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Techstars-backed Pickie raises $1M for Flipboard-Like app for shopping

Original post by Ki Mae Heussner via GIGAOM Tech-savvy shoppers who look to their friends for purchasing inspiration, can already turn to platforms like Pinterest, Fancy, Fab and plenty of others. But with a Flipboard-like app for the iPad that aggregates social activity across shopping sites, New York-based Pickie believes it can get in on the social commerce action, too. The startup, which […]

The Ten Best Serial Entrepreneurs You’ve Never Heard Of

Original post by J.J. Colao via FORBES We’ve all been subject to the breathless lore of startup lions likeSteve Jobs, Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk—pioneers who’ve repeatedly made high-profile impacts with innovative companies. The termserial entrepreneur meanwhile, when used to describe oneself, has morphed into an abused and meaningless moniker. The names above easily fit the bill, but we don’t always know them […]

Techmeetups Partner Radford Presents:Market Insight – October 2012 – Economic Outlook, Compensation Data, and Patent Awards

Original post by James Seechurn – Consultant, Radford EMEA As we move into Q4 2012, Europe’s recovery continues to suffer amidst on-going financial difficulties in key markets. Combined with a slow-down in emerging markets and a drop in US GDP, we have witnessed downward revisions to global economic growth for 2012 and beyond. In Western markets, much depends on how […]

TechStartupJobs Fair NYC

November is the month TechMeetups is helping startups in New York recruit the very best talent. There’s been an exciting rise of Startups in New York, their rapid growth and success stories indicates that NYC could be the next Silicon Valley, hence many Techies are now calling New York Home. There are hundreds of successful, […]

12 Generous Startups: $10,000 Worth Of Web Tools (From Box, Twilio, HotGloo And More) Offered Free To 1,000 Young Startups

Original post by NATASHA LOMAS via TC Q: What do you do when you’ve shut down one startup before getting work on the next one? The answer, in Matthieu Vaxelaire’s case, is help out some other would-be entrepreneurs by launching a not-for-profit to give away 1,000 bundles of free web tools, each worth more than $10,000. These Startup Packs are […]