Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.
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Former CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe to Lead Wal-Mart’s Global Online Commerce Biz

Can he give the retail giant the oomph it has yet to find online?
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Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)
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Start-Up Scribr Wants to Help Your Twitter Feed Survive the Coming Web-pocalypse

Scribr is trying to keep your Facebook profile from becoming like the lost GeoCities of Atlantis.
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Sequoia Grabs Googler to Head New Comms Role Aimed at Helping Entrepreneurs

The move to beef up communications expertise at the prominent Silicon Valley venture firm continues.
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Bid for Same-Day Delivery Taps the Smartphone Boom

Numerous start-ups have tried to go after the Holy Grail of e-commerce — delivering things to people’s homes and offices on the same day they ordered them — and have failed.

Get Your Zombie-Eaten Brain Ready for Some Big-Think Tech Books

Time for some reading beyond 140 characters!
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A Start-Up Program for Women in Mobile Tech

When it comes to programs that nurture new start-ups, women often don’t make the cut. A new “start-up accelerator” hopes to combat that gender disparity in at least one booming market: Mobile technology.

Viral Video: This Year, First Round VCs Channel Rebecca Black (Rrrreeaaallly!)

Oh, dear — Silicon Valley VCs acting like teenage girls. And there’s not even a hot start-up in sight to chase and scream over.
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oBaz Wants to Rebuild the Online Deal Site, With Help From Groupon’s Founders

The rise of limited-stock daily deal sites has brought the stress of holiday shopping to the Web. But oBaz, a new online boutique start-up, is trying to quiet the storm with a little help from you.
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Remedy Health Media Acquires HealthCentral