The Funding Games

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Christine Tsai| 1 Comment

They came from districts afar – Mexico, Brazil, the UK, Slovenia, Italy, Japan, Australia, Canada, India, Philippines, China, Austin, NYC, DC, Chicago. For the next 3 months, these 27 startups will fight to gain customers, revenue, and investor dollars. Welcome … Continue reading →

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Launch or Die at a StartupWeekend Near You

Posted on April 27, 2012 by max| 7 Comments

Guest posted by Darius “Bubs” Monsef, a 500S mentor & founder living on the Big Island of Hawaii eating malasadas and smelling the plumerias. Follow him @bubs or at his blog (hellobubs.com) I was signed up to be a judge … Continue reading →

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Copywriting: Conversions or Thought Leadership?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by max| Leave a comment

SuperMentor Steph Hay (AKA Poison Ivy) is known at 500 Startups for her content expertise, UX skills, and giant hair. By day, as co-founder of FastCustomer, Steph works to rid the world from ever having to wait on hold again. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Tech & Family

Posted on April 17, 2012 by max| Leave a comment

The below is a guest post by Shireen Rahjou, Community & Media Relations Manager at .CO. You may have seen her running around SXSW in an orange t-shirt, spoiling all the .CO VIP’s (startups registered on a .CO domain). This … Continue reading →

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Half-Baked Contest > Score 1 Ticket to MamaBear

Posted on April 13, 2012 by max| 8 Comments

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: CONGRATS KAGORGES & KIRILL Check it out: http://puppyrapmobile.co/ Entrepreneurial improv at it’s best!  The folks at .CO are giving away a free ticket to MamaBear to the person who comes up with the best (re: funniest) tag line for … Continue reading →

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Visualizing The Last 18 Months of 500 Startups

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Christine Tsai| 4 Comments

Our buddies (and portfolio company) over at Visual.ly created this awesome infographic depicting the last 18 months of 500 Startups. It’s hard to believe how much has happened since then. Enough with the prose. On with the pretty pictures! First, … Continue reading →

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Scaling Venture Capital? We suck. We can do better.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Dave McClure| 43 Comments

I’m kind of embarrassed to call myself a Venture Capitalist. In fact, most of us who call ourselves VCs should be too. Why? Because MOST of us are hypocrites, and have NO idea what we’re doing. Because we SUCK at … Continue reading →

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‘CAPTION THIS’ Contest 2 > Score a Ticket to MamaBear from Rackspace

Posted on April 6, 2012 by max| 15 Comments

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: CONGRATS GRACE & MAYA! Our buddies over at Rackspace are giving away a free ticket to MamaBear  to the joker who provides the best caption to the pic below (btw – this is original artwork by Cartoonist, Hugh MacLeod): HOW IT … Continue reading →

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‘CAPTION THIS’ Contest 1 > Score a Ticket to MamaBear

Posted on April 3, 2012 by max| 24 Comments

WINNERS ANNOUNCED – Congrats Larry Blanco & Scotty Iseri! Like monkeys? So do we. Our friends over at MailChimp are giving away a MamaBear ticket to the joker who provides the funniest caption to the pic below: HOW IT WORKS: 1. … Continue reading →

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