October 3rd, 2012

Startup Weekend Acquires Local Events Newsletter Provider StartupDigest; Product Gets Spun Off As GroupTie

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Startup Weekend, the organization behind the weekend-long hackathons encouraging entrepreneurship, has acquired local events resource and email newsletter provider StartupDigest for an undisclosed sum. StartupDigest currently reaches over 230,000 subscribers across 99 cities and 43 countries around the world. Two of StartupDigest’s core team members, Editorial Director Jessica Ford and co-founder… → Read More

March 9th, 2011

StartupDigest Takes $200,000 To Curate Information For Entrepreneurs

Let’s say you’re an entrepreneur who wants to keep up with the latest startup news and events. You could scan places like Twitter, Facebook, and Quora, but the picture would likely be incomplete. You could use RSS, but if you fully tried to keep up your day would quickly become a nightmare (trust me from experience). Assuming you’re already busy beyond your wildest dreams, the best option may be a… → Read More