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http://code.google.com/p/time-tracker-mac/
Neat little open source time tracking app for Mac. Simple, open source, and gets the job done.
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http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBAAC8C0430D64F4D
Great series of videos from Derek Sivers on what makes businesses succeed.
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http://www.danshapiro.com/blog/2010/08/vc-insanity-economics/
A great article on the apparent insanity of venture capital funding economics and how vcs make decisions.
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http://rypple.com/
Online coaching, feedback, performance reviews, that kind of jazz, for teams or businesses based around facebook or something of that nature.
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http://www.crowdcube.com/
Crowdfunding business in the UK. Similar to KickStarter, but focused on actually buying equity rather than a finished product. Seems a lot less polished and much smaller scale that kickstarter.
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https://fundry.com/
People pledge to make payments, developers deliver, then payments are collected. Similar to kickstart, but a little different. Very cool. Hat tip Anthony Feint.
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http://cotweet.com/
An interesting business focused app for twitter. Handle twitter content in a biz friendly fashion, multiple accounts, one login, see threads, set tasks to follow up, etc. Looks useful.
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http://www.rosettainterpreters.com/
A clever business built by Jeremy Rice on top of Ning and Ether.com. Literally genius. On demand translation services delivered over the phone. Find somebody online right now.
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http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/09/the-platform-vs-the-eyeballs.html
Seth riffs on the difference between buying attention and building attention. Useful to share with people who are in the process of "getting it".
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http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/overnight-success/
279 days to overnight success, the manifesto by Chris Guillebeau.
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http://www.gazelle.com/
Gazelle will take your old electronics and resell, reuse or recycle them for cash. Type in your item and they'll give you a price right away. Accept, they send you a box, you drop the item in the box and mail it back. Done. Michael S Cann invested.
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http://www.viagogo.co.uk/
UK version of StubHub, online ticket marketplace. Michael S Cann invested in viagogo.
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http://paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html
This article is meant to be a complete summary of funding options for startup founders. In effect we're open-sourcing the kernel of what we tell founders about funding at Y Combinator.
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http://ycombinator.com/
California based venture capital company focusing on seed funding, started by two stanford graduates.
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http://personalmba.com/
A self taught MBA type course in business through reading.