Today's big news from TechCrunch is is that Google is in the final stages of acquiring digg for about $200 million. Makes sense to me. Particularly given some of Google's recent experiments having social voting in their search results pages.
I'm going to be giving the keynote presentation at an upcoming event organized by and focused on student entrepreneurs being held on the MIT campus this Saturday (May 3, 2008) from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.. Student entrepreneurs from MIT, Harvard, Babson, Olin and Boston University and other Boston area academic institutions will gather to talk about startups. I could not hope for a better group to interact with.
It's been a mildly interesting weekend. One of the interesting things that happened was a TechCrunch article that described Andrew Baron selling his Twitter account It was the weekend, and I was looking for some quick amusement value, so I jumped into the auction on eBay. Things got really interesting from there.
I've been (personally) using Twitter more frequently lately because more people I know are using it. Not sure how many people really care where I'm having dinner. But, I figure there are many more people interested in startups. So, I've kicked off a Twitter account for OnStartups. If you are interested in getting pithy insights, quick tips and short quips On Startups on Twitter, follow OnStartups on Twitter:
A recent article by Zoli Erdos really got me to thinking about startup hiring. The article was titled "Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits".
Reddit and I go way, way back.
I was there when Alexis and Steve presented the early idea (and a working application) at one of the early Web Innovator's meetups in a small, cramped bar in Kendall Square, Cambridge.
Several months later, there was a startup meetup at MIT. I was one of three groups presenting at a startup gathering at MIT. The guys from Reddit spoke right after me.
I've been reading startup blogs for as long as there have been startup blogs.
I'm a fan of Joel Spolsky. I'm impressed with his wit and humor. Some of his older stuff was really good, but most of his newer stuff just hasn't struck me in the same way. But, maybe that's just me.
I'm a fan of Paul Graham. I'm impressed with his intelligence and ability to really cover a topic well in a way that makes sense and appeals to my analytical side.
I came across an interesting article today on CNNMoney.com titled "LinkedIn Says It Will Own Business Networking".
I'll jump to the punchline first: What's the one thing that's wrong with social content sites like digg? The content!
If you are a startup entrepreneur, at some point, you will need to make a decision regarding your business model. Many software startups have a strategy to build early market traction by giving away their offering for free with some plan to monetize at a later date. I'm not going to make a strong argument against this. So, for purposes of this article, lets assume for a moment that as a software startup, you actually *want* to charge money for your software someday.
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