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Entrepreneurs Are Needed To Make Web Searches Smarter

Startup Professionals Musings

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘ Semantic Web ’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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Social Web Startup Signs Deal with AP to Distribute Sports Scores

Xconomy

ScoreStream, a San Diego area startup providing a crowdsourced social media platform for reporting high school sports scores, said Thursday it has agreed to distribute high school game scores under a new collaboration agreement with The Associated Press.

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The Semantic Web Opens a New Age for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘Semantic Web’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

InfoChachkie

This was exactly the approach Steve took when he self-published Four Steps via Café Press, at the behest of his then star pupil, Eric Ries , Co-Founder of IMVU and the author of The Lean Startup. According to Steve, “The original version (of Four Steps) was printed on tree bark at Café Press. I have to thank him for that.”.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

socalTECH

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would.

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Why You Should Embrace Opposing Views at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Are you cynical about their chances in the market just because they seem to be hot in the press and that bugs you? In general, we seem to be building too many positive re-enforcement systems on the web. But I do know that FourSquare has captured the zeitgeist of what young, mobile & social people want. ” Wow.

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Falling Out of Love with Your Startup

Tech Zulu Event

Well, this happened to Andrew Draper , the co-founder of Manpacks , the popular web-based service that delivers men’s essentials, including underwear, razors, condoms, grooming and other products from top-name brands. Snapable is a mobile app that makes it easy for your guests to take and share photos of every moment at your wedding.

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