Category Archives: musings

Building a Startup Is Still Hard

Posted on December 5, 2011 by max| 3 Comments

Jeff is the CEO and cofounder of Daily Aisle. It’s the only place where engaged couples can search for their wedding venues based on date availability, price and head count. Prior to Daily Aisle, Jeff managed the Brokers Web insurance affiliate … Continue reading →

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From the Netherlands to 500 Startups

Posted on November 4, 2011 by max| 1 Comment

Khuram Hussain is the co-founder of Fileboard. Previously he co-founded Inbox2, email startup, technology in use by 60 million people. Khuram also held BD and product roles at companies such as Shell. We are a team of three from Europe. … Continue reading →

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‘CAPTION THIS’ CONTEST > Winner Announced!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by 500 Startups| 35 Comments

MailChimp has announced a winner! @johnwilliams713 “This is the last time I model for your Etsy Shop, Lisa.” Wanna know how cool the folks at MailChimp are? They’re giving a SMASH Summit ticket to the joker who provides the funniest … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Tech Investing Trends For 2011

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dave McClure| 25 Comments

This post by 500 Overlord Dave McClure was originally published on Reuters. No apologies for shameless plugs and links on several of our 500 Startups we believe embody these trends. Top 10 Tech Trends for 2011 1. (Way too many) … Continue reading →

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The Pleasure Principle: Not All Products Need To Be Painkillers

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 1 Comment

We’re excited to welcome Khush to the 500 Startups family! Khush develops the music-creation iPhone app LaDiDa which has been downloaded 270,000 times. Khush means “happy” in Hindi. Below is a repost from TechCrunch which was written by Prerna Gupta, CEO and … Continue reading →

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Blogging Is Like Oxygen

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Christine Tsai| 6 Comments

This morning, I came across a couple blog posts today on the topic of having a blog (yes, very meta): What can you learn from 7 awesome corporate blogs? (from KISSMetrics’ blog) Five reasons why corporate blogs fail (an older … Continue reading →

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Some Held Hands as They Jumped

Posted on September 12, 2010 by 500 Startups| Leave a comment

Some held hands as they jumped. Others went alone. Some later remarked that those who had fallen had made one brave final decision to take control of how they would perish. For better or worse, I’ve distanced myself from all … Continue reading →

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In Remembrance

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

Fred Wilson wrote a touching post today, highlighting a quote from someone in the AVC community: “Even in the midst of Apocalypse, things will get better.” Oftentimes hard to believe during hard times, but things do and will get better. … Continue reading →

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