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Remember that quaint saying that start-ups should think about profits? Well, it apparently remains a quaint idea in the eyes of some of the leading lights in the Web 2.0 ecosystem.

Join Charles Cooper and Rafe Needleman on today's CNET News Daily Debrief.

In a relatively inhospitable economy for tech start-ups, the Clean Tech Open and its six $100,000 cash prizes are like an oasis in the desert.

CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports from the 2008 awards show, which celebrates the best clean and green technology companies.

The 3rd annual Clean Tech Open Awards Gala honors the six winners who showed the most promise to launch a viable, clean energy solution.

Software maker will allow certain companies to use Windows Server and other products for three years at no charge.

None of the many small invitation start-ups have been able to make much of a dent in behemoth Evite's market share, so this could be a good sign for one of them.

Whistling past the graveyard? Maybe not.There's more happening in start-up land than just a shedding of personnel.

We follow the economic downturn and its impact on the tech industry, from the industry giants to the scrappy start-ups.

Web-based start-ups and established tech companies make tough decisions as the economic gloom persists.

Technology entrepreneurs sound off on the pros and cons of paying higher taxes if Barack Obama becomes the next U.S. president.

Fans of Twitter, Pandora, Skype, Zillow, and seven other Web companies had better hope these start-ups find creative business plans to weather the financial downturn.

These 11 Web 2.0 favorites have landed on Webware.com editor Rafe Needleman's list of companies that are potentially in peril.

On Friday's edition of the Daily Debrief with CNET's Kara Tsuboi, Rafe explains why these companies are in danger--and what they could be doing to survive.