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| Sep 9, 2013 | How have early-stage venture models evolved? | Rob Hayes, Marcus Ogawa, Deborah Jackson, Larry Marcus, Alex Vittal explore that question
How have early-stage venture models evolved? That topic was discussed at the recent Venture Shift this past summer, with a panel consisting of Rob Hay... |
| Jul 23, 2013 | Will general solicitation help or hurt the VC industry? | Allowing companies to advertise could create more noise, and make it harder to find good investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently decided to pass some controversial proposals to to relax restrictions on solicitation, turn... |
| Mar 28, 2013 | Boulder and Denver, a Mile High Sibling Rivalry | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Dear Xconomy,
Welcome to Colorado.
We’re glad to have you, but there’s a… thing you should know about. From the outside, the startup environment in Colorado just seems like on... |
| Mar 19, 2013 | 7 startups step out of ‘entrepreneur clubhouse’ at Founders Den demo night | ‘Clubhouse for entrepreneurs’ Founders Den held its Spring demo event today where seven startups presented their products to a room filled with the elite investors.
Founders Den is a ‘selectively curated startup community’ that focuses on e... |
| Mar 19, 2013 | 7 startups step out of ‘entrepreneur clubhouse’ at Founders Den demo night | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
‘Clubhouse for entrepreneurs’ Founders Den held i... |
| Mar 19, 2013 | Survata, VidIQ, And Five Other Startups Take The Stage At Founders Den Demo Night | I’m at Founders Den Demo Night, where seven startups are making their pitches to investors, press and other members of the tech community. As with most other demo events, these aren’t launches per se (we’ve covered most of the companies alr... |
| Nov 8, 2012 | Funding Daily: If bacon wrapped hot dogs were dollars… | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There is an international flair to Funding Daily ... |
| Nov 8, 2012 | Friendster’s founder pulls in $1.7M for social news startup Nuzzel | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Social news aggregator Nuzzel has secured its fir... |
| Nov 6, 2012 | Startups learn a painful lesson: The ‘Dropbox effect’ is a myth | A pervasive myth exists among tech founders: If they build a product that consumers will love, it will magically trickle into Fortune 500 companies.
The logic works something like this: Devote the bulk of your funding to designing the produ... |
| Nov 6, 2012 | Startups learn a painful lesson: The ‘Dropbox effect’ is a myth | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A pervasive myth exists among tech founders: If t... |
| Oct 8, 2012 | BetterDoctor, the ‘OpenTable for doctors’, launches nationwide (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you’re feeling achy and unwell, the last thing... |
| Sep 30, 2012 | Soon-To-Be-Acquired BlueSprig’s AirCover Family Locator Is An App That Lets You Track Those Close To You | We last heard about AirCover — an app developed by Founders Den co-founder Jason Johnson’s own startup BlueSprig — when it launched as an all-in-one protection assistant, letting people secure their devices from viruses, back up files, loca... |
| Sep 18, 2012 | Here Are The 10 Startups Taking The Spotlight Today At Founders Den: Screenleap, AnyPerk, And More | Founders Den, the “clubhouse for entrepreneurs” (it’s like a co-working space, but classier) based in San Francisco’s startup-heavy SoMa neighborhood, just kicked off its third demo day.
Ten startups are giving presentations to impress repo... |
| Sep 13, 2012 | Friendster Founder Jonathan Abrams Launches Nuzzel: A Fast, Simple, Social News Reader | Jonathan Abrams, whose resume as a founder or co-founder includes the Founders Den startup workspace, event service Socializr, social bookmarking service HotLinks, and Friendster (I don’t need to explain that last one, do I?), is launching ... |
| Sep 13, 2012 | Friendster’s founder ditches social networks for social news | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Jonathan Abrams’ new startup, Nuzzel, is a slick,... |
| Apr 16, 2012 | Inside Founders Den, The Invite-Only Clubhouse For Tech Entrepreneurs [TCTV] | Founders Den, the “private clubhouse for entrepreneurs” based in downtown San Francisco, celebrated its first anniversary back in January. Now that the invite-only tech startup coworking space is starting to see its third generation of inha... |
| Feb 24, 2012 | The DeanBeat: Creating a pop icon that will never age (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pop icons like Britney Spears or Hannah Montana inevitably grow out of being role models for young girls, and then send jolts of alarm ... |
| Feb 24, 2012 | The DeanBeat: Creating a pop icon that will never age (exclusive) | Pop icons like Britney Spears or Hannah Montana inevitably grow out of being role models for young girls, and then send jolts of alarm through parents as the divas engage in more, uh, adult-like activities. Better to create a rock star who ... |
| Jan 13, 2012 | Ron Conway, Mayor Lee And Heather Harde Launch sfCITI, Want To Keep SF At The Forefront Of Tech | At a press conference at San Francisco’s Founders Den, newly elected Mayor Ed Lee announced sfCITI (San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation), a set of tech initiatives spearheaded by investor Ron Conway, Mayor Ed L... |
| Dec 15, 2011 | With A Crisp $10M In His Pockets, ‘Founders Den’ Founder Launches Security App ‘AirCover’ | On his second startup out of shared office space Founders Den, serial entrepreneur Jason Johnson is launching the first app out of his new utility app startup BlueSprig. An app for app lovers — and those suffering from app fatigue — AirCove... |
| Nov 4, 2011 | Ron Conway, FCC Chairman Genachowski And Other Tech Stars Team Up To Fight The Spectrum Crunch | FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, SV Angel’s Ron Conway, Andreessen-Horowitz’ Jeff Jordan, Twilio’s Jeff Lawson, Foursquare mobile VP Holger Leudorf and Lookout founder John Hering all gathered at Founder’s Den HQ this afternoon for the awes... |
| Aug 29, 2011 | After A Hot Start, Justin.tv Spins Off Socialcam, Its ‘Instagram for Video’ | Last spring, just in time for SXSW, Justin.tv launched a new standalone video app that has a simple purpose: it lets you share short videos with your friends with just a few taps. The app adopted a model that’s very similar to Instagram’s, ... |
| Mar 18, 2011 | How many co-working spaces does the world need? | As my co-founders and I investigated the idea of creating Founders Den, we frequently heard the questions: “What is the difference between an incubator, accelerator, and co-working space?” and “Is there a need for another one?”
The incubato... |
| Feb 28, 2011 | Meet The Newest Founders Den Tenant: Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom | Last month, we first wrote about Founders Den, a new “private clubhouse” for entrepreneurs in the heart of San Francisco’s SoMa district. In that short amount of time, they’ve grown quickly and are now just about filled to the brim with you... |
| Feb 22, 2011 | A visitor's guide to Silicon Valley | Behind-the-scenes tour spotlights region's entrepreneurial spirit
If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/d... |
| Jan 11, 2011 | Founders Den classes up San Francisco’s co-working scene | Serial entrepreneur Jonathan Abrams is adding a little class to the co-working model with a new office called the Founders Den.
Now, I’m a big fan of some of San Francisco’s other co-working spaces, where very early companies (or, in some c... |
| Jan 10, 2011 | Founders Den: A Private Clubhouse For Entrepreneurs Opens In San Francisco | Over the past several months, there’s been a shift happening in the Bay Area. Whereas a lot of startups used to be centrally located in actual Silicon Valley, near the tech giants, Stanford, and the venture capitalists, they’re increasingly... |
