With the dawn of HTML5, videos that give the user the option to choose the next step have boomed on video services such as Youtube. Riding the wave of interactive choose-your-own-adventure video applications is Boulder, Colorado start-up Flixmaster. The company, one of the members of the TechStars Boulder incubator, offers a drag-and-drop interface that creates an interactive video without the financial burden. READ MORE
Seed fund and accelerator TechStars put on its “Demo Day” in Boston to present 12 new companies to more than 350 VC and angel investors. TechCrunch’s Rip Empson says in the last five years TechStars has grown significantly in both size and reputation, and the accelerator says seven of the first 20 companies to go through its program have been acquired by larger companies, and about 70 percent of its companies have raised follow-on funding or have since become profitable. READ MORE
Twitter is by no means the new shortcut to venture capital, but it can be a valuable networking tool for entrepreneurs. Many quickly write it off as a time-sucking distraction with a nominal and vague pay-off—Inc. blogger Eileen P. Gunn did, initially—but Twitter is worth a second look, especially when you’re just getting going. READ MORE
