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Entries tagged "John Borthwick"

Google has a problem, say search pros at Betaday

'Google has a problem, and it's not a technical problem,' said serial entrepreneur Keith Teare on a panel about real-time search at Betaday, an annual event hosted by Betaworks for its portfolio companies.


Betaworks' Borthwick on the Web of Things

The Web of Things is next, says John Borthwick, co-founder of New York's innovative Betaworks incubator and one of the first people to understand the power of the real-time Web.


Angel Ron Conway blesses real-time Web

Venerable Silicon Valley angel investor Ron Conway is focusing primarily on real-time data companies, like Twitter. His SV Angel LLC expects to invest in 50 companies over the next 18 months.


Twitter under attack from some developers too

While Twitter defends itself against another service attack on Tuesday, it's also taking hits from some developers who say the microblogging service plays favorites.


Jeff Pulver on Twitter and the 'state of now'

140 Characters Conference organizer and Twitter investor Jeff Pulver tells The Deal why he thinks the 'state of now' matters in this episode of our Behind the Money online video show.


Summer reading: 'A VC' & other tech deal blogs

Fred Wilson, Charlie O'Donnell, Howard Lindzon, Stuart Ellman & Eric Wiesen, and John Borthwick top our list of favorite tech dealmaker blogs from the New York startup scene.


Calacanis: Wales a 'poser,' not an entrepreneur

Jason Calacanis blasts Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales for giving up on Wales' 'Google-killer' search business. Fight and fight and fight, Calacanis urges entrepreneurs in The Deal's Behind the Money video.


Drop.io founder Sam Lessin on N.Y. startup scene

Drop.io founder Sam Lessin says there's more kinship than competition among New York's 20- and 30-something tech entrepreneurs.


Bitly's $2M validates Betaworks model

Bitly, which shortens URLs for use over Twitter, etc., is the first spinout for Betaworks, a firm that incubates and invests in Web 2.0 startups.


Howard Lindzon launches Social Leverage

The founder of Wallstrip and StockTwits launches a "social investment bank of the post credit crisis era" with partners including former pitcher Todd Stottlemyre.



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