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‘Robots’ iPad App: A Delightful Reference for Everything Robot

Origianl post by CHRISTINA BONNINGTON via WIRED We love robots. The trouble is, there are so many cool consumer and research robots out there that it can be hard to keep track of them all. Luckily, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and its publication IEEE Spectrum have built Robots, a simple, interactive reference app about all things […]

Are Enterprise IT startups the next big deal for VCs?

Original post by Tom Foremski via ZDNet The consumer web has a bright future, says Dave McClure (above). Dave McClure, the highly successful Silicon Valley Angel/Micro VC investor, published a passionate post about the prosperous future for the consumer web, and criticized other investors for moving away from the sector. Mr McClure writes: Recent articles by the WSJ, Fred […]

Silicon Prairie now prime startup territory

Origianl post by Joe McKendrick via smartplanet Earlier this month, we reported on the emergence of Kansas City’s “Startup Village,” spurred by the Google Fiber broadband project. However, there may be more at work than Google’s intervention: there are many other tech hotspots are springing up across the US Midwest, from Iowa to Nebraska. As observed by The New […]

Angels earn their wings

Original post by Josh Pichler via CINCINAT.com Twelve years ago, the Queen City Angels were five guys who would meet at restaurants to talk about investing in local startups and who, group chairman Tony Shipley jokes, hadn’t gotten the memo that the dot-com bubble was about to burst. Now three funds and 54 diverse companies later, the validation-stage […]

Be Confident in the People you Hire

Be Confident in the People you Hire

Original post by s.co The job market is certainly rough right now and it is important for employers to ensure that they are hiring well-rounded and qualified candidates. Today’s featured startup, JobEscrow, is recruiting insurance for employers. With JobEscrow, employers list their jobs and recruiters take the task of finding the perfect person to match the position […]