The Curator: The Hottest Startup Sector is Disrupting an Entire Industry

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The Curator

Here’s our weekly link roundup of small business buzz, musings and muchness. A curation of the best small business talk around the web.

One of the hottest startup sectors right now? The answer may surprise you. (SFGate)

A startup isn’t a business yet, but hopes to be one day when it finds a repeatable and scalable business model. Many founders and investors don’t understand that difference. This presents a major problem and here’s why. (Forbes)

TechStars is one of the most influential and well-funded accelerators, with the 114 companies that have been through the program raising a collective $134 million — and 8 of them being acquired. Watch the 6-episode documentary, profiled by Bloomberg. (Mashable)

New York’s startup scene staged a comeback in the first quarter, and investors are scouring the city in search of the next Instagram. (New York Post)

Silicon Valley is having its media moment. Bravo television network is launching a reality show based on the lives of little-known Silicon Valley entrepreneurs this year. (Wall Street Journal)

 

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