We need a dating game for web 2.0 startups so they can merge their borderline useless services and give birth to something somewhat useful.

@elliottng not just startups - we had an onsite offsite last week.

Are YouNoodle’s Startup Valuations Worth Anything?
Because SitePoint is home to the Marketplace, one of the web’s leading places to buy and sell web sites, startup valuation is something that we’re very interested in. Today, a new valuation tool launched called the YouNoodle Startup Predictor that...

Thinking about crowdsourcing the startups I'm applying too, to see which people think is the most interesting But it may damage my chances.

Twitter: The hottest Web startup - Aug. 6, 2008
What exactly is Twitter? And what does its exploding popularity say about the state of the tech industry?

Social Travel Site TripSay Opens Up To The Public
After about four months in private beta, social travel site TripSay is now open to all travelers. TripSay combines travel search with user-generated travel guides and ratings.

created a new rewards/revenue system for startups in my head on the drive to work this morning. WIll bubbl.us it later.

The Start Conference: Thu 8/7 in SF (tomorrow!)
Calling All Geeks & Entrepreneurs: Jeff Veen & Bryan Mason of (Adaptive Path fame) are hosting The Start Conference tomorrow (Thu 8/7) up in SF at Fort Mason.  aside from their poor judgment in inviting me to speak, the lineup looks awesome --...

Seedcamp: Euro Version of Y Combinator - ReadWriteWeb
Europe's burgeoning startup culture just got another boost, with the launch of Seedcamp - a project to support Europe's young entrepreneurs, by giving them funding and contacts. It's very similar to Silicon Valley's Y Combinator, the...

Why There Aren't More Googles
VC firms present an image of boldly encouraging innovation. Only a handful actually do, and even they are more conservative in reality than you'd guess from reading their sites.

@eisokant perhaps someone has a list out there of startups who were first to market and those who ultimately ran the show? Large & small ?

How to capture your user value proposition
In the past I’ve written about encapsulating your business plan for potential investors in an executive summary, or even more succinctly as a high concept startup pitch. This is helpful for communicating to angel investors and VCs, but it doesn’t...

I love it when startups contact me about their sites/ideas. So much fun to chat with people passionate about what they're working on.

joining-the-5-million-club-takes-an-open-mind: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
The number of U.S. "pentamillionaires" has quadrupled in the past 10 years, to more than 930,000. Indeed, 70% of the nation's big family fortunes are less than 13 years old, according to research and marketing firm The Harrison Group. And...

Say Hello to 9 New D.C. Startups
This is a huge deal for the D.C. area given that the area has been in dire need of a start-up incubator. This is the first one targeted toward early stage web startups. Whether or not these 9 are successful, it’s important that there is a company...

LaunchBox Unleashes Its First Nine Startups
Based in Washington, D.C., LaunchBox is the latest seed-fund incubator to take the “Build ‘em cheap and build ‘em fast” approach to startup creation. (In the same vein as Y Combinator, SeedCamp and TechStars). LaunchBox gives small teams of two...