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Why Are Indians So Entrepreneurial In The U.S.?

A recent study exposed an alarming trend in the tech industry. Immigrant entrepreneurs, who in recent years have launched half the startups in Silicon Valley, are founding drastically fewer companies. Except for one group: Indians. What makes entrepreneurs from India so different?

Small Biz Tim Devaney and Tom Stein comments

Startups

Color's Epic Collapse: Why Everybody Is Loving It

Imagine this: A startup with a vibrant and successful founder arrives with the vague notion of a good idea. Venture capitalists, knowing the success of this founder, throw a bunch of money at him and his team, even without a tangible product behind it. The startup eventually releases a product that few understand or find useful. The company…

Small Biz Dan Rowinski comments

StartUp 101

When Is It Time To Pivot? 8 Startups On How They Knew They Had To Change

There comes in a time the life of many startups when it starts to become clear that everything is not going according to plan. But how do entrepreneurs tell if they need to keep going all in on the original plan, or pivot to something new?

Small Biz Scott Gerber comments

Startups

Better Than Getting Rich Quick: Startup Geoloqi Joins Esri For The Long Haul

Geoloqi was a smart little startup from Portland, Ore., that made software for telling a smartphone where in the world it is. All kinds of investors wanted a piece of the action, but Geoloqi said no, no, no. Its founders wanted to find a fit, not an “exit,” a place where they could keep building the apps and maps they love. Now they have…

Small Biz Jon Mitchell comments

Government

See Ya Later, Innovator: U.S. Turns Its Back On Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs

Immigration has always been the engine that drives the American economy. In Silicon Valley, foreign-born entrepreneurs have founded half the region’s startups in recent years - and kept the U.S. economy moving forward. So what happens if that innovation engine stalls? We’re about to find out.

Small Biz Tim Devaney and Tom Stein comments

Film

Bravo's Silicon Valley: The Painful Truth Behind A Caricature Of Excess

Sometimes I fear for the future of entrepreneurship in America. A stock market crash is a breath away from draining the cash hoards of popular venture capitalists, the Securities Exchange Commission could easily change its rules to cripple the startup ecosystem and we are one serious privacy breach away from Congress enacting Draconian laws that…

Small Biz Dan Rowinski comments

Hacking

Why You Can't Settle For The "Minimum" In Your Minimum Viable Product

Many startups scramble to create a "minimum viable product," or MVP, to get a version of their product to market quickly for testing. It’s a great way to cost-effectively test a website or app with real users. But be careful, if your MVP is too minimalist, it could torpedo your company's future.

Hack Matthew Zehner comments

Startups

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 and mentorship, the vast majority of them exit the programs and hit a brick wall. The cheerleading stops, venture funding never materializes and the founders go back to writing code for a living. NestGSV is…

Small Biz Tim Devaney and Tom Stein comments

Events

Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

Failure gets a lot of praise in the tech world. It’s a great learning experience, it’s a vital growth opportunity, etc. But nobody celebrates the actual event. Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies.

Small Biz Tim Devaney and Tom Stein comments

StartUp 101

How - And Why - Startups Should Hire Millennials

It’s like a harmonic convergence. Startups need workers, and the largest generation ever born in America — the Millennials — is desperately searching for work. But as every startup knows, it's never as easy as all that.

Small Biz Rieva Lesonsky comments

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Why Are Indians So Entrepreneurial In The U.S.?

Color's Epic Collapse: Why Everybody Is Loving It

When Is It Time To Pivot? 8 Startups On How They Knew They Had To Change

Better Than Getting Rich Quick: Startup Geoloqi Joins Esri For The Long Haul

See Ya Later, Innovator: U.S. Turns Its Back On Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs

Bravo's Silicon Valley: The Painful Truth Behind A Caricature Of Excess

Why You Can't Settle For The "Minimum" In Your Minimum Viable Product

Ecosystem + Incubator = Startup "Ecobator"

Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

How - And Why - Startups Should Hire Millennials