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TechCrunch Readers: God is Your Co-Pilot, and Stuff that Piggy Bank

TechCrunch  Nov 21 09

When pitching to VC’s, entrepreneurs hype the heck out of their ideas, years of experience and management teams. But I’ve never heard of anyone touting their luck or connection to God. After reading the posts on TechCrunch, one could easily get the impression that God doesn’t play much of role in Silicon Valley. But ask [...] Full story...

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Mozilla Engineer Writes Steve Ballmer; Promptly Takes Foot Out Of Mouth

TechCrunch  18 hours ago

Mozilla platform engineer Rob Sayre has probably had better ideas. Hoping Microsoft might allow Firefox on their new Windows Phone 7 Series, Sayre wrote an open letter this morning to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Pierre Omidyar on eBay and Pez Dispensers, Leaving the Valley and the Most Important Thing He’s Ever Done

TechCrunch  19 hours ago

It’s almost a cliché that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don’t go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money, they get back to work building another company or at least investing in other people’s companies.

Hunch’s Twitter Predictor Game Is Awesomely Accurate

TechCrunch  19 hours ago

When I first read about Hunch's Twitter Predictor game, I was pretty skeptical. The game asks you to put in your Twitter user name and based on who you follow and who you are followed by, it predicts how you will answer questions on Hunch.

Excelerate Labs Brings A Startup Incubator To Chicago

TechCrunch  22 hours ago

It seems that Y Combinator and TechStars-like incubators are popping up everywhere. BoomStartup just launched an incubator in Utah and TechStars is expanding to other cities in the U.

Novell Rejects Hedge Fund’s Offer To Take The Company Private For $2 Billion

TechCrunch  less than a day ago

New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. in a letter to Novell's board of directors dated March 2 offered to purchase the infrastructure software company for a cash price of $5.

Integrating Ethics Into The Core Of Your Startups: Why And How

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When I came to the U.S. in 1980, I was young and naïve. I used to think that corruption and ethical lapses were just a third-world ill.

Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I’m Rooting For An All-Out Location War.

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I didn't have the same problems at SXSW this year that some people did. Was it too crowded at some events? Sure.

The Man Corporations Love and Xenophobes Hate

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During my recent trip to India, I flew down to Bangalore for one reason: To meet N.R. Narayana Murthy.

Opera, Safari Beat Chrome On Google’s Own JavaScript Conformance Test

TechCrunch  less than a day ago

Back in June, Google launched Sputnik, a suite of tools that runs over 5,000 tests to check a web browser's JavaScript conformance.

Review: Aperture 3

TechCrunch  less than a day ago

If you're a photographer and use a Mac, chances are you're using Lightroom or Aperture. Probably Lightroom, since Aperture is less popular among pros — and the latest version seems to be an acknowledgment of that.



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