Quoted: I only heard the first few sentences, but that was enough to tell what I said that upset him: that startups would do better if they moved to Silicon Valley.

Quoted: But then, while you’re sitting on your googlechair in the googleplex sipping googleccinos and feeling smuggy smug smug smug, new versions of the browsers come out that support cached, compiled JavaScript. And suddenly NewSDK is really fast. And Paul Graham gives them another 6000 boxes of instant noodles to eat, so they stay in business another three years perfecting things.

Quoted: As long as you've made something that a few users are ecstatic about, you're on the right track. It will be good for your morale to have even a handful of users who really love you, and startups run on morale. But also it will tell you what to focus on. What is it about you that they love? Can you do more of that? Where can you find more people who love that sort of thing? As long as you have some core of users who love you, all you have to do is expand it.

Another great essay from PG.

Quoted: In fact, we're so sure the founders are more important than the initial idea that we're going to try something new this funding cycle. We're going to let people apply with no idea at all. If you want, you can answer the question on the application form that asks what you're going to do with "We have no idea."

This is a really neat idea. And don't worry, it will only print from "approved addresses", so you won't be picking up a phishing scam from the print tray. Could be the perfect gift for your technophobe relatives.

Quoted: A silicon valley startup called Presto has quietly launched a new service aimed at people who don’t currently have Internet access, but want to be able to receive emails and photos from loved ones.

Quoted: A community for software startups and entrepreneurs

Zillow launches!

Quoted: Zillow.com, a beta-test version of which will hit the Web on Wednesday, is a sort of Kelly Blue Book for homes. It lets users type ...

Quoted: Wright -- who like Barton is attacking a consumer Internet segment -- said there are advantages to staying under the radar.

"As you get deeper and deeper into development of a new service, you discover nuances," he said. "And once you go public you want to have continuity to what you are saying."