Editor's Notes: College Tonight Hooks Up with 'The Hills'; How Will Startups Weather the Downturn?
College Tonight Signs Conrad - College Tonight, the college-focused social networking service that was this week's featured pitch, today announced that Lauren Conrad, star of MTV's The Hills, will be the company's national spokesperson. Here's a link to the announcement: Lauren Conrad Partners with College Tonight, Inc.
How Bad Will it Get for Tech Startups? - It has been well established that we are in the midst of a worldwide economic downturn, and know one really knows its ultimate duration and severity. Founders of tech startups naturally have nervous flashbacks to 2000, when the tech sector, especially the dot coms, experienced a steady decline that put many startups out of business. But this is a completely different climate from 2000, and most tech startups are built on a much more solid footing than eight years ago. Verne Kopytoff of the San Francisco Chronicle addresses the issue today, doing a good job of finding some balance and highlighting the differences among tech startups then and now: Economic deja vu hitting tech startups
