Archive for the ‘Hot Startups’ Category

Don’t forget, Jott it with your cell phone

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Let’s say you’re driving down the freeway and have a thought you’d like to write down. Maybe you want to remember something to pick up at a store later in the day. What do you do? Pull over and write it down? Nah. If you had Jott, you could just call the a phone number, leave a voice message, and then the magic begins - it translates that message to text and sends it back to you in email. Really cool service, and here John Pollard, CEO, and Shreedhard Madhavapetti, VP of engineering give us the inside scoop.

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Tour of Maya’s Mom’s garage and demo

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Ann Crady, founder of parenting site Maya’s Mom, takes us on a tour of the startup’s Silicon Valley garage where her team is hard at work building a new Web site for parents.

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Inside a real Silicon Valley garage startup: Maya’s Mom

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Maya’s Mom, a fun parenting site, is the first Silicon Valley startup that we’ve toured that actually is starting up inside a garage. Here, we meet founder Ann Crady and talk about what Maya’s Mom is trying to do and the challenges of building a Silicon Valley startup.

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Get a quick look at new browser: Maxthon

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Maxthon takes browsing to new levels. Here, Maxthon founding partner and senior vice president Netanel Jacobsson gives a demo of what makes Maxthon a browser you should consider using.

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Browser War Part 237: Maxthon founding partner gives a look behind Chris Pirillo’s favorite browser

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

If you read Lockergnome, Chris Pirillo’s excellent set of newsletters for computer enthusiasts, you know that his favorite browser is Maxthon. Here we meet Maxthon founding partner and senior vice president Netanel Jacobsson, and we find out more about the company and philosophy behind Maxthon.

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Demo of Tablane’s TClipper, Web Research Tool

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Here we get a demo of Tablane’s TClipper, a Windows application, that lets you keep track of Web sites and manage them.

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Don McAllister shows off Screencasts Online

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

ScreencastsOnline.com is a popular site to learn new things on the Macintosh. Everyday Don fires up his Mac and teaches you to do something cool. Learn more about what’s behind this interesting business (yes, business, he quit his day job to do this full time).

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Developing a Web 2.0 site for Quotations

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Amit Kothari, the founder of a Web 2.0 site that’ll bring you cool quotations, sits down with me for an interesting talk about developing such a service and trends in the Web industry.

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Philip Baddeley, Venture Capital Tips from London

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Are you an entrepreneur thinking about going for venture capital? Well, Philip Baddeley works with startups in Cambridge, England, and helps entrepreneurs know what to expect and prepare their pitches. I found him interesting to talk with, and he gave me lots of good information on how to approach the venture capital industry, not just in England, but anywhere.

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StumbleUpon new and fun videos with this new service

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

We sit down with StumbleUpon’s chief architect, Garrett Camp, and David Feller, VP of marketing, and talk about the success Stumbleupon has seen (about 1.5 million users in just a few months) as well as get a look at the new video version of Stumbleupon that opens tonight.

Check out the demo here.

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