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We launched our site today and wanted to get the word out with something whimsical. We created our own bookmarklet that uploads all of our venue pictures (500+) onto Pinterest with…

Does anyone have a list of lawmakers who are supporting SOPA?

I accidentally tweeted it. I didn't notice that the tweet button was checked as I published it. No one follows that blog except for a few close friends.

San Francisco, CA Dailyaisle.com - www.dailyaisle.com http://dailyaisle.tumblr.com/ We are in the 500 Startups Summer accelerator class and are looking for talented front-end devel…

Can't help but love her authenticity and confidence. Supposedly, Fred Wilson is investing: http://saucy.tumblr.com/post/4071475277/must-see-vc-pitch-update-fred-wilson-union

Similar to http://www.synchtube.com/

This seems right up USV's alley too. Marketplaces and platforms. If I remember correctly, USV didn't exactly pass, but made a play around the time Sequoia did.

Your monetization strategy should be... if you're calling at&t about a service issue, verizon could pay to be notified with the opportunity to respond to the call first and win you…

Kayak- I think the biggest difference is the funding environment. In a way, it's a networks effect problem. There are consumer Internet companies that made it big in the valley, in…

The content related to the title is half one down the page but the entire interview is gold.

I personally don't understand Bryce's action. If he doesn't believe in social proof, he should just invest independent of who else is investing. It seems a bit drastic to leave the…

I would try reaching out to the founders of these companies. They will recognize your email right away as a customer development effort and will sympathize with your cause since th…

So... they own the stories we create? I was going to say, this would be a great way to write open source text books but not if Neovella owns the content. "2. Copyright. The content…

This article is more about if you were in Groupon's shoes could you have done the following... Yes. I think I could build my own Groupon... in fact hundreds of people have and many…

Does anyone know how much it costs them to acquire a new number? In other words, every time a user creates a new group, they are assigned a number. How much does that cost GroupMe?…

Yeah I heard they were heavily targeting CMU. Here are some pictures of the new offices. http://www.businessinsider.com/google-pittsburgh-office-2011...

Mark is right to point out that each geographic region has its advantages. Places like Boston may not be known for home runs in the consumer space but because of MIT, it's been kno…

Mint used a combination of paid search and SEO/blogging strategy to get their first couple thousand users. Dave McClure and Noah Kagan worked on that for over a year while Aaron Pa…

I think people are getting too caught up with the dish washing element of the story. The point of the story is about taking ownership and doing whatever it takes to move the compan…

Founders Den has gotten some press recently: http://www.foundersden.com/

Reading up on tech news helps as you run into tech debates such as html5 vs. flash. There are free MIT classes on opencourseware that have helped me bridge the tech gap. I've taken…