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Falling Out of Love with Your Startup

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My latest interview with tech entrepreneur Andrew Draper helped me realize what an important part passion plays in the whole tech entrepreneurial process. Scratchpad is a web app that lets you clip and collect your favorite UI elements from around the web for use while mocking up your ideas.

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MTV Buys Social Project

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According to MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom, the acquisition will allow the firm to accelerate its introduction of its Flux social media platform across its portfolio. Social Project is behind the development of Flux, software which allows web publishers to create their own social networking web sites.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

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Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Sean kicked off the festivities by going over house rules to maintain an open, supportive environment.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

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A huge thanks goes out to the Social Media ClubHouse (SMCH3) for helping put this all together. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Media Temple hosts websites.

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TechZulu Partners with meebo!

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Giving you the ability to chat in realtime with all your friends around the web right from TechZulu. ( is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Are you interested?

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2009 Coming To A Close, 2010 Just Around The Corner!

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The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better. Also known as the semantic web or linked data, web 3.0 is a web in which data is linked to allow for more meaningful, actionable insight to be extracted.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. WSJ Web Slice. LINKS TO ACTUAL PAGE CONTAINING WEB SLICE FUNCTIONALITY. TOPICID 408.