Startups

Startups are entrepreneurial business ventures. Usually founded by an individual or small team of professionals, startups are generally based on an invention, innovation, or improvements to existing products or services. The combination of this business insight, ambition, and hard work results in a new company.

Starting new companies has gotten easier with each passing year, especially since the arrival of the Internet. Historically it required a lot of money to start a new company because of inventory, infrastructure, employee, legal, and advertising costs. Today venture capital is less necessary to start a small business.

The Internet’s rapid expansion has also opened startup opportunities for entrepreneurs worldwide. The interconnected nature of Internet communications enables the rapid spread of information, inexpensive collaboration between geographically distant parties, and low-cost website software and tools that enable the sale of goods via e-commerce and online advertising, too.

Today startup companies are more common than ever. This is a trend likely to continue as more people worldwide become connected to the Internet and invest in their own futures by working together to build new companies.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Startups”

• Asana Aims to Change the Way We Work

  
  Bits — Authority: 768
  Office work, filled with overflowing e-mail inboxes and pointless meetings, could be a lot more efficient and productive. One start-up, Asana, is trying to fix the problem. How? Well, that is still a secret. Asana was founded last December by Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook, and Justin Rosenstein, an ...
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• Telecom News Bulletin: PTCL and Wateen Signs Rs. 1.25 Bln Contracts From USF for Broadband and Optic Fiber Projects

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  Universal Service Fund awarded telecom contracts worth Rs. 1.25 Billion for providing Broadband Internet in the un-served urban areas of Hazara Telecom Region (HTR) with PTCL and Wateen Telecom and Optic Fiber connectivity to un-served tehsils of Central Balochistan with Wateen Telecom. SEVP-Corporate ...
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• SuperFan Founder Finds Facebook Fertile for Virtual Funds

  
  The SiliconANGLE — Authority: 146
  Rick Marini is the founder of SuperFan , a site built around the idea that people are passionate about all kinds of things, from bands and celebs, to brands and video games. In short, SuperFan is a social hub for the things you love. It’s also a great way for companies to get acquainted with their true fans. It ...
  23 hours ago

• RIP Joost

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
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• IDubba.com - TV Program Recommendation Platform

  
  Tech Blog of Global and Indian Companies: Gajeebo — Authority: 482
  IDubba is a television program recommendation website. They have a dedicated team which recommends tv shows based on your area of interest, your location and some other factors.The concept behind the programs recommendation is not informed on the website and even there is no statistics available on their website. We ...
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• ‘A Sense of Urgency’ Makes All The Difference

  
  Startup Professionals Musings — Authority: 425
  In today’s business environment, if you don’t move fast, you get run over. Without a sense of urgency, people and businesses just can’t move fast enough. Speed is the driver because customers have a zero tolerance for waiting, and there are always competitors gaining on you. John P. Kotter in his latest book, " ...
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• PakSpace Telecom and IT Blog: Twitter Peek Device designed only for Twitter

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  For those of you who can’t get enough Twitter where ever you go and don’t want to get locked into a big monthly contract with a cell phone company then the Twitter Peek is for you. Developed by Peek, the company which developed the Peek and Peek Pronto the mobile email devices. Features Read Tweets Send ...
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• Pro Pakistani: Zong’s SMS Package is on the Rise

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  While s competitors have taken back their SMS bundle offer, just before Eid-ul-Azha, Zong showed its commitment by maintaining SMS Packages. The Picture Shows a Zong outlet being approached by huge number of customers to avail MNP and then SMS packages. By the way, with Zong you can avail 500 SMS + 50 MMS for a Rs. ...
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• AirHop, Adapting to “Dense” Wireless of the Future, Develops Self-Organizing Networking Software

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 704
  wireless , Software , 4G Wireless Networking Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: One of the recurring themes during the international wireless industry’s conference in San Diego last month was the phenomenal surge in mobile data traffic, and how it is leading to constraints and bottlenecks in existing network ...
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• Foursquare Boasts More Than 100,000 Users

