100 AngelList Startups To Watch: How Many Are New To You?
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Articles tagged "Venture Funding"
Mon, 3 June 2013
Thu, 9 May 2013
Why Pinterest Could Be Worth Far More Than $2.5 Billion
How can a company that has never even attempted to make a penny be worth $2.5 billion? Yes, billion. It's all about passion.
Tue, 30 April 2013
Bootstrapping Your Startup: 7 Hard-Earned Tips From Real Entrepreneurs
Plenty of startups intentionally avoid taking investor cash in an attempt to control the direction of their companies and focusing…
Fri, 8 February 2013
When - And Why - You Should Say "No" To $1 Million
Imagine your investors say "Yes" and you get the money. Is it really time to celebrate?
Thu, 31 January 2013
10 Views On What To Look For In An Investor
Cash can come at a very high price.
Mon, 21 January 2013
Can Venture Capital Fix Our Dysfunctional Educational System?
Venture capitalists are excited about investing in an educational system ready for technology's transformative powers.
Thu, 10 January 2013
How To Be A Million-Dollar Entrepreneur - And Why It Matters
Would investors spend $1 million to have coffee with you?
Mon, 3 December 2012
One University To Rule Them All: Stanford Tops Startup List
Why Stanford alums dominate tech startup investment - even more than you might expect!
Tue, 27 November 2012
Executing On Mary Meeker’s Vision For America: USA Inc.
“Queen of the Net” Mary Meeker has a new initiative: She wants to help people understand how certain trends are negatively…
Fri, 2 November 2012
6 Things That Can Kill Your City's Startup Community
Instead of waiting for someone to offer a helping hand, or packing up the U-Haul and moving to Silicon Valley, try taking the…
Tue, 9 October 2012
Ecosystem + Incubator = Startup "Ecobator"
Startup accelerators are great, as far as they go. The problem is that, after startups enjoy several months of pedal-to-the-metal support…
Thu, 27 September 2012
Celebrities & Startups: That's So 5 Minutes Ago
Web groceries, sock puppets, podcasting - Internet trends come and go. The trick is to know when the end is near and avoid doing something…
Tue, 11 September 2012
TechCrunch Disrupt: Where Are They Now?
With TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 in full swing this week, it’s only a matter of days before a new winner is crowned. We decided to check in…
Mon, 10 September 2012
Why Eyeballs No Longer Matter For Startups
Need funding for your startup? Don’t load up your PowerPoint with nifty charts showing all the users your online service has grabbed…
Mon, 20 August 2012
Why Venture Capital No Longer Defines Innovation
Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. It…
Wed, 8 August 2012
Why Hinterlands Startups Can’t Get Silicon Valley Funding
Silicon Forest, Silicon Prairie, Silicon Beach, Silicon Hills, Silicon Sandbar. Nice ideas, all of them. But let’s get real. Startups…
Thu, 26 July 2012
From School to Startup: Bain’s StartUp Academy Matches College Students With Portfolio Companies
Mitt Romney is growing his own. Well, sort of. His old firm, Bain Capital, is taking on the problem of hiring talented tech workers by…
Fri, 20 July 2012
Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa
Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. What it doesn’t have is a startup culture where smart young…
Wed, 18 July 2012
Age Bias: Young Startup Founders Get More Investor Cash
Blame Mark Zuckerberg. Since he invented Facebook in the third grade (or so it seems) high-tech investors have been throwing more and more…
Tue, 10 July 2012
Is GitHub Selling Out or Moving Up?
After years of adamantly flying solo, one of the industry’s most prominent and successful bootstrappers just took $100 million from a…
Mon, 9 July 2012
Get Your Startup Into a Top Accelerator: 4 Insider Tips
The top startup accelerators in the world - programs like TechStars and Y Combinator - receive a couple thousand applications for just a…
Tue, 26 June 2012
Menture Capital? Why Women-Led Startups Get Less Funding
Women are more social than men. There’s research to prove it. And there’s the anecdotal evidence. (How many men chat to the guy in the…
Fri, 22 June 2012
ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: 38 Studios
On its own, “Game Developer Fails to Wow, Folds” is hardly newsworthy. But add lies, possible criminal behavior and a $100 million…
Mon, 18 June 2012
Enterprise Software Startups Make a Comeback
After funding a boom in sketchy startups targeting heavily hyped consumer categories such as social media and mobile, smart venture…
