Getting your startup in the newspaper is cool. You can call your parents and they will be proud. Who knows, someone might even read it and become a customer. Attending networking events is cool too. You get to meet people, exchange information and who knows, you might even meet a customer. Meeting with other entrepreneurs to drink coffee is great. You can exchange experiences and maybe even become partners. You might even convert the other entrepreneur to become a customer!...

It seems like everybody has a startup these days. With so many companies vying for attention and investment, getting a meeting with a VC can be tough. To that end, startup discovery siteBeta Listhas partnered with a well-known venture capital firm to give create a new opportunity for that all important face-to-face pitch. BV Capitaland its European counterpart eVenture Capital has previously made early-stageinvestmentsin companies like Groupon, Delicious, Sonos and Shopping....

Envato today launched itsEnvato Eliteprogram, an incentive program that rewards the best performers on the Envato Marketplaces as they scale the ranks through the platform’s game-like leveling progression. Marketplace users who sell items through vertical-oriented meta-sites (such asThemeForest, the most lucrative) built on the one platform earn “paws” for each earnings bracket they move through, gaining access to a higher level of revenue share with each level. Envato Elite adds to that experience, with rewards that range from celebratory — such as a Superbowl-like ring and, at the very top of the ladder, a first class flight out to Envato HQ in Melbourne — to the practical, such as paid-for advertising campaigns and access to a price adjuster that allows users to increase the cost of their files by up to 30%....

Australian companyEnvato, whose primary businesses are digital goods marketplaces and online publishing, has entered the bundle market. Just when you thought the burgeoning arena of Mac app bundles couldn’t handle any more players, Envato has released aFreelance Mac App Bundle, and reports that more are to follow. The bundle, priced at $49, reportedly includes $300 worth of applications, including 1Password, Billings, TextExpander and WriteRoom, among others. The company has recently launched an app section on its marketplace CodeCanyon, an Envato spokesperson said....

Epic Games filed an appeal over the weekend againstthe recent court judgmenton its case against Apple, over its App Store monopoly. The company only scored a minor win when the court asked Apple to allow alternative methods of payments for in-app purchases in the App Store.This will enable Epic to charge customers for in-game items in the multiplayer hit titleFortnitewithout paying a 30% cut to Apple, and enable other companies to bypass that cut for services they provide users via their apps too....