TechStars, a Colorado-based incubator for start-ups, is kind of like a boot camp for entrepreneurs. On Wednesday, CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy attended TechStars' Investor Day in Mountain View, Calif., where representatives from some of the participating start-ups got to apply what they learned. She joins us with more.
That, and the headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
Listen now: Download today's podcastToday's stories:
'State of the Internet' assessed
New filters in Google search for speed, new
Microsoft finalizes Windows 7 'XP Mode'
Cisco to buy video firm Tandberg for $3 billion
Hewlett-Packard hires Sun executive
TechStars' young entrepreneurs head to Silicon Valley
OLED TV makers look to shift out of neutral
WTF? Bloggers cause Wisconsin Tourism Federation to change name
CNET News reporter Greg Sandoval joins the podcast to talk about his multipart series on the once-promising music start-up SpiralFrog, which folded last year as a result of factors including inexperienced and divided leadership, wild spending, and strategic missteps. He talks about what lessons the saga might hold for other start-ups.
That, plus other headlines of the day on Tuesday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
Listen now: Download today's podcastToday's stories:
Chevy Volt to pull 230 mpg in city
Apple adds antiglare to 15-inch MacBook Pro
PayPal targets students, parents with debit cards
Inside the short, troubled life of a music start-up
'Rapid tests' target STD-tropical disease combos
Flypaper may not be the typical tech start-up in that it actually has been able to get a couple of rounds of funding. But like most other young companies, Flypaper faces the same problems as other new technology companies. We speak with founder Don Pierson for his perspective on how start-ups can best ride out the rough patches before the economy stabilizes.
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Today's stories:
Intel files $50 million suit against insurer
In Davos, talk of linking clean tech and economy
Maybe it's something in the air but a myriad of security concerns surfaced, seemingly all at once, on Thursday. CNET News' Elinor Mills sits down with Kara Tsuboi to talk about one aspect... Apple and other music retailers won't have to pay higher royalty rates...On a day when the stock market again wilted, there's still optimism among some tech start-ups.
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Today's stories:
Ceatec companies feel the credit crunch
Analyst sees desperation in Microsoft SearchPerks
Obama releases iPhone recruiting, campaign tool
Nintendo says more Wiis available for holiday season
You'd think start-ups would jump at any media hype they could get. Not so, says CNET News.com reporter Caroline McCarthy. She joins the podcast to talk about technology companies that generated huge amounts of hype--and then suffered from it later. Knowing how the new-media machine can work, some companies are even trying to fly under the media radar.
That, and the day's headlines, in today's daily podcast.
Listen now:
Download today's podcast
Today's stories:
Yahoo shares jump on latest Microsoft report
FAQ: antitrust eyes on Yahoo-Google ad deal
Office subscription service ready to go
Blockbuster abandons Circuit City bid
IBM supercomputer to aid osteoporosis treatment
Should troubled start-ups blame the messenger?
Jobs, Apple directors face new backdating suit
Writing 'bass ackwards' to defeat censorship in China
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