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January 30 2012

02:35

FounderSoup: Stanford and Andreessen's New Startup Generator (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
FounderSoup: Stanford and Andreessen's New Startup Generator  —  A single entrepreneur alone is vulnerable to shortsightedness, to fatigue.  But with a team comes diverse perspective, encouragement, and the wherewithal to push through problems.  That's why a group of Stanford computer science …

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Turning Two: FoundersCard Pulls Back The Curtain On Its Membership Community For Entrepreneurs
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The top executives in today's largest corporations not only travel in style, but they have access to an absurd array of perks while they travel, from awards and complimentary products to discounts on just about everything. On the IPO "road show" for his company VarsityBooks (now part of eFollet.com), serial entrepreneur Eric Kuhn remembers being "amazed" by witnessing firsthand "the rates and privileges that top executives at the underwriting investment banks received." After leading VarsityBooks to be twice-listed as a public company on NASDAQ (the only company I'm aware of to do so), Kuhn got out in 2006 and started FoundersCard in 2009 -- determined to bring the same rewards and opportunities to entrepreneurs and founders -- "the true risk-takers and value-creators," he says.
02:13

All hands on deck: Wally's new Ace yacht promises plenty of room to move

Wally says its ACE yacht boasts 30 percent more square footage than its nearest competitor

While it doesn't boast the same kind of square footage as the Wally Island or the WHY, Wally's new Ace displacement yacht will still provide plenty of room to stretch one's legs while cruising the ocean waves. With 1,378 square feet (128 m2) of outside deck space spread over two decks and a 441 square foot (41 m2) interior saloon area contributing to a total square footage of 3,035 (282 m2), Wally says the Ace has 30 percent more space than its nearest competitor of the same length. .. Continue Reading All hands on deck: Wally's new Ace yacht promises plenty of room to move

Section: On the Water

Tags: Luxury, Marine, Wally Yachts, Yacht

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02:10

Report: new Nook coming this spring (David Carnoy/CNET)

David Carnoy / CNET:
Report: new Nook coming this spring  —  Barnes & Noble will reportedly be adding to its Nook line up in the next few months.  —  On Sunday, the New York Times published a long piece about Barnes & Noble taking on Amazon in the “fight of its life.”  Buried in the middle of the two-page article …

01:44

Keeping warm with recycled coffee beans

Virus base layer garments provide use recycled coffee beans in the fiber to provide warmth...

They clearly like a coffee over at Californian sports clothing company Virus. While its employees might order a mocha latte, the company is interested in the grinds. Virus' StayWarm line uses what it calls Coffee Char, or coffee charcoal in the construction of the fabric. The grounds are recycled and processed into a natural fiber to produce a comfortable base layer fabric that traps heat close to the skin... Continue Reading Keeping warm with recycled coffee beans

Section: Outdoors

Tags: Clothes, Coffee, SIA, snowsports

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01:20

Plan to curb anti-social conduct

Home Secretary Theresa May is to outline plans to give communities tougher protection from anti-social behaviour in a speech on police reform.
01:17

RBS boss Hester rejects £1m bonus

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester will not take his near £1m bonus, the BBC has learned.
01:01

AMG takes us behind the scenes of Ducati photo shoot

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Motorcycle, Luxury

Mercedes-Benz AMG/Ducati videp

Mercedes-Benz has cobbled together a behind-the-scenes video chronicling a photo shoot with two stars: the 451-horseepower C63 AMG Coupe and a Ducati 848 in matching white. Deviating from the behind-the-scenes template, this one is more like a series of rushes set to music. In addition to the mechanical eye candy, a pair of models feature prominently (as suggested by the screencap above). The action takes place on an Iberian runway, and you'll find it after the jump.

Continue reading AMG takes us behind the scenes of Ducati photo shoot

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00:37

Man bailed over FA Cup 'gesture'

A man arrested after an alleged racist gesture was made by a fan at the FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Manchester United is bailed by police.
00:35

Japan's NEC to slash 10,000 jobs (Reuters)

Reuters:
Japan's NEC to slash 10,000 jobs  —  (Reuters) - NEC Corp said Thursday it will slash 10,000 jobs, almost one in 10 of its workers, in a bid to cut costs as competition from foreign rivals including Apple Inc pushes it deep into the red.  —  NEC blamed its poor performance on weak demand …

00:33

Sarkozy sets out 'Robin Hood' tax

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announces the introduction of a tax on financial transactions, as the presidential election looms.
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00:06

Feedair personalized news ticker keeps you in the loop

Feedair personalized news ticker

Laptops, tablets, smartphones ... there are plenty of options out there when it comes to managing the constant stream of information we find ourselves faced with - here's another. Feedair is a personalized news tracker that fits in the palm of your hand and uses your smartphone as a controller (iPhone and Android apps are available) to push information via WiFi to the simple scrolling LED readout on the device. .. Continue Reading Feedair personalized news ticker keeps you in the loop

Section: Electronics

Tags: Feedair, Social Networking

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00:02

Blogging Declines Across the Inc. 500

umass-150.jpgA new longitudinal study at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth focusing on the online activities of the Inc. 500 has found a huge drop in the number of companies maintaining corporate blogs over the past year. The UMass researchers, under the direction of Nora Barnes, has been following this group for several years. Only 37% of those interviewed had a corporate blog last year, down from half of those interviewed in 2010.

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"The use of blogging may have peaked as a primary social media tool in the US business world," she writes. "The new data shows adoption of blogging is declining for the first time since 2007 among the Inc. 500 companies." Barnes' results about blogging in the Inc. 500 contrast sharply with its usage in the Fortune 500, as can be seen with the chart below where it has leveled off over the past three years.

The Inc. 500 is the fastest growing set of private American companies compiled annually by the magazine. Barnes and her crew called 170 of the companies on the list to find out what social media and online tools they were using.

Three-fourths of the companies are using LinkedIn and Facebook and social media tools are seen as important for company goals. Ninety percent of responding executives report that social media tools are important for brand awareness and company reputation. Eighty-eight percent see these tools as important for generating web traffic while 81% find them important for lead generation.

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Tags: Analysis

January 29 2012

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Battles turn personal for longtime Sebastopol activist

Barry Latham-Ponneck has long been a west Sonoma County activist in the thick of bold, often-strident confrontations that oppose war, imperialism and perceived threats to the environment, social injustice and the abuse of power.

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