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 434
  Since Foursquare s launch, it has added more than 100 worldwide cities to its roster, recently launching in Berlin, Paris, and Madrid; the New-York based social-networking service now also has more than 100,000 users. Associated Press Previous: > Foursquare Announces Tech Charity Partnership
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• Milo Raises Money to Help People Shop Offline

  
  Bits — Authority: 768
  As more and more people shop online, one start-up is pursuing a contrarian idea. Milo is a Web site where people can find out where to buy things offline. Shoppers visit Milo and enter something they want to buy, like a MacBook or a specific brand of shoes. The site presents a description and reviews of the products ...
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• Milo Raises Money to Help People Shop Offline

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  Milo, a start-up Web site, helps people figure out where to buy things at stores in their neighborhoods instead of online.
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• Pro Pakistani: PTCL and Wateen Gets Rs. 1.25 Bln Contracts from USF for Broadband and Optic Fiber Projects

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  Parvez Iftikhar, CEO-Universal Service Fund signing contract of the broadband project with Sikandar Naqi, SEVP-PTCL Universal Service Fund awarded telecom contracts worth Rs. 1.25 Billion for providing Broadband Internet in the un-served urban areas of Hazara Telecom Region (HTR) with PTCL and Wateen Telecom and ...
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• Pro Pakistani: Seven Pakistani Universities Join the Oracle Academy

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  Seven leading universities in Pakistan have joined the Oracle Academy and have integrated its Advanced Computer Science and Enterprise Business Applications programs into their IT curricula.  As a result, over 2,400 students from the participating universities will gain access to world-class technical curriculum and ...
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• Remember your first time?

  
  Become a young successful entrepreneur and live the startup life — Authority: 448
  I remember my first time so well. It was Spring 2007, and I was an inexperienced 21 year-old getting ready to graduate and enter the real world.  My brother Yu-kai Chou had already done it and I thought, “Yu-kai seems like such a Fob.  If Yu-kai has done it, then I should be able to do it as well!” I was ...
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• Quiz: The State of Technology and Life Sciences Executive Compensation

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 704
  X Factor , Executive Pay , startups Robert Buderi wrote: The Boston area is a breeding ground for life sciences and technology innovation. Startups and more established companies are everywhere—and so are the engineers, scientists, CTOs, and operating, finance, and sales whizzes that make these ...
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• Cozi Teams Up with MWV, Naverus Acquired by GE, Bio Architecture Lab Raises $8M, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 704
  Roundup , deals , VC Gregory T. Huang wrote: It was a fairly busy week for deals heading into the Thanksgiving holiday. The Northwest saw some action across aviation, alternative fuels, wireless, software, and biotech. —Kent, WA-based Naverus was acquired by GE Aviation , an operating unit of General ...
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• Pro Pakistani: Telenor Sim Lagao Offer : Once Again

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  Now a days Pakistani Celcos are trying to get more and more new customers by providing cheap call rates, attractive sms bundles etc, on the other hand they are also trying to retain the inactive users, In efforts to do so Telenor has once again launched its SIM LAGAO OFFER, for those Customers who have not used ...
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• Telecom News Bulletin: Raid in Lahore $240,000 Worth Illegal HP Cartridges and Ink Toners Acquired

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  The South Asia ACF Team along with the local Police conducted an enforcement action against a manufacturer and distributor of counterfeit HP Ink and Toner packaging in the Shah Alam Market, Lahore. HP announced a seizure of 2,922 Toner packages, 263 Ink packages, and other miscellaneous manufacturing material. This ...
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• Pro Pakistani: SNGPL Soon to Print Digital Image on Bill

  
  PakBlogging — Authority: 507
  SNGPL , Sui Northern Gas Pipelines. Ltd, is checking the gas meters of customers with newly incorporated AMRs (Automatic Meter Readers) these days. We have came across one such meter and was quite amazed when we saw the person holding AMR taking the image of meter too with the equipment. Inquired, and they said ...
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