Startup and E-Commerce News Digest

November 6th, 2013. By @BerlinUp and @Catalogmakr

Thanks To Twitter Early VC Backers Now Increase Their Stakes In Mobile And Social Media

Reuters on the latest investments of Union Square Venture and Spark Capital: Early Twitter investors double down on consumer Web start-ups

Remember Everpix: Without Proper Funding, Even Beloved Products Won’t Survive

Andrew Chen on the learning from the closedown of Everpix: When a great product hits the funding crunch

What If Google Decides To Copy Your Startup?

Will Weintraub – cofounder of LiveNinja — on Google releasing ‘Helpouts’ to the public: Dear Google, Thanks For Copying My Startup But You’re Doing It All Wrong

“Have You Ever Googled This Before Building The Product?”

Liam Boogar on the mysteries why some products exist (via Rude Baguette): “I don’t know about it” does not equal “It doesn’t exist.” What you see is not what you get.

Too Focused on Building Product, They Raise Too Little And Run Out Of Cash Soon After Launch

George Deeb summarizing five years of experience with Red Rocket Ventures, coaching and mentoring over 500 startups (via Entrepreneur.com): Why Too Many Startups Run Out of Money Too Fast

Bezos Biography: “I Find Way Too Many Inaccuracies in the Book”

MacKenzie Bezos — the spouse of Jeff Bezos — on the biography of her husband: MacKenzie Bezos’ review of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age Of Amazon