Getting the Startup Equation Right
Deciding which Great Idea to pursue is just the first step, says Caterina Fake. The next essential is forming the team that can make it happen
The Entrepreneur: Caterina Fake
Background: Social media pioneer and co-founder of the photo-sharing service Flickr, she led the technology development group at Yahoo (YHOO) after it acquired her company in 2005. In 2008 she left Yahoo and joined Hunch as co-founder. Read Full Story
For White Dog Café owner Judy Wicks, activism and social consciousness have always been part of her business. So when she sold her restaurant brand, she included the social mission in a unique licensing agreement. Wicks, who also co-founded Urban Outfitters' predecessor company, emphasizes the importance of social entrepreneurship, which she describes as "a triple-bottom-line business of people, planet and profit." Read Full Story
So, you've heard of Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg -- and you think that makes you an insider?
Puh-lease.
That's the easy stuff.
Here's a harder one: Read More
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — The already untidy mass of orbital debris that litters low Earth orbit nearly got nastier last month.
A head-on collision was averted between a spent upper stage from a Chinese rocket and the European Space Agency's (ESA) huge Envisat Earth remote-sensing spacecraft. Read Full Story
Read more »TeachStreet, Yelp-like service for real world classes (cooking, dog obedience, music lessons, ballroom dance, foreign language, golf, yoga, etc.), is getting into the standardized test prep space. Today, the startup is rolling out a partner promotion with Kaplan Test Prep, and a number of MBA/GMAT/GRE content providers. Read Full Story
Read more »Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in ancient wall
JERUSALEM – An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era.
Space geeks rejoice! In follow-up to NASA’s widely popular debut iPhone app … the cleverly named – NASA App [iTunes Free] … the NASA Lunar Electric Rover Simulator [iTunes Free] iPhone game landed on the App Store today (ouch, that doesn’t sound right)! Read Full Story
Adding Eventbrite for future events to be used on SNASM and New Tech Community
Eventbrite
Global Offensive Snagged Corporate, Personal Data at nearly 2,500 Companies; Operation Is Still Running
Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach. Read Full Story
New NASA Policy Opens Up Space Market
With NASA's plans to privatize the launch of manned flights, companies -- including SpaceX -- are starting their engines. Read Full Story
Scout Labs, a SaaS dashboard that makes it easy to keep track of what people across the internet are saying about particular topics or brands, is releasing a new version of its realtime, user-friendly dashboard. Read Full Story
Read more »Mystery of King Tut's death solved by DNA Egypt's famous boy-king suffered from "multiple
disorders," an extensive study reveals. New clues to family tree, too - Read more
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, will include Skype Technologies SA’s Internet- calling software on phones to stave off competition from AT&T Inc., according to two people familiar with the matter. Read more
Read more »Microsoft plans to introduce long-awaited new Windows software for powering mobile phones, as the company seeks to regain an edge in the market. Read more
Read more »February is an exciting time for New Tech in South Florida!
There are many events that are "must attend" events!
Our New Tech Community event is one of those must attend events!
We are opening this month with Residual Income!!!
Everyone likes the idea of making money, everyone likes the idea of residual income every month, but not everyone knows how they can make money every month and have each month build on the last!
In November 2009, when Microsoft announced the release of the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010, the company also introduced an entirely new add-on for its Outlook product that we haven’t heard a peep about since.
That’s about to change soon.Read more
Loud, fast-talking and deceptively funny, this politically-independent "forward-thinking pragmatist" looks at the events shaping our world through a uniquely American lens. It's smarter than you think, and faster than you expect.
Read more »In launching the new Apple iPad last week, CEO Steve Jobs took a stand against the popular netbook category, which he dismissed as a poor fit into the space between laptops and smartphones.
Read more »Apple clearly recognizes the importance of the mobile web, but did they get trigger happy and launch the iPad too soon? The launch of the new Apple device has lit up the internet with all sorts of criticisms, praises, questions and opinions. A question remains for those of us in the search marketing and social media world—how will these tablets incorporate the use of social media?
Read more »Watch the commercials from Super Bowl XLIV and vote for the best and worst ad. Check them out
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SNASM is an Enterprise Next Level Startup; the next step in the Social Networking evolution. We are developing a social networking platform based on a social network, content management system, and social news voting directory.
