For any entrepreneur, the challenge of taking an idea to launch can be a daunting and expensive journey. Fortunately, Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded and startup accelerator, Founder Institute, has a ten step plan. While there is no foolproof recipe for every launch, Ressi says his template will help any tech entrepreneur get a business [...]

Once upon a time, a young, technology-minded man started a world-changing company from his college dorm room. No, we’re not talking about Mark Zuckerberg. This is how Jac Holzman’s story begins. He founded Elektra Records in 1950, and his experience… Mashable | The Social Media Guide

On Friday, controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was accused of rape. Only hours later the charges were dropped, and now Al-Jazeera has quoted Assange saying that the accusations were part of “a smear campaign.” Assange and WikiLeaks… Mashable | The Social Media Guide

Update: Swedish authorities have withdrawn their warrant for Julian Assange, according to the Associated Press. “I don’t think there is reason to suspect that he has committed rape,” chief prosecutor Eva Finne said in a short statement. —… Mashable | The Social Media Guide

The second semester of Adeo Ressi’s Founder Institute San Diego semester has graduated 12 startups this week. We covered the inaugural San Diego session here. Announced in March 2009, the Founder Institute offers entrepreneurs and very early stage startups an environment designed to help foster their growth and education. The program, which is now active [...]

Kasian Franks, an engineer and researcher mostly known for being the technical founder of music search venture SeeqPod (more about its tumultuous history here), is back with another startup in the search space. This time, he’s set his sights on the world of mobile applications – obviously quite the booming space. Meet Mimvi, which aims [...]

Noah Everett, the founder of Twitter photo sharing site Twitpic has launched a new site today, called Heello. Details are sparse on the startup, which draws its name from the greeting ‘Hello,’ but according to a blog post on the new site, the site aims to “make communication easier.” The post says that Heello will [...]

Having launched in eleven locations worldwide The Founder Institute, set up by Adeo Ressi as a sort of global-wide bootcamp for tech entrepreneurs, is launching two new locations today across Europe: Brussels and Berlin. The other location already up and running in Europe is Paris where a second semester launches this Fall. There is an [...]

Dell’s Cloud Evangelist Barton George interviews Mark Shuttleworth during his visit to Dell.

I’ve spoken to four different investors over the last two weeks trying to get at least a small piece of an angel financing round being quietly pitched by Delicous founder Joshua Schachter. He’s raising just $ 1 – $ 2 million, we’ve heard, at a valuation that may be as high as $ 15 million. [...]