petersburg Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:15AMBy Carly Hart, Times Correspondent Friday, September 3, 2010 In back, from left, Dr. Kyle Remmel, Laurie Puckett and Erik Remmel, and in front, Neal Desch, left, and Al Keck are collaborating on the Internet radio station two doors down from Remmel Wellness Center. ST. PETERSBURG — A new Internet-based health, wellness and education radio station was launched here Wednesday. LifeImprovementRadio ...
Phoenix-area homebuilders surviving slump Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:48AMOne thing can be said with certainty about the Phoenix-area homebuilders still operating in 2010: They aren't building and selling houses because it's easy.
Investor BREWs start-up effort Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:13PMAngel investor Joe Caruso is coordinating a volunteer effort to showcase the region's start-up activity, throwing...
Fox aims to bring entrepreneurial spirit to council Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:17PMLocal entrepreneur B.J. Fox aims to bring his business and real estate expertise to City of Portage la Prairie council. Fox, 35, said he often hears from members of the community about how they would like to see Portage improved.[...]
8 Funding Contests to Kick Start Your Big Idea Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:31PMThis post originally appeared on Dyn.com , a world leader in managed DNS, powering the best brands on the web including Gowalla, Mashable, Twitter, Wikia and more. Follow @DynInc on Twitter. Taking a business from idea…
Cleveland startup inspired by snake’s fang for airway devices Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:33AMWhile many college students hope to find a job with any company upon graduation these days, a second-year Case Western Reserve University medical student already has raised $100,000 for his own medical device startup.
Reporters' Roundtable: How to start a tech business today Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:32AMToday we're talking about how to start a company in 2010 and 2011. A little background: I started covering startups in 1998 at a magazine called Red Herring. I wrote a daily column about startups called Catch of the Day. Over three years, I interviewed the leaders of over 1000 companies. Most of those companies are now out of business. The methods of starting companies in that dotcom bubble were ...
10 Great Companies That Lost Their Edge Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:30AMHow to avoid three traps that ensnare even breakthrough companies.
Share Business Costs And Ideas With Coworking Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:18AMI've never been much of a fan of incubators. Some have made the model work. My favorite of the bunch is Betaworks , based here in NYC. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly and chartbeat .
A Facebook-Based Online Store Just for Students Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:01AMThis post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see …
Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: NYC's tech startup scene has matured Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:12PMIn the late 1990s, as Silicon Valley’s tech industry headed into boom-land, so too did New York City, writes Therese Poletti.
ASU president confident in West campus future Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:12PMWESTMARC CEO Jack Lunsford listens (left) while ASU President Michael Crow addresses the crowd at Glendale Civic Center. Crow spoke confidently about the future of the university's west campus and its contribution to the local, state and national communities.
Submission Deadline Coming Up for the Invented in Utah 2010 Inventor Challenge Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 10:00AMMore Than $50,000 Up for Grabs in the Inventor Challenge
Submission Deadline Coming Up for the Invented in Utah 2010 Inventor Challenge Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:50AMSALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - Invented in Utah ( http://inventedinutah.com/ ), a non-profit organization that facilitates a competition focused on helping inventors take their inventions from ideas to reality, today announced the deadline to submit invention ideas will be September 7 for an entry fee of $20. Late entries will be accepted through Sept ...
ELECTION 2010: Pair challenges three incumbents in 10th District Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:07AMOn Sept. 14, area voters will determine which three of the five Democratic candidates will run in the November general election for the 10th District’s three seats in the House of Delegates.The three incumbents, who have represented the district in the General Assembly for well over a decade,...
How They Reached Cruising Altitude Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:02AMLast week at Montana West Economic Development's (MWED) August E2 (Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur) session, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel of business owners whose business have, as I call it, hit "cruising altitude". E2 tends to takes on a business-related technology topic like "How to start marketing your business online" or "Using social media for business", but the topics also touch ...
Jason Bodnarchuk running for council Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:14AMAnother new hopeful is throwing his hat into the political ring. Jason Bodnarchuk, who is originally from Winnipeg but has lived in Portage la Prairie for the past 2 1/2 years, said he decided to run for City of Portage council because he feels he has plenty of ideas to bring to the position.[...]
Pilates on the South Side is new in growing area Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:05PMOwner Candy Kinsey offers personal Pilates Instruction focusing on individual attention.
100+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:16PMEvery week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. Would you like to have your conference or event listed here? If so, please contact us at least one month before your event…
The VC-free startup - The big-bet model works on occasion in Silicon Valley, but it seldom works elsewhere. Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:56AMThe big-bet venture capital model works on occasion in Silicon Valley, but it seldom works elsewhere. Dale Dougherty mulls the trajectory of non-VC startups: the small firms that don't need an exit strategy because the business creates its own type of fulfillment.
Glentel makes major American acquisition Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:28AMBurnaby company Glentel Inc., which owns third-party retailer Wireless Wave, has acquired 81.5 per cent of Diamond Wireless in Salt Lake City, Utah. The south-of-the-border acquisition will cost $50.45 million, according to a press release from Glentel.
Bubble Blinders: The Untold Story of the Search Business Model Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:35PMAli Partovi is an angel investor, startup advisor, and serial entrepreneur. Earlier this month, Paul Graham wrote a terrific article, “ What Happened to Yahoo ,” blaming Yahoo’s demise on two factors. First, “easy money” from banner ads led Yahoo to ignore search in the late ‘90s. Second, ambivalence about being a technology company meant Yahoo hired sub-par engineers and didn’t empower them to ...
