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In this paper, three IT-based startups are presented that have each "hitched their wagon to a star" and have built their fledgling enterprise by blending the social, mobile, and instant elements of IT into their startup. This paper takes the form of a case study that first describes the founding story of one startup, Tweet Photo, with specific attention paid to the elements that prompted...