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Archive for the ‘Web 2.0’ Category

July 11th, 2007

5 ways to test a social network for relevancy

Twitter.StumbleUpon.MyBlogLog.LinkedIn.MySpace.Facebook.blah.blah.blah.
The more social networks I see, the more I am convinced they are becoming irrelevant to really adding value.
How many fads can you be a part of? Just how many virtual friends do you need to have?
I for one believe that we are in the “Third Age” of Social Networking where we are being inundated […]

By steve -- 4 comments

June 8th, 2007

Interview with an Entrepreneur: Hooman Radfar of Clearspring - Part 2

Hooman Radfar and Austin Fath founded Clearspring Technologies Inc. in 2004 after finishing graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University.
I recently completed this interview before the deal went public and posted part 1 yesterday the following is part 2:
On Building a Team…
How many employees do you have at Clearspring now? Is it important that they all […]

By steve -- 0 comments

June 7th, 2007

Interview with an Entrepreneur: Hooman Radfar of Clearspring - Part 1

Hooman Radfar and Austin Fath founded Clearspring Technologies Inc. in 2004 after finishing graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University.
Yesterday, the upstart company landed a deal with NBC Universal to use its so-called widget technology to help the peacock network challenge fellow Clearspring customer CBS Interactive and ABC.com.
I recently completed this interview before the deal went […]

By steve -- 0 comments

May 30th, 2007

5 Reasons Microsoft Surface will change the face of computing

Since this is a blog focused on entrepreneurship it is important to note when companies allow creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit to create revolutionary new products.
That product is called Microsoft Surface.

Quoting Eyes on Creativity, “Surface is a coffee table shaped device that utilizes touch screen technology and allows users to interact with it by human […]

By steve -- 13 comments

May 24th, 2007

Startup Exit: Feedburner is rumored to be sold for $100 million in all cash deal

The originator of this story comes from Mashable and with the debacle at Engadget over the Apple delays and resulting stock dip, this is rumor until it is a Google press release or on the Feedburner site.
Since the rumors are pretty much confirmed that Google has bought Feedburner for $100 million in an all cash […]

By steve -- 0 comments

May 21st, 2007

Startup Facebook is enabling a new concept we call “Social Sharing”

In today’s Wall Street Journal, there was an interview with Mark Zuckerberg including a picture of him wearing flip-flops and discussion centered on the announcement that Facebook would allow companies to provide their services on special pages within its popular Web site. Since these companies will be able to link into Facebook users’ networks of […]

By steve -- 1 comment

May 17th, 2007

Palace revolts at Flickr, Digg and JPG Magazine

As few weeks ago, I guest blogged on Technosailor and discussed my thoughts on what Digg needed to do in order to survive or it would be dead by 2008.
Recently the HD-DVD debacle almost caused a nuclear meltdown on Digg because they decided to take down the post because it they got a warning […]

By steve -- 1 comment

April 30th, 2007

…And we’re back - with our new host, Steve Fisher

After a brief hiatus, Startup Spark is ignited and ready to go with a new host.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Steve Fisher. As you can see from my head shot I am attempting to look contemplative. I write this blog as part education to my readers and part therapy for myself. I have […]

By steve -- 13 comments

February 13th, 2007

Tapping into the BlackBerry Gaming Market

Ever wanted to know what’s involved in developing BlackBerry software? What about a BlackBerry game?
Andrey Butov has already built BlackBerry Spam Filter software and now he’s working on a BlackBerry game.
I wanted to learn more about the BlackBerry game market after my recent interview with Andrey and what’s involved in building a game for […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 2 comments

February 9th, 2007

Steve Poland Offers Up Tech Startup Ideas For Free

Steve Poland recently launched a new blog, Techquila Shots, which will be a list of his ideas for new tech-related business ventures. He doesn’t have the time to execute on these ideas, so he’s handing them over to the blogosphere to see what happens.
Steve Poland does some writing over at TechCrunch and he’s Founder/CEO of […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 3 comments