Dan Kaplan

Once upon a time, Dan considered himself a magazine journalist with dreams of "The New Yorker" and a couple of well-reviewed but only mildly successful books. Then one day, life, as it is known to do, decided it was time for rebirth. Like so many things before it, this rebirth was conceived on a mostly-empty plane to Reno. Now, instead of magazine writing, Dan would plunge into the world of New Media and write for Matt Marshall's blog.

It's funny how it goes.

Recent Posts

PartnerUp’s Weekly Opportunities

PartnerUp’s Weekly Opportunities

Below you’ll find this week’s PartnerUp Opportunities of the week.

PartnerUp, a Deluxe Company, is an online community for entrepreneurs and startups that helps them find people for their businesses, such as co-founders, business partners, advisers, board members and skilled technical workers. In addition, PartnerUp helps… Continue Reading

The first 100 tickets to The Crunchies 2008 are on sale!

The first 100 tickets to The Crunchies 2008 are on sale!

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been taking nominations for the Crunchies 2008. You have voiced your support for your favorite startups, the most impressive entrepreneurs and the coolest gadgets.

Now, we’re opening up sales for the event.

This year’s Crunchies will be held at San Francisco’s… Continue Reading

Announcing The Crunchies 2008

Announcing The Crunchies 2008

VentureBeat is happy to officially announce The Crunchies 2008 — the second year of this tech-startup awards ceremony.

With the economic downturn setting in, there may be fewer business successes to celebrate for the foreseeable future. So it’s more important than ever to recognize companies and… Continue Reading

“Downturn” roundtable event is tomorrow: What questions are on your mind?

“Downturn” roundtable event is tomorrow: What questions are on your mind?

The VentureBeat “how to manage your start-up in a downturn” roundtable event happens tomorrow. We’ll be talking to John Doerr from VC firm Kleiner Perkins, Ram Shriram — one of Google’s first investors — Max Levchin of Slide and Jason Calacanis of Mahalo, among others.

Despite… Continue Reading

Virtual goods company Viximo offers online communities an alternative to advertising

Virtual goods company Viximo offers online communities an alternative to advertising

With a recession looming, many online entertainment sites who currently depend on ad revenue are exploring a new source of revenue: Virtual goods.

Boston-based Viximo wants to make it as easy for publishers to earn money from selling virtual goods as it is to run ads… Continue Reading

Lala convinces major record labels to be a little less dumb

Lala convinces major record labels to be a little less dumb

Have you ever been sitting at your computer, wishing you could listen to your music collection without being forced to open a desktop application? If so, Lala is launching just the thing for you.

Since the beginning of the summer, Lala has offered a service that… Continue Reading

Amidst the cacophony of music start-ups, ReverbNation echoes

Amidst the cacophony of music start-ups, ReverbNation echoes

While grinning investment bankers, safe pension funds and good returns from tech stocks may be hard to come by for the foreseeable future, the world does not lack start-ups promising to help indie musicians. Among them, ReverbNation, which has just raised $3 million, looks like… Continue Reading