‘Y’ App Goes Viral – Secures 50 Million In Funding

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“Y is the stupidest app I have tried. Ever” tweeted Robert Scoble, 72 hours after he said the same thing about Yo. “It is just so addictive, I just don’t know Y” he added in a follow-up tweet. “Asking Y, like context, is everything” tweeted Marc Andreessen. Andreessen-Horowitz has reportedly invested 50 Million More...

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By junior On Sunday, October 20th, 2013
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One Line Summaries of Startup School Talks

SVChronicle had a front row seat to the talks at Startup School 2013. Here, we try to summarize the talks: Chris Dixon: I am a VC so I have to give you some formula – it is actually very simple – When More...

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By junior On Friday, October 18th, 2013
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NYSE Confirms That It Is All Set To Screw-Up Twitter’s IPO

“We will match the NASDAQ, and do one better” NYSE officials told a press conference here in New York today. “I mean, this is a technology war of sorts. We see the facebook and twitter logos together More...

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By junior On Saturday, August 31st, 2013
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Startup Founder’s Sudden Craziness Traced Back To Purchase Of Walter Isaacson’s Book

Shocked Employees of (the recently renamed) OrangeInc LLC finally cracked the puzzle – their Founder CEO, Adam Woodshedder, had purchased Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’ from Amazon.com exactly More...

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By junior On Monday, August 12th, 2013
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Paul Graham Launches ZC: TopRamen And Diet Coke For 25 Percent Stake

“Do what you love” Paul Graham told a room full of twenty somethings gathered at the Silicon Valley History Museum. It was an invite-only event to mark the launch of Z-Combinator, a new technology incubator, More...

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By junior On Monday, August 12th, 2013
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Jack Dorsey Founds Two More Companies, To Be CEO There As Well

Jack Dorsey announced on Twitter last evening that he had founded two more companies, and would play the role of CEO in both those companies. He will split his time between the two companies that he is running right More...

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By junior On Monday, August 12th, 2013
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Startup Enthusiast Quits Job, But Doesn’t Know What To Work On

“I have always wanted to be a tech entrepreneur” David Hernst told SVChronicle. “I have watched hundreds of hours of interviews with entrepreneurs, and have read through gigabytes of material on startups. More...