The rise and fall of Pando Projects
The problem was that I had run out of money. So when I held that check, my tears were real. I had literally put everything I had into getting Pando going, and We Media was my first big break.
Read More7 keys to launching your big idea
We Media's all-star mentors share advice to entrepreneurs working to launch new businesses.
Read MoreLessons from a pitch (It) competition
I didn't win the big prize at the We Media PitchIt! competition, but I walked away with something potentially more valuable: honest and constructive feedback
Read MoreScreen + Radmatter win 2012 PitchIt! Challenge
Their bold ideas: reinvent corporate recruiting and visual media production.
Read MorePitchIt Challenge offers $50K for digital media startups
Calling all media, technology and social dreamers: The 2012 We Media PitchIt Challenge is open to entries. Submit your big ideas or vote now.
Read MoreBuilding the prototype: Smaller, cheaper
Old plan: Scrape all data, build giant app, spend all money. New plan: Build small app, get data from city government, make app bigger, spend less money.
Read MorePitchIt ranked among world’s top startup challenges
Australian web site StartupSmart has ranked the We Media PitchIt! Challenge among the world’s top 10 startup challenges. Wow –...
Read MoreA startup founder pays it forward
The newest journalism class at the University of Miami gives digital natives a chance to research, test and pitch new business ideas - and learn a thing or two from PitchIt Challenge winner Lucas Sommer.
Read MoreAnnouncing the PitchIt Challenge finalists
Here they are - introducing nine awesome ideas we'd love to see come to life, and we're going to do our best to help them. Meet the 2011 finalists of the We Media PitchIt Challenge.
Read MoreCall for entries: $50k for media startups
Entries are now closed for the 2011 We Media PitchIt Challenge. The challenge offers $50,000 in seed funding to help launch two innovative media and tech startups. Finalists will pitch their ideas at the We Media NYC conference.
Read MoreHey big media, it’s time to invest
Acquisition is part of the solution for "big media" companies to catch up in the era of new media. But they need to go further, including more investments in early-stage ventures.
Read MoreWill printing drive new business to Scrapblog?
One of the loveliest social media startups I’ve run across in the last few years is Scrapblog. I say lovely because it’s well...
Read More12 weeks, 9 companies, 7 lessons from an incubator fund
One of our partners, LaunchBox Digital, is an early-stage Internet startup incubator fund. It’s similar in structure to TechStars in...
Read MoreFailure is an option
Sometimes Internet startups have a business model. Sometimes they don’t – and the story typically boils down to...
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