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How to approach Internet startup investors?

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centered
centered writes "I'd like to start an Internet company. To maximize return I'd like to approach people to invest in some development and then a bigger launch, rather than just a grass-roots, trickle revenue approach. However, I'm not sure what the landscape for investors has become since the bubble up to the current day. It seems there's a lot of ambiguity/disagreement as to what the future of the Web is for business. Furthermore, I can't find resources to help me understand how Internet companies that are starting up today are getting resources to do so.

The company I'd like to create will offer services over the Web to registered users, in the field of computer security. I'm aware of more recent terms such as ASP (application service provider), Web 2.0, Web Services, but are these terms still taken seriously by investors? What is the general opinion of investors as to characteristics that would make an Internet startup company viable? Where can I find the resources to help me develop my company into and define it as a company with such characteristics?"
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Web 2.0 Continues Its Move To The Workplace

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An anonymous reader writes "The title of Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog probably says it more simply and succinctly than the current Enterprise 2.0 conference that inspires his post. "Web 2.0 Continues Its Move To The Workplace" asserts Hinchcliffe, who backs up his position with a battery of fascinating hyperlinks. Worth reading."
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Google Harnesses Wind to Power Iowa Data Center->

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1sockchuck writes "Wind turbines will contribute about 18 percent of the power for Google's new data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which was officially announced this morning. Iowa utility MidAmerican Energy can generate up to 460 megawatts of electricity with its 323 wind turbines, and is planning to more than double that capacity. The use of wind power from MidAmerican fits Google's ongoing emphasis on green computing and energy efficiency, which just activated solar panels on its Mountain View campus and recently announced a push for high-efficiency computer power supplies. The Iowa data center is the fourth $600 million facility Google has announced this year."
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Opera Mini adds iPhone-like browsing capabilities

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An anonymous reader writes "The new Opera Mini 4 beta phone browser, which was released today, sports browsing capabilities similar to those found on the iPhone. Specifically, Opera Mini added a new Desktop layout mode, where a thumbnail of the webpage is first show with the option to instantly zoom into a region of the page. Opera even created an 'Opera Mini guy vs. iPhone guy' ad."
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Google pushing 100mpg car->

Submitted by Kram_Gunderson
Kram_Gunderson writes "Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, is offering millions in grants to the development of a plug-in electric car capable of getting 70-100 miles to the gallon. Additionally, they hope to develop a system that would allow electric car owners to sell stored electrical power back to the national grid during peak usage. From the article:

"Since most Americans drive less than 35 miles per day, you easily could drive mostly on electricity with the gas tank as a safety net," Dan Reicher, director of Climate and Energy Initiatives for Google.org, wrote on the organization's Web site. "In preliminary results from our test fleet, on average the plug-in hybrid gas mileage was 30-plus mpg higher than that of the regular hybrids."
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