Shout-outs
TechCrunch Features Founders Co-op
by
Michael Arrington, October 7, 2008
Michael writes, 'Founder’s Co-Op has expanded, raising another $1.8 million from a number of well known Seattle entrepreneurs: Ben Elowitz (Wetpaint, Blue Nile), Alex Algard (WhitePages.com, CarDomain), Adam Brotman (Play Network), Andy Liu (BuddyTV) and others.'
Seeking Alpha Writeup on Founders Co-op
Founders Co-op: Between VCs
and Angel Investors
by
James Nicholson, Seeking Alpha, April 21, 2008
Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, recently wrote about how the traditional venture capital model is broken, at least when it comes to Internet startups.
Founders Co-op Launch in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
$2 million fund to be set up
for Web startups"
by
Joseph Tartakoff, Seattle P-I, March 23, 2008
Five months after winding down their involvement in their previous business, two serial Seattle entrepreneurs are launching a new venture -- a $2 million fund that will specialize in investing in startups run by first-time Web entrepreneurs.
Top social networking blog Mashable! profiles Askablogr
"10K for Alltop? Guy Kawasaki
Got Taken!"
by
Kristen Nicole, Mashable!, March 21, 2008
I recently interviewed Guy Kawasaki, who is becoming rather known for his ability to launch websites for increasingly shrinking prices. So when we received an email in the Mashable inbox with "10K for Alltop? Guy Kawasaki got taken!" as the subject line, our interest was effectively piqued.
Leading 'green' news site Treehugger features Cooler Planet's
solar heatmap
by
Jeremy Elton Jacquot, Treehugger, February 20, 2008
The good people at Cooler Planet have come up with a neat way to visualize the progress solar energy has made in California over the past decade - a Google Maps mash-up with data provided by the California Energy Commission
Smithsonian Magazine covers Cooler
Planet's solar heatmap
by Virgina Hughes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
February 19, 2008
In the last six years, the amount of photovoltaic-produced power used by Californians has grown by 17 times, according to the California Energy Commission. At the same time, the average photovoltaic system size has decreased, indicating more and more cases of residential (versus large commercial) use.
The clever folks at Cooler Planet found an interesting way to play with the data
Local startup and VC reporter John Cook features Askablogr
by John Cook, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, February 15, 2008
Askablogr is a new online service that does just what the name suggests, allows blog readers to ask questions of blog authors.
The service was created by Chris DeVore, who previously co-founded Seattle online shopping and review site Judy's Book.