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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:10:58 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16801" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="rumormonger" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/rumormonger.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="155" />E-COMMERCE COMPANY MOVES IN ON CONCRETE JUNGLE. <strong>Amazon</strong> is building a <strong>new team</strong> in New York, Betabeat is hearing. Details are vague, but recruiters are reaching out to developers via emails with spelling mistakes.</p>
<p>No, wait! Didn't <strong>Jeff Bezos</strong> invest in someone local recently? Someone, someone, who was it? Ohhh, now we remember: Mr. Bezos deigned to gave the local startup scene a boost in the form of a <strong>check to General Assembly</strong>. Standing on the shoulders of giants!</p>
<p>THE NEW BLACK. We recently wrote that <strong>TechStars alum Melanie Moore</strong> has officially <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/06/techstarsny-alum-toviefor-shuts-down/">shuttered her fashion startup ToVieFor</a> for <strong>pastures unknown. </strong>Last we heard, she was considering two opportunities and would decide in the next few months. Ms. Moore has quietly <a href="http://melanie.io/?page_id=2">updated</a> her website, however. "I run an awesome fashion / tech startup called <strong>Elizabeth &amp; Clarke</strong> in New York City. Though, you might know me from my first company, <strong>ToVieFor</strong>."<!--more--></p>
<p>BLIND FUNDING. Which tasty startup <strong>raised a $1.2M seed round</strong> led by <a href="http://www.kaporcapital.com/" target="_blank">Kapor Capital</a>?</p>
<p>BLIND NUMBERS. Which shredded<strong> startup has 55,000 users and more than 100 percent of that number on a wait list</strong>?</p>
<p>BLIND WANTED. Which <strong>Lerer Ventures-funded, Soho-based startup</strong> is hiring front-end developers?</p>
<p>BLIND HANDLING. Which mischievous techster is making <strong>fake Twitter accounts</strong> with an 'i' instead of an 'l' and <strong>duping</strong> decent folks all over town?</p>
<p>BLIND ANNOYANCES. Which <del>social network</del> <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/09/dear-twitter-here-is-how-to-fix-your-api/">information delivery system</a> was being <strong>really janky</strong> this afternoon?</p>
<p>BLIND BETABEAT. Which <strong>Betabeat reporter</strong> has been <strong>banned by Hacker News</strong>?</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16801" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="rumormonger" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/rumormonger.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="155" />E-COMMERCE COMPANY MOVES IN ON CONCRETE JUNGLE. <strong>Amazon</strong> is building a <strong>new team</strong> in New York, Betabeat is hearing. Details are vague, but recruiters are reaching out to developers via emails with spelling mistakes.</p>
<p>No, wait! Didn't <strong>Jeff Bezos</strong> invest in someone local recently? Someone, someone, who was it? Ohhh, now we remember: Mr. Bezos deigned to gave the local startup scene a boost in the form of a <strong>check to General Assembly</strong>. Standing on the shoulders of giants!</p>
<p>THE NEW BLACK. We recently wrote that <strong>TechStars alum Melanie Moore</strong> has officially <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/06/techstarsny-alum-toviefor-shuts-down/">shuttered her fashion startup ToVieFor</a> for <strong>pastures unknown. </strong>Last we heard, she was considering two opportunities and would decide in the next few months. Ms. Moore has quietly <a href="http://melanie.io/?page_id=2">updated</a> her website, however. "I run an awesome fashion / tech startup called <strong>Elizabeth &amp; Clarke</strong> in New York City. Though, you might know me from my first company, <strong>ToVieFor</strong>."<!--more--></p>
<p>BLIND FUNDING. Which tasty startup <strong>raised a $1.2M seed round</strong> led by <a href="http://www.kaporcapital.com/" target="_blank">Kapor Capital</a>?</p>
<p>BLIND NUMBERS. Which shredded<strong> startup has 55,000 users and more than 100 percent of that number on a wait list</strong>?</p>
<p>BLIND WANTED. Which <strong>Lerer Ventures-funded, Soho-based startup</strong> is hiring front-end developers?</p>
<p>BLIND HANDLING. Which mischievous techster is making <strong>fake Twitter accounts</strong> with an 'i' instead of an 'l' and <strong>duping</strong> decent folks all over town?</p>
<p>BLIND ANNOYANCES. Which <del>social network</del> <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/09/dear-twitter-here-is-how-to-fix-your-api/">information delivery system</a> was being <strong>really janky</strong> this afternoon?</p>
<p>BLIND BETABEAT. Which <strong>Betabeat reporter</strong> has been <strong>banned by Hacker News</strong>?</p>
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