Tech-style startup incubators and accelerators are sprouting in other industries.
6 Trends Startups Must Cope With In 2013 – From Paul Kedrosky
Famous and fearless tech prognosticator Paul Kedrosky, a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and the future of risk capital, shares his predictions for the startup world in 2013.
Can Ireland Offer Startups Something Silicon Valley Can’t?
You won’t get Marc Andreessen’s number – but you won’t get ignored, either.
For Startups, 2012 Swung From Consumers To The Enterprise
For perspective on how 2012 went for startups, we talked to Jeff Fagnan, partner at leading venture capital firm Atlas Venture and an investor in early-stage startups since 2000.
One University To Rule Them All: Stanford Tops Startup List
Why Stanford alums dominate tech startup investment – even more than you might expect!
Ranking — And Understanding — The World’s Top Startup Hubs [Video]
Tel Aviv is Number Two – and other insights into startup hubs worldwide from the Startup Ecosystem Report 2012.
What Do Startups Need Most Right Now?
It’s easier than ever to launch a company these days. But because there are so many new companies, it’s harder than ever for startups to survive.
Erli Bird: A Startup Connecting Other Startups With Early Adopters
If you want to succeed today, you need to put your product out on the market, collect user feedback and keep tweaking it to make sure you’ve got a winner.
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?
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.
Ecosystem + Incubator = Startup “Ecobator” NestGSV
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…
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.
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 foolish, like paying $580 million for MySpace. Today, that means consumer Internet startups taking on celebrity investors.
Startup Founders: What To Do When Your Company Fires You
There are a number of certainties in life. There’s death. And taxes. And if you’re the founder of a successful startup and you’re not named Mark Zuckerberg, there’s the day when you’re replaced as CEO. Don’t pout – your ouster is actually the ultimate validation of your company.
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. Venture capitalists are no longer impressed. These days, investors want to hear about the revenue you’re generating, not the traffic.
6 Ways To Win Every Startup Competition You Enter
OK. That’s an exaggeration. Odds are you can’t win every startup competition you enter. But you could win 92.59%. Candace Klein did. Klein is the founder and CEO of a new peer-to-peer lending platform called SoMoLend and she’s won 25 of the 27 startup competitions she’s (That’s a winning percentage of 92.59% – do the math). We asked her…
Why Job-Hopping Is Essential For Startups
A lot of people in Silicon Valley are down on job-hoppers these days. They’re flaky, they’re bad employees, they steal all the Sharpies when they leave, blah, blah, blah. But it turns out that all that job-hopping is an important part of what makes the Valley so special.
Don’t Innovate, Imitate
What’s the quickest way to startup success? One is to think of a great innovation. Another is to copy someone else’s great innovation. That’s a lot easier than coming up with your own. And it’s often a shorter, surer path to your first million – or billion.
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 anywhere outside the two major tech hubs of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley have even more trouble attracting serious venture capital than they do finding a food truck with a decent bulgogi burrito.
Want Your Startup to Succeed? Stay Home
A new study shows that startups do better when they’re launched in the place where their founders were born or have lived for a long time. Makes sense, but the reasons why are surprisingly complex and modern.