Topic: Startups

Learning From Etsy's Artisanal Startup Expansion

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At a time when websites are valued in the tens of billions of dollars and banks are rushing to make new companies public, Etsy is a uniquely level-headed startup.

By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 15, 2012

Google Hires Digg's 'Brat Pack' Prince

The excitement around Google's reported hiring of Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg and mobile app "lab" Milk, ought to come a disclaimer.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 14, 2012

The Celebrity-Funded Startups We Hate to Love

Andy Samberg, Saturday Night Live's prince of Digital Shorts, is getting into the tech startup scene. Samberg is listed as a co-founder of CarnaryHop.com, a newly-launched travel and activity recommendation site.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Feb 14, 2012

More Name Calling in the Tech Blog 'Cesspool'

The big names in the world of tech and startup reporting aren't backing down from their latest war of words about who is doing the best job ruining their industry.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 3, 2012

Media Diet

Alexis Ohanian: What I Read

Alexis Ohanian, the dude who co-founded Reddit, helped launch Hipmunk, advocates for free culture, opposes SOPA and serves as an all-around start-up sage, reads a lot of Reddit. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 16, 2011

Who Wants to Work on This Libertarian Cruise Ship for Startups?

The founders of Blueseed think they've found a way to reconcile their frustrations with the limitations of United States immigration law and the exciting innovations that non-American citizens might be able to offer American tech companies: a boat.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 1, 2011

Silicon Valley's Incubator Glut Is Real

Though Silicon Valley continues to point to its big portfolios and the industry's high valuations, a look at how incubator start-ups are doing shows what's really happening in the tech world. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 27, 2011

West Coast-East Coast Tech Feud Fed by Silicon Valley Guru

New York startup-types did not like Y Combinator founder Paul Graham's take on their city

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 14, 2011

Only Old People Believe in a Tech Bubble

At the TechCrunch Disrupt confab the kids think just think, "It's electric!"

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