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The Startup Scarlet Letter

BY Austin Carr | 05-11-2012 | 11:45 AM | INNOVATION

Claiming your product will revolutionize the industry? Dissing your competitors? Comparing yourself to Steve Jobs? If you don't live up to your own hype, you might end up permanently scarring your business. Take it from Color's Bill Nguyen and Blockbuster's Jim Keyes. READ MORE›

Bill Nguyen Announces Color's Partnership With Verizon

BY Austin Carr | 05-07-2012 | 11:30 AM | INNOVATION

The video-sharing firm improves its service by adding audio. Will it be enough to bring it back from the dead?READ MORE›

Foursquare's Mid-flight Fatigue

BY Austin Carr | 05-02-2012 | 3:49 PM | INNOVATION

Foursquare has entered the mostly uneventful period between takeoff and landing. And one of its earliest employees, Tristan Walker, has left the comfort of its cruising altitude in search of the next rocket ride. READ MORE›

Highlight CEO Paul Davison Launches Elastic Network Of A Different Color

BY Austin Carr | 03-22-2012 | 8:30 AM | INNOVATION

Remember Color? Bill Nguyen's massively funded app might have slipped into obscurity (again), but a slightly different network for connecting nearby strangers still wowed 'em at SXSW. Here's why.READ MORE›

Fast Talk: How Hipster Gets Everyone Talking About It

BY David Zax | 03-01-2012 | 11:40 AM | DESIGN

Meet Doug Ludlow, CEO of the postcard site Hipster, whose viral marketing campaigns have almost overshadowed the product itself.READ MORE›

Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble

BY Danielle Sacks | 10-03-2011 | 3:34 PM | CAREERS

Bill Nguyen launches startups with haste, never researches the competition, and makes the same mistakes "again and again." So why do people keep giving him so much money?READ MORE›

Humbled, Color's Bill Nguyen Friends Facebook

BY Danielle Sacks | 09-21-2011 | 12:30 PM | INNOVATION

Bill Nguyen recently told Fast Company "Facebook is broken." So why is he planning to re-introduce Color, his flop of a $41 million app, in conjunction with Facebook and its f8 developers conference? Nguyen explains. READ MORE›

Does Paying Top Dollar For Domains Still Make Sense In The Age Of Apps?

BY Austin Carr | 07-20-2011 | 2:11 PM | INNOVATION

While seven-figure domain names might make sense for established web companies and online services, in the app space, there's a sense an expensive domain dot-com isn't as important. READ MORE›

How Foursquare's Improved Photo Sharing Does Color One Better

BY Austin Carr | 04-19-2011 | 2:06 PM | INNOVATION

Popular check-in service Foursquare announced that it will add easy photo-sharing between friends, all tagged to check-ins. This service addresses the relevancy issues that crop up with Color, which shows you photos from random strangers all around you. READ MORE›

With Apps, First Impressions Are King. Here's 3 Keys to Getting Them Right

BY John Pavlus | 03-29-2011 | 1:17 PM | STELLAR

Everyone on the web (read: that tiny subclass of "everyone" that gets paid to care about social networking apps) was shooting their mouth off last week about the latest'n'greatest app on the block, a $41-million funded doohickey ... READ MORE›

Quora Question of the Week: Why "Color"?

BY David Zax | 03-28-2011 | 7:20 AM | DESIGN

Thinking different?READ MORE›

How Color's Bill Nguyen Was Influenced by Steve Jobs, and Plans to One-Up Groupon

BY Austin Carr | 03-25-2011 | 12:22 PM | INNOVATION

Bill Nguyen, serial entrepreneur and founder of real-time photo-sharing app Color, says he plans to outmaneuver Groupon much in the same way Google bested Yahoo. READ MORE›

Lala Founder Unveils $41 Million Real-Time Photo-Sharing App Called Color

BY Austin Carr | 03-23-2011 | 7:49 PM | DESIGN

Bill Nguyen is shamelessly confident about his latest product Color, a real-time photo-sharing app that launches today on the iPhone and Android. And so are investors, who have already sunk $41 million dollars into the service even before it's seen the light of day. READ MORE›