Pownce to be Shut Down by Six Apart

Pownce, the media-rich Twitter competitor that was co-founded by Digg ’s Kevin Rose along with Leah Culver and Daniel Burka, has been acquired by Six Apart and will be closing its doors on December 15. I am a little bit surprised to hear this, considering the amount of hype that Pownce and it’s founder Leah [...]

Compensation Structure for Early Companies

Just got this from planetvc today. Matt McCall who writes at VC Confidential recently posted a compensation structure for typical early stage companies. Matt stressed out that what he meant with ‘early’ is not start-up at bootstrap phase. At which, salaries are much lower, but equity ownerships are higher. I am a little surprised that [...]

Richest potato peeler salesdude

MSNBC has a nice story on the a potato peeler salesman who has resides on Park Avenue. Simple old mantra at work: Step 1. Be good at what you are doing. Step 2. Repeat. Step 3. Profit.

Cuil ain’t no cööl

This month we are celebrating Google’s 10th anniversary, so let’s celebrate it by writing a review about Cuil. Why do people beat a dead horse? I often wonder… Anyway… Cuil was launched close to two months ago, with great fanfare, boasting as the world’s largest search engine. Cuil claims to have an index of 121 [...]

Venture backed startup jobs

If you are looking for a job in a venture-backed start-ups, here is a good website to start: http://www.ventureloop.com/ventureloop/job_search.php. You can search the title, the description, and also the company name, you can filter jobs by location and function. Results includes the date of job publishing, company name, VC backer, and location.