Startups Always Be Closing: Ink the Deal and Do It Quickly Just because you've been in talks doesn't mean the deal is done. Entrepreneurs need to remain diligent about timelines in order to ensure that the deals they've set in motion actually come to fruition. If you're negotiating a term sheet, building a partnership or on the verge of an acquisition, get the papers signed. Legendary GRP VC investor… Dana Oshiro View comments
Startups Chris Dixon Bests Conway, Hoffman For Top Tech Angel Spot On Wednesday, BusinessWeek released their list of the top 25 angel investors in the tech industry, naming Hunch co-founder Chris Dixon ahead of veteran angels Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman. Conway and Hoffman are two of the most influential angels in tech, and have invested in some of the largest Internet companies known today, including Google… Chris Cameron View comments
Analysis Be Found on Twitter: Connecting Our Dots in the Social Graph Today, Twitter took the wraps off a new feature of the site. When logging in, it prompts the user to set defaults on being discovered with their email address or mobile phone number. It's called "Be Found on Twitter". Our contact at Twitter told us that, like many new features, this will show up for some users today and others soon. Up to this… Mike Kirkwood View comments
Facebook Finally: Facebook Silences App Notification Spam Facebook is about to become a quieter, less annoying place for users. The company just announced that it has deprecated "application notifications" and will require apps to use other, less intrusive methods of sending news to users. It's a big step in the ongoing anti-MySpace-ification of Facebook. Though to be fair, MySpace recently… Social Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Cloud Computing Hitler Rants About Cloud Security and Updates His Facebook Page It's a Friday morning and goodness knows we will be up to our eyeballs in discussions next week as the RSA Conference shovels out enough cloud security news for us all to groan just a bit. So, let's lighten it up a bit with one of the funnier YouTube videos that spoofs Hitler. This time, the subject is cloud computing in "Der Führer in Cloud… Alex Williams View comments