500 Startups is launching its third batch of startups today at a 4-hour demo day event. This class of 34 startups includes a variety of B2B solutions, as well as social and entertainment platforms, organizational tools, learning and reference websites, and products for kids. Two startups, ContaAzul and Rota dos Concursos, feature sites in Portuguese…
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Today the Silicon Valley based accelerator 500 Startups lead by Dave McClure and Paul Singh has unveiled its latest set of startups which includes 34 companies from across the United States, which is the largest batch size to date. The latest class of startups offers some diversity as eight of them have women founders, fifteen…
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Nine startups took the stage on Monday night at Beijing’s historic Zheng Yi Ci opera house, to showcase their ideas for an audience that included Dave McClure and the Geeks on a Plane crowd. “Chinaccelerator symbolizes the growing role of China in the global startup ecosystem,” said its founder, Cyril Ebersweiler, in his introduction. Here…
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BootHK is a coworking space for tech startups located in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong. To get there, you head up to the 19th floor of an office building, and the elevator opens right onto the glass door of their office. The space has a long conference table, makeshift offices, and an unfinished…
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In a viral video last week, a Canadian man set up a surprise wedding for his girlfriend and then proposed to and married her on the same day. The blushing bride, rather than bemoaning the loss of her wedding-planning fun, was ecstatic. “So much stress is alleviated,” she said. “I don’t even have to think…
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As a full-time editor, I’m acutely aware that the world is in desperate need of editing, from typos on companies’ About pages and press releases, to hastily written term papers. Kibin, which recently survived demo day at 500 Startups, prides itself on its community of editors intent on correcting these pesky mistakes. “I view it…
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If you haven’t noticed, we’re running low on .com domain name options. On the one hand, scarcity of good .com names has caused major frustration among countless entrepreneurs. On the other hand, it has forced people to get creative, well beyond just dropping a vowel here or there. And while this was the “hot” thing to…
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One of the latest music trends has been the rise of TurnTable.fm, which we covered previously when it first launched, which offers an easy way to be the DJ in a chat room with Facebook users. It’s kind of like a social Pandora but you can play music along with your friends via virtual chatrooms….
Read MoreDave McClure’s 500 Startups, an early-stage seed fund, has launched a startup accelerator program for select startups. And I do mean select. There is no application process. You get into the program via referral. The accelerator’s group of 12 startups will be in residence at 500 Startups’ Mountain View, Calif. HQ for 3 to 6…
Read MoreTrying to remember the name of a song you heard? There is an iPhone app that can help by allowing you to sing a tune and it will help recognize it. Khush is the company behind the slick karaoke application for the iPhone called LaDiDa that allows users to sing into the phone. The application analyzes…
Read MoreWelcome to TechCrunch Disrupt 2010! It’s extremely hectic at TechCrunch Disrupt – one might even call it disruptive. Wow, what a first day! There are so many interesting people in attendance including regulars like TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, Dave McClure, Reid Hoffman, and many more. Here is a look at some of the…
Read MoreYesterday we attended the Angel Excelerator event in Chicago, Illinois, a half day workshop pulled together by Hyde Park Angels and Excelerate Labs. Going into the event, I was interested in learning the ins and outs of being an angel investor as we see a lot of startups and investing in some could be a…
Read MoreLast night, I attended the DC Lean Startup Circle in Arlington, Virginia, hosted by Kevin Dewalt and Ken Yarmosh, featuring a couple of industry heavy weights, Dave McClure and Eric Ries, talking about everything “Lean Startup.” The group was in town for the Startup Visa Act which we covered previously. The duo spoke for a…
Read MoreI first saw Take Comics as part of the TechStars 2009 program and instantly was reminded of my days reading Spiderman and X-Men comic books. I used to love to reading comic with my younger brother and we could exchange ideas about how one character was better than another or visa versa. I got a…
Read MoreOne thing is certain these days, we all deal with a lot of data, as individuals and more importantly as companies. As individuals, we are bombarded with data from RSS feeds, Twitter, Facebook, SMS, and so on. It takes a lot of our energy to intake, process and retain all of this so we can,…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More