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July 22, 2013

What entrepreneurs can learn from Nate Silver Building a personal brand around content is ludicrously difficult, but numbers whiz Nate Silver did it. Now that he's off to ESPN and ABC, anybody with a blog should study his model. Entrepreneurs of the week Steve Jurvetson's model rocket hobby, a passion he shared with his children, prepared him to invest in Elon Musk's SpaceX. Jurvetson's just one of our weekly upstarts. Taking on the online gifting blahs Startups such as Giftbar and Smartgift are using technology to improve the way consumers give gifts online. A Blot test Digital magazines seem to be everywhere, but that isn't stopping the media entrepreneurs behind The Blot from launching one with a "don't be boring" promise. MORE ON ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATION Hollywood can kiss Adam Corolla's ass, he's going Trump funding Veronica Mars kickstarts a trailer How to spot rotten clients and scoop up the good ones Fake protesters generate hype for Activate vitamin drink guerilla marketing How we won big betting on Google rankings (and almost lost it all) App-titude: Augmented reality coloring book courted by mystery cartoon creators (Video) The long reads: Jay Z's career, why we love Tesla, how B-movies make money and Jack Handey's deep thoughts Back 9 links: How much money should you need to invest in startups?

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