Find out what your friends eat - get pictures Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:32AMIf there were a recipe to describe foodie website Foodspotting, it would probably be this: one part Foursquare, a dash of Yelp and a heaping of Flickr. Users of the site - also known as Foodspotters - post pics of their meals and map where they ate them, and... Foodspotting - Foursquare - Yelp - IPhone - Foodspotters
Honey Stinger/Trek biking squad attracts more riders Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:09AMThere are perks, but most are small — members of the Team Honey Stinger/Trek mountain bike racing squad can recoup some of their race entry fees. That’s all nice, but the real reason is simpler. Being a sponsored athlete is pretty sweet.
Find out what your friends eat - get pictures Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:30PMIf there were a recipe to describe foodie website Foodspotting, it would probably be this: one part Foursquare, a dash of Yelp and a heaping of Flickr. Users of the site - also known as Foodspotters - post pics of their meals and map where they ate them, and... Foodspotting - Foursquare - Yelp - Website - IPhone
Morning Brief: Facebook Valued at $33.7B, Apple Severs Ties with Tablet Competitor Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:46AMThis series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G , America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.
What You Want In A Technical Co-Founder Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:33PMIt seems that potential technical cofounders are approached by business cofounders a lot more than business cofounders are approached by technical cofounders. I thought about why that was after writing the post.
Kleiner Perkins Is Still An Awesome VC Firm Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:03PMWell, here goes my first answer ever in Quora. I've been incredibly busy with Flipboard these days but I saw this thread and absolutely had to respond.
Socially connected Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:55AMIt just got to be too much — the 255 Facebook friends, the four e-mail accounts, the Flickr and Picassa photo albums, the Linked In updates, the daily tech blogs I follow and the Twitter feed that never stops disgorging rumors and tips.
Lenovo's Edgy Thinker Bags $USD 20,000 Business Assistance Package Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:13AMDubai, UAE - 24 August 2010 - Lenovo Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan (MEEP) has announced today the winners of its "Edgy Business Thinker" contest which ran for over 8 weeks in UAE and KSA, and aimed to unearth sharp thinkers with edgy business ideas.
Irvine Company Co-Hosts Open House Heralding San Diego’s Emergence as Hotbed for Next Generation of High-Tech Firms Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:20PMSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heralding San Diego’s emergence as a high-tech hotbed, over 300 business and civic leaders Tuesday night toured an unusual business “incubator” during an open house co-hosted by the Irvine Company.
For Many Online Sellers, Smaller Is Better, Part 2: Four Tips Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:28AMThe moment you start generating business, the impulse is to keep doing the same things that brought you success and start growing. But as you learned in my previous column , some successful entrepreneurs believe it's best to resist the urge to grow indefinitely and stay small and manageable instead.
Time To Start A Startup? Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:00AMHow to know when it's time to leave your corporate job.
Federal help is necessary to keep bioscience research going Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:50PMThe Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas is now open for business in Lawrence, ready to serve as an incubator for startup companies and research collaborations.
Can fuel cells power the future? Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 3:29PMAn electricity-generating fuel-cell system known as the Bloom Box sparked a huge buzz in the energy debate six months ago — and since then, still more ventures have surfaced to promise better living through chemistry. Fuel cell - Energy - Technology - Electricity generation - Devices
Stay-at-home mom converts coupons into career Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:17PMFee-based grocerydash.com offers meal ideas based on what's on sale
Small Talk: Flit aims to bring "mall-like experience" to online shopping Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:54AMAdrian Lall, founder of Livermore-based company Flit, believes he has an idea that will revolutionize how people shop online and bring him profits at the same time.
Invented in Utah Symposium to Take Inventions From Idea to Reality Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:52AMAnnual Symposium to Connect Inventors With Resources and Help Them Bring Inventions to Life
Small talk: Flit-second shopping Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:31PMLivermore startup Flit offers tool for online shoppers
Small talk: Flit-second shopping Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:31PMAdrian Lall, founder of Livermore-based company Flit, believes he has an idea that will revolutionize how people shop online and bring him profits at the same time.
Danny Wong: Lessons Learned from Managing a Dozen Interns Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:08AMWhen it comes to hiring, it's important for both parties to have vested interest in each other, because an imbalance of interest can put the relationship in an awkward position.
Foursquare Isn't Retreating, It's Re-Loading Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 9:18AMFacebook, with the help of a guy who used to work with both Foursquare cofounders, launched an almost exact replica of the Foursquare mobile application on Tuesday night.
StockTwits Debuts A Brand New Chart.ly Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:20AMLast year, the Twitter-focused stock and trading network StockTwits acquired Chart.ly , a stock-chart service that was designed specifically for StockTwits. It's sort of like a Twitpic for stock charts (you can Tweet about a stock with a link to a chart on Chart.ly). But for the most part, StockTwits co- founder Howard Lindzon retained existing Chart.ly's look and feel for users. Today, Chart.ly ...
Lynch lauds center for job growth potential Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:10AMPORTSMOUTH — Gov. John Lynch on Thursday took a behind-the-scenes tour of a "living laboratory of entrepreneurship" for start-up companies, which he said could provide much-needed job growth and capital in the Granite State.
Dispatches Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 12:12AMDavid Littell, the Baldacci administration's top environmental enforcer for the last five years, won a legislative panel's solid endorsement Thursday to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission.
Australian "start-up mafia" sows seed for gen next Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 11:07PMExport success stories combine to form tech incubator.