Startups

5 Web 2.0 Businesses That Will Thrive in a Down Economy

I have to admit that Ive been a bit overwhelmed by today.  Ive just about glazed over as Ive gone through blog post after blog post talking about how grim and dire things are for us. I realize that ....... read more
Sat,
11 Oct 2008
startups, it?s Time to Stop Calling Yourselves That

A startup, by (loose) definition, is a young company heading into uncharted territory. And, by that very definition, it needs funds to operate; these usually come in the form of investments from ventu ....... read more
Fri,
10 Oct 2008
PleaseDressMe T-Shirt Giveaway


AJ Vaynerchuk is a co-founder of the newly launched t-shirt search engine PleaseDressMe. His guest post today provides an inside look into the launch of a startup as well as the opportunity to win ....... read more
Thu,
25 Sep 2008
Showcase Your Startup at the Bootstrapper Venture Summit

The Bootstrapper Venture Summit (BSS) is an exclusive Startup Showcase  Investor Conference being held on October 2nd, 2008 in NYC. BSS will feature 15 select and rigorously vetted companies and allo ....... read more
Wed,
24 Sep 2008
TechStars Showcases 12 startups in Silicon Valley

TechStars, the mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund, presented twelve lucky startups today in their first showcase in the Valley. Unlike DEMOfall 08, where 72 startups battled it out for every ....... read more
Tue,
23 Sep 2008
There?s Still Time to Help a Startup Get Funded

It?s not too late to claim your invite for the Mashable Showdown on VenCorps. Just use the code mashablerocks . You can help a startup receive $50k in seed funding the right to ask for up to $5 milli ....... read more
Mon,
15 Sep 2008
MVP ? ?India?s YCombinator? ? Announces 7 New Startup Investments

YCombinator, an early stage investment firm that has provided seed funding for the likes of Reddit, Scribd, and Justin.tv (among many others) has been widely praised in the US for helping get new Inte ....... read more
Wed,
10 Sep 2008
Sneak a Peek at DEMOfall 08

Next week, DEMOfall 08 hits San Diego, California for 3 days, and a total of 72 companies will, according to Chris Shipley, Mary A. C. Fallon, and the rest at DEMO setting the stage, ?launch disrupti ....... read more
Sat,
06 Sep 2008
HotStartupJobs Helps You Find Your Next Startup Position

Despite the reams of new job postings being released day in and day out, the treachery of the job search has been greatly facilitated with online engines and listing services. And specific to the tec ....... read more
Thu,
04 Sep 2008
Startup Hacks: 5 Tips for Offshore Outsourcing

This is a guest post written by Michael Cerda. He blogs about startups, people and the variety hour at Cerdafied. Outsourcing product development (or parts of development) offshore sounds like a good ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
Startup Hacks: 7 Questions VCs Will Ask You, What They Really Mean, and How You Can Answer Them

This is a guest post written by Michael Cerda. He blogs about startups, people and the variety hour at Cerdafied. There is a certain psychology to fund raising. Here are seven questions VCs ask, what ....... read more
Fri,
15 Aug 2008
What Google Should Learn From startups

Google has become a major force on the web. There is no denying that fact as more and more people are using its variety of services other than just search. Gmail, Google Docs, GTalk and web related s ....... read more
Tue,
05 Aug 2008
Startup Hacks: Seven Ideas for Building Your Team

This is a guest post written by Michael Cerda from Cerdafied - startups, People and the Variety Hour. You are a founding CEO starting a company and you need help. Building your team is a complicated, ....... read more
Tue,
29 Jul 2008
CoNotes Matches Job Seekers with Cool startups (The Startup Review)

Editors Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusi ....... read more
Mon,
28 Jul 2008
Google App Engine: A Glimpse of Things to Come

This is a guest post written by Waleed Abdulla, a software engineer and the founder and CEO of Ninua, Inc. You can follow his projects on his blog at selfdebugging.com. At a technical meetup in Santa ....... read more
Tue,
22 Jul 2008
Building Successful startups in Israel: An Interview with LightSpeed Venture Partners [Israel Media Tour]

Company Name: Lightspeed Venture Partners Founded in Israel: 2006 Israel Location: Herzliya Pituach I had the chance to interview Yoni Cheifetz, a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a global VC ....... read more
Wed,
16 Jul 2008
Free Advertising on Mashable for Three Lucky startups

To celebrate the summer and our SummerMash Tour, we are giving away one full month of advertising to three lucky startups in our new Startup Pricing 90×90 advertising zones. These zones were specifica ....... read more
Wed,
16 Jul 2008
The Story of Sun Microsystems Israel [Israel Media Tour]

Company Name: Sun Microsystems Israel Founded in: 1994 Location: Hertzeliya Pituach, Israel I had the chance to interview Edward Resnick, Sun Microsystems Regional Segment Manager in Israel. Resnick ....... read more
Mon,
14 Jul 2008
11 Web Applications to Check Out as Twiistup Finalists Revealed

Twiistup 4, an event to be held on July 17, 2008 in Santa Monica, California, and of which Mashable is a media sponsor (Pete will be one of the judges), has announced its list of 11 startup finalists ....... read more
Thu,
29 May 2008