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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. It's a casual setupĀit's not an incubator, it's not an accelerator, and we're not charging anyone for space. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective.

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Paying It Forward: Amanda Bensol of Karma Wi-Fi

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Amidst the search she found her way working with NYC based incubator Techstars as an associate. Amanda talks a bit about life working for an incubator. They’ll tell friends, which helps us get more press and exposure.” She wanted to get involved, which led her to startups. From Techstars to Karma.

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9 Women Canā€™t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read this anecdote in the press (withholding company name because I actually really love the concept). I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. And it seems to be creeping back into startup culture of late in a worrying way.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). He is a frequent public speaker. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Robert Scoble.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. They can then direct staff, allocate budgets, talk to the press, connect you with politicians and attend events. There is no question NY startups get disproportionate press.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Incubation 3. ► October (1) New Video! StrongMail Systems, Inc. Relaxing 2. Go-to-Market 5.

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