11/17/2016
Tyra Banks on startup investing and her new TV show
Tyra Banks rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in San Francisco this afternoon. The supermodel turned entrepreneur and startup investor..
07/05/2016
"In fact, some studies have estimated that nearly 75% of startup failures can be attributed directly to premature scaling. It is the poison pill that will rot your business from the inside out, and lead you to bankruptcy – no matter how good your idea and business skills are."
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06/28/2016
It's a Feeding Frenzy For Artificial Intelligence Startups http://goo.gl/IO2FRk
It's a Feeding Frenzy For Artificial Intelligence Startups
Twitter's acquisition of Magic Pony is just the beginning. Silicon Valley's giants are hungry to buy anything in the machine learning space.
06/28/2016
Bee Partners closes $30 million fund to seed very early-stage startups https://goo.gl/6ouCR6
Bee Partners closes $30 million fund to seed very early-stage startups
Bee Partners in San Francisco has raised a $30 million fund, its second, to lead investments in very early stage startups based in the U.S. Founded...
06/28/2016
New Crowdfunding Rules Could Do More Harm Than Good For Some Startups http://goo.gl/JkpnKy
New Crowdfunding Rules Could Do More Harm Than Good For Some Startups
New rules that allow startups to raise capital by selling equity shares in the business could their jumpstart fundraising efforts. But the...
06/28/2016
London Startups Are Considering the Threat of a British 'Techxit' http://goo.gl/FO9Ofv
London Startups Are Considering the Threat of a British ‘Techxit’
The tech sector accounts for around 10% of British GDP.
06/28/2016
Partech Ventures closes $440 million fund aimed at growth-stage startups http://goo.gl/JZv0gm
Partech Ventures closes $440 million fund aimed at growth-stage startups
Partech Ventures, an investment firm with hubs in Paris, San Francisco, and Berlin, has closed a €400 million ($440 million) fund aimed at...
06/27/2016
What startups need to know about working with government http://goo.gl/wcGTxN
What startups need to know about working with government - StartupSmart
Recently the Turnbull government came through on one of its promises from the National Science and Innovation Agenda with the launch of a new $5...
06/27/2016
Brexit creates a new vocabulary for startups in Europe https://goo.gl/jNAiQK
Brexit creates a new vocabulary for startups in Europe
Here's a new lexicon of Brexit-styled terms that startups may want to learn to discuss what will happen...
06/17/2016
How Startups Can Control Spending in Their First Year https://goo.gl/BH5avo
How Startups Can Control Costs the 1st Year - NerdWallet
The booming tech economy has produced a wave of smart, ambitious entrepreneurs intent on creating fast-growing companies that can disrupt existing...
06/17/2016
How New York City Is Turning Itself Into a Global Hub http://goo.gl/UBFCz4
How New York City Is Turning Itself Into a Global Startup Hub
International, interconnected NYC might be the world's best place to be an entrepreneur.
06/17/2016
IFC to focus on startups in healthcare, edu-tech, consumer internet and clean technology sectors http://goo.gl/jtz05Y
IFC to focus on startups in healthcare, edu-tech, consumer internet and...
International Finance Corp, the private sector investment arm of the World Bank, is looking to ramp up its venture capital activity in India.