Forget partying like it’s 1999. Today’s start-up board meetings are run like it’s 1909, says ReadWriteWeb’s Steve Blank. Radically changing how these meetings are organized, he says, may offer companies the opportunity to “attract experienced advice and investment outside of technology clusters.” In other words the current structure needs to be reinvented to reflect the realities of the start-up space. READ MORE
Monday through Wednesday in New York City TechCrunch is holding its Disrupt Battlefield competition in which hopeful founders and entrepreneurs submit their young, unseen start-up companies for the opportunity to try winning the $50,000 prize while launching in front of an all-star panel made up of innovators, angel investors, venture capitalists and tech influencers. Monday featured three Battlefields: Disrupting Commerce, Disrupting Location and Disrupting Search and Discovery. These are the start-ups that made presentations in the Disrupting Commerce category: READ MORE
