From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Jul 08 2010 2:11 PM

Clicker CEO and founder Jim Lanzone on controlling his own destiny Jim Lanzone started his career as an entrepreneur in 1997, a year before graduating from business school. By the time he graduated with a JD/MBA from Emory University in Atlanta, his startup, eTour - a predecessor to Stumbeupon...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Jul 06 2010 7:24 AM

Co-founder Gregg Brockway says Tripit complements all the major online travel agents

Gregg Brockway has sold one travel-related company he co-founded, Hotwire, to IAC’s Expedia. Will he do it again with Tripit? Possibly, given that Tripit's services could enhance the book ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Jun 30 2010 7:28 AM

Levensohn Venture Partners VC Jeff Karras offers up tips and advice on getting funded   So you want to raise some venture funding? Before you do, keep in mind this one very big mistake entrepreneurs make: They try to raise money too early from venture capitalists. That’s according to Jeff Karr...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Jun 28 2010 10:48 AM

CEO Mehdi Maghsoodnia on why BookRenter will dominate the online college textbook rental market The online textbook rental market is growing at a rapid rate of 300 percent annually. It’s no wonder both startups and incumbents are competing to be the leader in this very nascent industry. Recentl...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Jun 25 2010 11:36 AM

Crowdflower CEO and co-founder Lukas Biewald says there’s a lot of free advice in the Valley Lukas Biewald is a first-time entrepreneur now at the helm of Crowdflower, a crowd-sourcing service for simple tasks. Since founding the company in 2008, Lukas has helped raise $6 million, with the mos...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Jun 21 2010 7:23 AM

What are the traits of these rare startups? Mike Maples likes to hunt Thunder Lizards, young startups that hatch into Godzillas, disrupt the status quo and stomp on the incumbents. So far, so good. Since moving out to the Valley five years ago, he’s put investments in the micro-blogging pheno...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Jun 18 2010 7:15 PM

iChange wants to be the online destination to help you improve your health Fullerton, Ca.-based iChange, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s CEO, Stu MacFarlane presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and i...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Jun 17 2010 4:10 PM

Upcoming startup wants to be the online sports network for your kids San Francisco, Ca.-based Hey! You Up There!, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s VP of Strategy, Jim Kiles presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entr...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Jun 17 2010 4:10 PM

Clicker CEO Jim Lanzone on the evolution of online video In this third segment of my four-part interview series with Jim Lanzone, founder and CEO of Clicker, and former CEO of Ask.com, we talk about the evolution of online video. If the early 2000’s was Chapter 1, when broadband penetration wa...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Jun 17 2010 4:10 PM

Eric Ries talks about his mistakes and failures, and his three top principles In this fourth part of my four-segment interview with Eric Ries, author of the "Lessons Learned" blog, Eric talks about "failure" and why it happens to all of us and is a prerequesite to learning. "Stop the success t...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Jun 17 2010 4:10 PM

Udemy wants to be the, "academy of you" Palo Alto, Ca.-based Udemy, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s Co-founder, Gagan Biyani presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors.  Here's the video we c...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Jun 16 2010 7:25 PM

Udemy wants to be the, "academy of you" Palo Alto, Ca.-based Udemy, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s Co-founder, Gagan Biyani presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors.  Here's the video we c...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Jun 16 2010 11:06 AM

Eric Ries talks about his mistakes and failures, and his three top principles In this fourth part of my four-segment interview with Eric Ries, author of the "Lessons Learned" blog, Eric talks about "failure" and why it happens to all of us and is a prerequesite to learning. "Stop the success t...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Jun 14 2010 7:43 AM

Clicker CEO Jim Lanzone on the evolution of online video In this third segment of my four-part interview series with Jim Lanzone, founder and CEO of Clicker, and former CEO of Ask.com, we talk about the evolution of online video. If the early 2000’s was Chapter 1, when broadband penetration wa...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Jun 11 2010 10:05 AM

Upcoming startup wants to be the online sports network for your kids San Francisco, Ca.-based Hey! You Up There!, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s VP of Strategy, Jim Kiles presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepren...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Jun 09 2010 6:31 PM

Baduku could be the next online opinion engine for anything Santa Ana, Ca.-based Baduku, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s CEO, Namanh Hoang presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors.  Here's ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Jun 08 2010 9:11 AM

A social game which aims to help its users maintain a healthier life Seattle-based Mindbloom, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s co-founder, Brent Poole presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors.  H...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Jun 07 2010 8:05 AM

Analysis on why Chegg is the Netflix of textbooks and is positioned to dominate This analysis comes from Steve Carpenter, an Internet entrepreneur who spends his days analzying high-profile private companies to help provide transparency to this very opaque sector of the economy. From Steve’s a...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Jun 04 2010 7:53 PM

DormNoise wants to be the standard calendaring tool for colleges and Universities Cranston, Rhode Island-based DormNoise, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s founder, Jay Rodrigues presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds o...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Jun 02 2010 11:05 PM

YouHaveIWant can help you match your 'wants' and 'haves' with other people. Think used items! New York-based YouHaveIWant, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco.  The company’s co-founder, Vik Panda presented his pitch on stage in...