Venturebeat (Thursday)

While traveling in Tokyo this fall, Daniel Leuck went to the 7-11 for a caffeine hit and encountered a men’s fashion magazine called “Men’s Fudge” as well as a drink called “The Premium Calpis”. Leuck, who speaks fl...

Venturebeat (Friday)

A New York startup called Solvate aims to connect businesses with high-quality freelancers. It recently gave those businesses a little more control over the process by launching what it calls the Solvate Talent Engine.

When Solvate launched last ...

GigaOm (Wednesday)
Freelance work is on the rise, according to a new survey by Elance -- a service that helps freelancers connect with employers -- and more workers are choosing the life of a freelancer, rather than being forced to work part-time while looking for a "real" j...

Venturebeat (Wednesday)

There are a number of sites trying connect employers and freelancers, including Elance and oDesk. A newer company, DoNanza, aims to become the most comprehensive site for these listings, and today announced that it wants to distribute those listings to ...

Silicon Alley Insider (Friday)

From Entrepreneur:

Just selling a product like beer-infused potato chips should be enough to grab some people's attention.

But Brett Stern, founder of Portland-based Beer Chips, wanted to make sure his company's chips...

TechCrunch (Thursday)
Every year at Web 2.0 Expo, a handful of promising startups are invited on stage to give quick, five-minute pitches to an audience of conference attendees and a panel of judges (you can see our past coverage on these events here and here). Yesterday this y...