Latest list of Top 50 Twitterers is as wrong as the others
After two weeks at VentureBeat, I’ve finally made the very bottom of the latest blogger A-list. Too bad BTS411 editor Tom Blue’s Top Bloggers/Twitter Users/Authors for Traffic chart doesn’t make me feel statistically relevant. Here’s why:
Blue’s list is restricted to “bloggers/writers/Twitter users that regularly discuss Web startups and profile them.” That’s a mere tidal pool next to the big sea of the Internet. If you run or invest in a startup, your PR contractor is trying… Continue Reading
DEMO: A show changes with the times
Kicking off DEMO 2009, executive producer Chris Shipley announced that this is a “reset year” for everyone. The weakness of the global economy is evident at every turn, and reflected in the scaled-down show taking place here in Palm Desert, Calif.
Shipley even acknowledged that the show is “a little more compact” than a year ago, drawing 500 people instead of 700, and 39 companies instead of the more than 60 that exhibited a year ago…. Continue Reading
Now live: VentureBeat’s syndication deal with the New York Times
VentureBeat’s previously mentioned syndication deal with the New York Times went live today. Take a look at the screenshot. The Gray Lady is featuring our stories in a mini-section in the homepage of its Technology section. Click on one of our story links and you’ll be taken to the full version, hosted on the Times’ site.
We’ll only be syndicating some stories, though. This self-congratulatory post, for example, won’t be showing up. In order for us… Continue Reading
New York Times syndicates VentureBeat
The New York Times announced today that it will syndicate VentureBeat’s content, as part of a redesign of the Times’ online technology section.
This is great for VentureBeat. The Times has long represented excellence in the news profession. The partnership is an endorsement of something we’ve been working hard to achieve, which is to publish content that is credible, edited, engaging and informative. Second, by placing VentureBeat articles on the front of the Times’ tech page,… Continue Reading
Comments are down, but we’re not
VentureBeat readers – Just a small note to let you know that our commenting system is not working properly at the moment. You may have noticed this over the past couple of days. We are working to correct this right now, so please hang in there. If you have something you absolutely need to say, feel free to email any of us. You can find those emails on our author pages.
Also, some of you have… Continue Reading
SF Green brings Tesla, Ray Lane and others to San Francisco on May 12
VentureBeat is proud to announce a gathering for clean technology entrepreneurs next Monday, May 12. We’ve joined forces with SF Green, a San Francisco gathering founded by Steve Newcomb that aims to help shape the region’s cleantech and environmental future.
The aim is to bring together some of the brightest local entrepreneurs and investors, as well as other interested parties — environmentalists, government representatives and regular citizens — in one place, helping to forge connections and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down, Montalvo’s mobile chip and more
1. Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down
2. Montalvo Systems vs. Intel, with chip for handheld devices
3. Fox Interactive to introduce “music Hulu for MySpace”
4. Yahoo’s board moving against Yang
5. Google searchers are wealthier, buy more online
6. Xobni hires Jeff Bonforte away from Yahoo, to be its new CEO
7. Stormfisher raises $350 million for biofuel project
8. Cable veteran Philip Balboni moving to online news site
9. Nielsen buys Audience Analytics
10. Air commuter conference coming up this spring
11. Report:… Continue Reading
VentureBeat raises $320,000 seed round, traffic growing
updated
VentureBeat has just raised a seed round, and I wanted to be the first one to let you know. The news is beginning to leak after we filed a regulatory document.
VentureBeat has grown steadily since launching more than a year ago. We’ve been hiring writers and we have record traffic. I’ve bootstrapped the company thus far, and while it’s been rewarding, there’s just so much more we’d like to do. We’ve been pretty much in… Continue Reading
VentureBeat points to VC firm reviews
VentureBeat is starting an experiment today: When we mention venture capital firms in our articles, we’ll also point to VC firms’ profiles provided by The Funded.
When we write about VC firm Draper Richards, for example, you’ll see an Ajax box pop up when you hover over that firm’s name (see how it works by hovering over the link above). The box will display comments about the firm provided by users on The Funded’s site.
By working… Continue Reading
Mercury News launches VentureBeat column
Starting today, Silicon Valley’s newspaper, the Mercury, News has kicked off a weekly column in its print edition featuring VentureBeat’s most compelling content.
VentureBeat is delighted with the deal. It extends our distribution considerably, to an additional 230,000 paid daily subscribers of the Mercury News.
For those who have asked about our relationship with the Mercury News, here’s where it stands: VentureBeat is entirely independent of the Merc. However, the Merc pays to syndicate VentureBeat’s content, has… Continue Reading
Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs
We’ve just launched the VentureBeat JobBoard.
You might say, oh, yet another job board?!
The VentureBeat JobBoard is different because it is the only start-up oriented job board focused exclusively on high-end jobs — those paying $100,000 and up.
It’s relevant because the job market is the tightest it has been in years — and getting tighter. Good employees are hard to find. Employers continue to express frustration with general boards like Craigslist and Monster,… Continue Reading
VentureBeat is back
We launched early yesterday morning, but an overwhelming spike in traffic, a subsequent server crash and no fallback combined to shut down the Web site for a whole day.
We’ve learned some lessons.
1) It is hard to launch a start-up. It is surreal to be on this side of the Internet meltdowns, something we covered smugly in our previous role of employed reporter. I recall how we at SiliconBeat wrote about blog search start-up Sphere… Continue Reading
VentureBeat Launches
Welcome to VentureBeat •the successor to SiliconBeat!
VentureBeat’s mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. People are at the heart of this project. VentureBeat will be a resource for entrepreneurs and other interested professionals facing some the biggest decisions of their careers.
VentureBeat will focus initially on Silicon Valley, and gradually, when possible, expand to cover innovation hubs around the globe.
Dear friends,
On Friday, I will serve my… Continue Reading