3 startups worth mentioning: TubeBattle, MyFriendEnemies, Zukool

In the last few days posts have become less frequent because I have moved to Warsaw for an internship with an investment bank. I am back hower and happy to mention 5 startups that sound great:
1. “TubeBattle is a community-driven video rating system. [...]

Social news sites such as Digg, Netscape, Fark, etc. are said to be losing momentum

In the last few weeks I have often talked about a problem that is very common in the startup industry. There is something I would call the startup company life cycle. After a year or two of this cycle what you observe is that companies can’t keep growing as fast as they did [...]

Digg created by and for women only

I have seen hundreds of Digg clones writing our blog, businesshackers dot com, but rarely have I seen something like that. I would like to draw your attention to Sk*rt, which is a Digg clone that, in my opinion has some chances to succeed.
Pros:
1. this startup has probably found a niche among Digg clones
2. it [...]

Startup failure despite media coverage and good ideas. A story to keep in mind.

Last year I have heard thousands of people saying we have got the new big thing on the net. What I said in October 2006 was: “guys calm down, it’s not gonna last forever”. A year later I am here to say that I was right, AlumWire is completely down.
What makes me really laugh [...]

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