Yigdigs - Do It Yourself Real Estate Tools

Jonas sits down with Andy Salo, founder and CEO of Yigdigs (http://www.yigdigs.com). Yigdigs is a Real Estate For Sale by Owner webservice. Andy discusses his journey from executive to entrepreneur.

Y Combinator

My friend Trevor Blackwell is a partner in Silicon Valley tech incubator Y Combinator.  Trevor and his partners have done an awesome job in identifying, nurturing and accelerating software ventures.  They have also had an amazing run of great PR for their ventures and themselves.

At the Web 2.0 Summit this week, Y Combinator ventures were everywhere, and they definitely had their 15 minutes in the limelight.  One of the most relevant themes at the summit was how to effeciently fund startups in the downturn.  From CIO Magazine, we pass along the profiles of 7 members of the Y Combinator portfolio to keep your eyes on.

Minggl

An interview with Dewey Gaedcke, Founder of Minggl. We sat down with Dewey Gaedcke, Founder and CEO of Austin based Minggl.com.

AgilePlanet

Chetan Kapoor is a roboticist at The University of Texas and CEO of Austin based Agile Planet.  We spoke about how his firm's control software might change the world in the years ahead, what is driving robotics growth, and why business should take note.