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Popurls.com founder Thomas Marban: Be genuine in everything that you doJuly 26 2007

Thomas Marban, the Austrian founder of Popurls.com and Celum Imagine, never expected his “hobby startup” to become one of the most popular destinations on the web. Get the story behind this unintentional success and Thomas’ advice for aspiring web entrepreneurs. How/When did you come up with the idea for Popurls.com? The idea for creating a [...]

Three time entrepreneur and Angel Investor: Dharmesh Shah of OnStartups.comJuly 26 2007

Dharmesh Shah is very unique in the startup world being a three time entrepreneur, angel investor and startup mentor with his highly popular blog OnStartups.com From this story onward, each StartupStory will have two installments. First, we will conduct and post our interview. Second, you, the reader, will have the opportunity to ask our [...]

A hybrid perspective: Tony Conrad, VC investor in Oddpost turned founder of SphereJuly 26 2007

Tony Conrad was a General Partner at Venture Strategy Partners where he funded and helped to grow Oddpost, which was aquired by Yahoo! in July, 2004. Tony’s story offers the unique perspective of both a VC and an entrepreneur. What lessons did you learn from Oddpost and other companies you have been involved that can be [...]

A good idea is only a small part of the battle: Greg Dingle and Beau Hartshorne, co-founders of Snipshot.comJuly 26 2007

Friends since the first grade, Snipshot co-founders Greg Dingle and Beau Hartshorne turned their idea for a web-based photo editing app into a Y Combinator-funded startup. Learn the story behind this fast-growing startup and how they made it all happen. How/Where did you and Beau meet? Believe or not, we’ve known each other since the first grade. [...]