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I went to the Startup camp 2008 event tonight and stayed for the first 3 presentations. They were:

- Patrick Lor, the founder of iStock, who has successfully sold his company for $50 million. He talked about VC pitches
- George, one of the founders of Smart Hippo, a site that provides you with the best mortgage deal possible
- Bruno, one of the founders of DokDok, a document and version management software that banks on people not changing their habits of sending files by emails rather than cre… Continue

A new study by USC and UC Berkley has come to some astounding conclusions about the way young people use the Internet and especially Web 2.0 technologies to learn important social and technical skills:

* There is a generation gap in how youth and adults view the value of online activity.
* Youth are navigating complex social and technical worlds by participating online.
* Young people are motivated to learn from their peers onl… Continue

Hello everyone,

Did you know it was entrepreneurship week starting November 17, 2008? Since most of us (if not all) are entrepreneurs by nature, I thought it was worth mentioning. If you want to get involved, here is a site that celebrates this week: unleashingideas.org.

For more information on how this week came into existence and what it means to be an entrepreneur in today's economy, as well as some very interesting, preconception-shattering fig… Continue