Announcing Dogpatch Labs Palo Alto & Europe
September 29, 2011 – 8:27 am | 349 Comments

In early September, we got the unfortunate news that the San Francisco Port Authority was closing Pier 38 (home to Dogpatch Labs San Francisco).

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Jibe Launches Mobile App at ‘Launch’ Conference
February 24, 2011 – 2:21 pm | 302 Comments

Polaris-backed company and former Dogpatch Labs resident, Jibe has had a very good couple weeks. As a reminder, Jibe uses Facebook and LinkedIn to better connect job-seekers and employees: ” JIBE connects you to people …

Dogpatch Labs Austin for SXSW 2011. Apply Now.
February 8, 2011 – 7:38 pm | 272 Comments
Dogpatch Labs Austin for SXSW 2011. Apply Now.

Polaris Ventures is excited to announce that it will bring its spirit of “open source entrepreneurship” to SXSW 2011, by opening a special edition of Dogpatch Labs. On Sunday March 13 and Monday …

Dogpatch Labs Updates Heading into 2011
December 26, 2010 – 9:12 am | 580 Comments
Dogpatch Labs Updates Heading into 2011

As we head into 2010 winds up and we head into 2011, there is a lot of terrific news coming out of Dogpatch Labs. Here is a sampling from just the last couple weeks in …

3 Dogpatch Companies in RWW’s Top 10 Startups of 2010
December 2, 2010 – 11:02 am | 569 Comments
3 Dogpatch Companies in RWW’s Top 10 Startups of 2010

Today tech blog ReadWriteWeb wrote about the Top 10 Startups of 2010. Three Dogpatch Labs San Francisco companies made that list: Instagram, Learnboost and Rapportive. I have copied a small excerpt about each company but …

Dogpatch Labs: A Deeper Look & Founders’ Perspective
November 27, 2010 – 11:04 am | 677 Comments

Earlier this week, Business Insider ran an article about Dogpatch Labs (read here) that was neither well researched nor accurate.

Dogpatcher TaskRabbit Teams Up With Google
October 27, 2010 – 4:54 pm | 251 Comments
Dogpatcher TaskRabbit Teams Up With Google

Another Dogpatch Labs update: recent graduate TaskRabbit is teaming up with Google to provide employees with free task “runners”. Googlers can then use TaskRabbit to do everything from routine tasks (“walk a dog”) to …

Dogpatch Labs on Instagr.am
October 27, 2010 – 12:31 pm | 366 Comments
Dogpatch Labs on Instagr.am

Fun, quick collage I put together of Dogpatch Labs using Instagr.am – one of the exciting current Dogpatch Labs companies.

Follow Polaris Ventures, Dogpatch Labs
October 14, 2010 – 12:12 pm | 601 Comments
Follow Polaris Ventures, Dogpatch Labs

A quick note:
Polaris is now on Facebook & Twitter (@polarisventures). Both will be used to share news about the portfolio, the entrepreneurs, the firm, and Dogpatch Labs. Though current usage is just beginning – we …

Great Action Buttons in Mobile Apps (Instagram as Example)
October 9, 2010 – 8:58 am | 379 Comments
Great Action Buttons in Mobile Apps (Instagram as Example)

Have a key action you want to highlight for users? You could takeover the application as Facebook did to promote Places. You could create a persistent notification bar as Quora does.

Congratulations to Thing Labs, Brizzly
September 28, 2010 – 7:15 pm | 163 Comments

A big congratulations to Thing Labs, the makers of Brizzly, who were acquired by AOL today. Brizzly will continue to exist and be a part of AOL. (Thing Labs is a Polaris company and Dogpatch …

Robert Scoble & Building43 Visit Dogpatch Labs
September 21, 2010 – 6:45 am | 786 Comments
Robert Scoble & Building43 Visit Dogpatch Labs

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Robert Scoble of Building43.com and taking about Dogpatch Labs, entrepreneurship and Polaris Venture Partners.

Benefits of Working out of Dogpatch Labs (from an Entrepreneur)
September 20, 2010 – 6:58 am | 294 Comments
Benefits of Working out of Dogpatch Labs (from an Entrepreneur)

Over the last couple weeks, I have selectively included excerpts form relevant Quora conversations – specifically about Dogpatch Labs, Polaris Ventures, etc.