The Start Project Gets Start-Up Stars as Advisers, Including Stone, Sacca, Mullenweg

A new Silicon Valley business incubator called The Start Project has recruited a high-profile group of entrepreneurs as advisers, which it announced today on its Web site. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, former Google exec and angel investor Chris Sacca, as well as Mike Tatum and David Liu, have all agreed to help the company’s start-ups before and during their creation.

LogMeIn: IPO Drought? Feh…

Earlier this week John Fitzgibbon, founder of IPOScoop.com, said that LogMeIn was an IPO “candidate that should blow the socks off people.” Looks like he was right.
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Tying the Hyperlocal Knot

The Knot is launching 75 new localized sites in the hopes of reaching brides-to-be from Tampa to Tucson. David Liu, CEO of the wedding Web site, said the idea is to provide the “ingredients” that people planning weddings seek out. Brides are best served by content available in their specific location, he said. Likewise, wedding vendors want to advertise in bridal outlets that target a region.