Archive for September, 2007

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How Second Life found its 2nd wind.

Carleen Hawn, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:26 PM PT Comments (0)

“Second Life was just unfundable,” Linden Labs founder Philip Rosedale tells Inc. magazine, in this interview. We’re huge fans of Inc. at Found|READ, a traditional magazine dedicated to entrepreneurs that is just full of great business tales and profiles. The site also has a fantastic “resource center” (at top left on home page) where […]

Sugar Buys ShopStyle, Changes Name

Om Malik, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:14 PM PT Comments (4)

I was right there when Lisa Sugar, co-founder of Sugar Publishing posted her first blog post during the Oscars 2006. Since then she and her hubby, Brian Sugar have turned their little hobby, PopSugar, into a full blown publishing company. With backing from Sequoia Capital and NBC, Sugar Publishing has become a leading destination for […]

Kara Swisher Deconstructs Facebook

Om Malik, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 2:26 PM PT Comments (16)

Kara Swisher of AllThingsD takes a contrarian point of view on Facebook and does a pretty good job of deconstructing the social-networking company, its potential and all the hype around it. What set her off: Facebook has apparently indicated that it might hold out for a valuation of as much as $15 billion rather than […]

Ted Turner’s Latest Love: Solar

Edit Staff, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 2:11 PM PT Comments (0)

If media mogul and environmentalist Ted Turner -– who’s often called the largest individual land owner in North America -– placed a few square miles of solar panels across his New Mexico ranches he could, in theory, generate 4 GW of power. No wonder he loves Solar Power. Continue Reading.

Why NewTeeVee Needs To Be Social

Edit Staff, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 2:07 PM PT Comments (0)

When you watch media with other people — that is, live and simultaneously — it’s impossible not to be affected by their giggles and groans and analysis. That’s kind of what I was hoping to find out more about when we started the Pier Screenings series this spring. Five editions later, we’re done with […]

Amazon MP3 vs. Apple iTunes: Where Should You Shop?

Om Malik, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 7:11 AM PT Comments (71)

Amazon (AMZN) has just announced that the beta version of its MP3 download store is live. The company claims it has 2 million DRM free songs, each priced from 89 cents to 99 cents. More than 1 million of the 2 million songs are priced at 89 cents. The top 100 best-selling songs are 89 […]

360Desktop Or One Giant Billboard?

Adena DeMonte, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 6:31 AM PT Comments (6)

Update: This morning, we found out some more information about 360Desktop. While when we chatted with CEO Evan Jones last night, we were under the impression that the company plans to support itself through partnering with advertisers in the creation of branded desktops, Jones sent us an email this morning noting that the company expects […]

Video folly: Because every founder deserves some comic relief now and again.

Carleen Hawn, Monday, September 24, 2007 at 8:42 PM PT Comments (0)

We’ve decided to lighten things up a bit. Not because we think our content is too serious. It’s just that this founder thing is really tough.

As one entrepreneur I interviewed recently told me:
“Being a founder is a bi-polar emotional experience. I go from being the ‘ebullient enthusiast’ for my investors, to the ‘kind, yet-tough-talker’ with […]

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