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Startups and Libertarian Populism

As more and more people look to the startup community to save our nation and our economy, it is only reasonable for things to get way more political. As more former bankers and teachers and rodeo clowns start companies, we’re witnessing the emergence of entrepreneurs as a political bloc. But we are influenced by a [ READ MORE ]

Sex, Smartphones and Statistics

Haven’t gotten your pop psychology fix today? Well, OkCupid is pleased to let you know that iPhone users have more sex than users of other smartphones. Their evidence — a handy chart — is below: OkCupid didn’t provide sample sizes, but let’s assume we’re dealing with their entire userbase — a statistically significant sample. This [ READ MORE ]

Is Tumblr the new 4chan?

I’m not sure anyone who reads Startup Adventures has been paying attention to the sad story of Jessi Slaughter, 4chan’s latest tween meme-toy, but you can read about it on KnowYourMeme here or ED here (NSFW). It’s a fascinating story about the fluidity and power of the anonymous web, but a couple points in the [ READ MORE ]

It’s Keyword Soup Time!

It’s now been three months since I started writing Startup Adventures in NYC. Those of you who know me know that I’m an analytics fiend, especially when it comes to search terms. After all, this blog started as 45% outlet for my thoughts and 45% SEO experiment. (The remaining 10% is lulz.) Thus and with [ READ MORE ]

The NYC Startup Drink List

I hosted a party with Superconductor’s Matt Brimer a couple weeks back. Since I’m more or less incapable of throwing a party these days that doesn’t turn into a NYC tech mixer, we decided to embrace it and craft an appropriate drink menu. I wish I could take credit for more of this, but it’s [ READ MORE ]

New York Venture Firms: Bigger Fund or Bigger Buzz?

I’m just going to leave this here. Venture Firms with a Strong NYC Presence, by Buzz* Venture Firms with a Strong NYC Presence, by Size of Newest Fund * Presence in Blogosphere as measured by TechMeme[ READ MORE ]

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