In my latest column for VentureBeat, I wrote about my experiences as an entrepreneur during the dot-com boom, and why it’s so important not to delay if you think you’ve got a startup in you. The only way to learn how to start a company is by going out and actually doing it.… Story continues … “Dylan’s Desk: The time to start a company is now”
Tag: startups
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Dylan’s Desk: The time to start a company is now
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Own takes aim at point-of-sale with ambitious hardware, software and cloud product
A small Detroit-based company has plans to reinvent the way restaurants, cafes and stores take money from customers.Own is aiming to make a point-of-sale (POS) system that doesn’t just reinvent the cash register, it turns it into a node on a web-connected information system.… Story continues … “Own takes aim at point-of-sale with ambitious hardware, software and cloud product”
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Former DoubleClick team raises $6M for comparison-shopping engine
DoubleClick cofounder Kevin O’Connor has a new startup, FindTheBest, aimed at helping you compare everything from air purifiers to venture capitalists.
Now, with a $6 million funding round from Kleiner Perkins that closed Tuesday, FindTheBest should be in a good position to build out its “data driven content platform,” which combines computer-driven semantic analysis with human-powered tagging to build data sets quickly and efficiently.… Story continues … “Former DoubleClick team raises $6M for comparison-shopping engine”