For the last decade VCs have been the most coveted “old-boys club” for the money-thirsty entrepreneur. They represent the holy grail of funding and the glimpse of success. Unfortunately, once a pioneer leaves 4 quarts of blood on the alter, 60% of the startup equity is vanquished.
Today venture captial continues to rise, yet the [...]

We missed our deadline for launch by a little more than a week. The majority of the bugs will be under control and we can release the deluge of people on our pre-launch list. Entrepreneurs, Service Providers, job seekers, investors and advisors can finally sink their teeth into the most immerse social platform [...]

Twitter is a micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” via SMS on a mobile device of their status to the Twitter website. Widgets can be placed on other blogs and websites to state what a user’s status is at any given moment. If you’re not familiar with the buzz swirling around twitter over [...]

XLNTads is a company that connects advertising agencies with user-generated ads. If a user’s idea is chosen by an advertising agency and participating brands you could put 20K in your pocket. Although there is some level of danger in user-generated content if you look at the recent Subway vs Quiznos lawsuit over user-created [...]

Scribd is a social networking site similar to YouTube except for sharing documents. Anything textual based from PDFs to TXT files. It seems new companies with a twist on proven business models in the social community space continue to steam roll “normal” Web 2.0 valuations. Om Malik has the full scoop on Scribd to report.
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Not exactly startup fodder, but I couldn’t help myself but post last nights game.
(Damon and Ortiz)
Hats off to Bill at Harvey Industries for scoring me and my building superintendent gold plated Red Sox tickets and being a part of Baseball history. Not only did we get the full tour of Fenway and field side during [...]

We just posted the Startup Addict show open.

So you have an idea for a startup, now what? Well besides posting on Startup Addict, you first have to think about your value proposition. Why should customers care or pay for your idea? In a world of cheap technology and rapid innovation, startups are a dime a dozen. Thoroughly analyzing this question is paramount.
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The general word is out that Startup Addict is a social networking platform for entrepreneurs with big ideas. Aside from pooling all of the strengths of a social networking community, the true power of StartupAddict lies in the funding section of the website. The reason why we always say “join the startup revolution” (beside being [...]

Because I’m such a Will Ferrell fan, I couldn’t help but write a quick devotional to his most recent (user-generated content) cause. FunnyorDie.com is a startup that showcases hysterical short clips that either rank well by being funny or obviously die-out. Will’s showcase piece is a clip of his 3-year old drunken landlord that is [...]