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The Alarm Clock
thealarmclock.com · Group blog · on HN since 2006
A startup news blog that covered funding rounds, acquisitions and European tech companies, mainly around 2007 and 2008.
What HN saysHN links it as a source for early startup news, including the Google and SimplyHired talks and a post on Google Weather's creator.
16HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
24stories submitted
55story points
15 years agolast shared
2006people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1Penthouse Snags AdultFriendFinder for $500 Million1 people · 9 points · first shared 2007 · 6 comments on HN
- 2European Founders Fund: Interview1 people · 5 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 3TechForward Raises Series A Funding from First Round Capital for Consumer Electronics Trade-In Service1 people · 4 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 4Dutch Sharewire Taking Mobile Content Off Deck1 people · 4 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 5Online Capture The Flag's Turf.net (YC winter 08) Raises Seed Round1 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 6BuddyTV Gets First CRV $250K Loan (Anyone surprised that they've only done one so far?)1 people · 3 points · first shared 2007 · 2 comments on HN
- 7Voddler Raises $2.2M For Virtual Cable TV1 people · 3 points · first shared 2006 · discussion on HN
- 8Is the bubble back? Bleeding red CampusU Files for IPO1 people · 3 points · first shared 2007 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Market Research's e-Rewards Sells Minority Stake For $60M1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 10Wind Turbine Maker Wind Power Raises $37M More After Buying Northern Power.1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 11Free Mobile App Maker Snaptu Funded By Sequoia1 people · 2 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 12VC Firm Buys Ownership In Israeli Advise Site Bitwine1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13Suckers Invest $50M In Glam Media1 people · 2 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 14Message To Yahoo: Hire John W. Thompson Immediately1 people · 1 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 15Tell PG: The Alarm:Clock appears to be down; returns a 403 Forbidden Error1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
erikpukinskis · 2010-10-30
We know what happened to Larry and Sergei, but I was curious what happened to Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg:
Scott: http://www.zdnet.com/news/life-after-google-with-millions/184389
Alan: http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/2007/05/google_weather.html / http://news.cnet.com/Start-up-warms-up-personal-robots/2100-11394_3-62…
adamhowell · 2009-02-28
> It's quite funny to see people imply that advertising revenue isn't "real" revenue, or is in some way less valuable than getting customers to pay directly.
As long as numbers like these hold true: "At the $1 RPM (CPM/CPA/CPC) level achieved by most general sites, you need 4 billion page views/month ... to [reach] $50M in revenue per year" (http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/2007/03/a_vcs_view_of_o.html)… charging money for a product that creates value is going to be a more viable way of starting a successful company online
usablecontent · 2007-05-05
alarm:clock has broke the story:
http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/2007/05/google_negotiat.html
And everyone is reporting on it:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/04/google-in-talks-to-acquire-simply…
http://mashable.com/2007/05/04/google-simplyhired/
However Joshua Jaffe at VC ratings think this is non-sense. Why would the search giant buy search.
http://vcratings.thedealblogs.com/2007/05/google_buying_a_vertical_sea…
I wish I could take sides and call one thing reasonable over other. what you guys think Does it makes sense ?