(LEAD) Foreign startups pitch at accelerator program in S. Koreayonhapnews.co.kr - 김한주 PANGYO, South Korea, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of international entrepreneurs from across the world pitched their business ideas on Wednesday at a …
Startup investing is no longer just for richCNN Business - by Sara Ashley O'BrienSoon you will be able to invest in a startup even if you're not rich. On Friday, the SEC finalized rules to give regular people the opportunity to make investments normally limited to big-money types.
Nasdaq makes a play for startupsCNN Business - by Sara Ashley O'BrienNasdaq is making a bid to get closer to the Ubers of the world. On Thursday, Nasdaq acquired a firm called SecondMarket Solutions, an exchange that enables current and former employees of private companies
A look inside Turkey’s startup sceneVentureBeat - Cankut Durgun, Aslanoba Capital[Editor’s note: This story was scheduled for publication before we had news of the bombings in Turkey today. Our condolences go out to those in mourning.] I started working at Aslanoba Capital, Turkey’s
Think You're A Risk-Taker? Try Marrying An EntrepreneurForbes - Susan ReidI hurried down the stairs to answer the doorbell, as quickly as I could, given that I was nine months pregnant. As I opened the door, I was met by a man looking sheepishly at my heaving stomach. “I’m bailiff
Meet Pocket Programming: An app for learning to code via your Android phoneVentureBeat - The Bridge(By Yuki Sato, The Bridge) – Japanese app developer duo Ffab0 (pronounced “fab zero”) recently launched the English edition of a mobile learning app focused on Ruby and Ruby on Rails, called Pocket Programming.
Get this: China is setting up 10,000 startups a day to revive economyFirstpost - hidden Beijing - More than 10,000 startup firms are being set up everyday in China as part of new reforms initiated by the Chinese government to halt the …
Startups in Indonesia face dangers of tranched investmentstechinasia.com - Leighton Cosseboom In the VC game, entrepreneurs who’ve been handed term sheets may be familiar with the word “tranched.” It refers to investments where portions of the …
Startups: Why Giving Stuff Away For Free Is The Best Marketing ToolForbes - Amy GuttmanStartups – giving stuff away for free is the best marketing tool. This story demonstrates why. Austin has been named the best American city for startups, according to a report by the Kauffman Foundation
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Biggest Roadblocks Faced by Startups in Indiaiamwire.com Affordable talent, and the right time for the required talent is another challenge. (Source) It is of common knowledge that a lot of VC and angel …
Booming tech startup space nearing a 'pullback,' observers sayThe Globe and Mail - Sean SilcoffThe tech startup space has been red hot in Canada and the United States of late, but is it getting too hot? Several key players in the startup world think so – and predict there could soon be a shakeout.
What Every Founder Needs To Know About Scaling Startup CultureForbes - Chris CancialosiFor startups that want to stick around, growth and sustainability are the goals. But growing like Facebook or Twitter is far more difficult in reality. According to the Small Business Administration, about
AngelList gets $400M from China’s CSC Venture Capital for early-stage startup investmentsVentureBeat - Michael de Waal-MontgomeryFunding platform AngelList is set to announce a deal with China-based private equity firm CSC Venture Capital on Monday that will see it birth a new $400 million fund for early-stage startup investments,
The Six Lists You Need To Make Every Day ProductiveFast Company - By Stephanie VozzaYou might make a daily to-do list, but have you considered project lists or outsource lists? Here’s what to write down to get the most done. Your brain is for thinking, not for storing a long list of things
8 Secrets to Credible Startup Financial ProjectionsEntrepreneur - Martin ZwillingEntrepreneurs often ask me why investors expect financial projections for a new startup even before the product is built and while the market is still being defined. I tell them that the projection process
Here's How Startups Actually Start UpTIME - John Patrick PullenThere’s a sucker born every day — or so they say. But the way startup fever has been spreading across the land, it almost feels more like there’s a Zuckerberg being born every day. And that feeling is
Train Your Mind to Win the Game of Entrepreneurship With These 4 Mental ExercisesEntrepreneur - Jeff BossTaking the plunge from full-time employee to business owner is no small feat. To move from a stable job with a steady income to one where uncertainty is the flavor of the day every day takes courage, and
Wishpond goes “free forever” to shake up marketing automationVentureBeat - Stewart RogersMarketing automation software penetration is still on the wrong side of “woeful.” Even if you reduce the total marketplace to B2B organizations alone — those that are more likely to use a marketing automation
Where the Boom in Women-Led Startups Is Really Coming FromInc Magazine - By Kimberly WeisulWomen are starting companies at a faster rate than men, as they have been for years. But you know who's really rocking it? Women of color. At least that's what preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau,
Embracing Failure: Lessons From History's Most Successful EntrepreneursEntrepreneur - Kara SchoefflingYou're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. In the Middle East, failure is a taboo subject. We don’t like to talk about the startups that have failed, or
11 Truths About Being an EntrepreneurEntrepreneur - Stephen KeyI read a column in the Huffington Post recently that inspired me to tell it like it is. The column broke down some of the myths that continue to be perpetuated about entrepreneurship, like how to “get
6 Things Brilliant Entrepreneurs Do (That the Faint-Hearted Wish They Could)Inc Magazine - By Chris MatyszczykAbsurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. As Elton John once sang, life is short and the world is rough, so if you want to boogie, boy, you’ve
The One Thing Every Great Company Has In CommonTechCrunch - Henry PickavetJustin Rosenstein Contributor Justin Rosenstein is a co-founder of Asana. Obscured in the valuation dust of the current unicorn stampede is a key question: What actually makes a great company great? What
Play button Google Slides for Android now lets you share presentations via a Hangout video callVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiGoogle today updated Google Slides for Android with support for streaming via Google Hangouts; you can download the new app now directly from Google Play. The company also updated Google Keep for Android
Remote Working How to run a team of people who never see each otherQuartz - Max NisenMillions of people make a living without ever setting foot in an office. Particularly in technology, companies are moving away from just outsourcing rote tasks to remote workers and toward building entirely
Gigster Does The Dev Dirty Work To Turn Your Idea Into An AppTechCrunch - Josh ConstineGot a startup idea? That and some cash is all you need to get a fully functional app built for you by Gigster. Launching today, Gigster is a full-service development shop, rather than a marketplace where
A Successful Leader Has to Learn to Say NoTIME - Shane ParrishIDEAS Shane Parrish writes Farnam Street “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It’s very easy to say yes.” — Tony Blair Tony Blair isn’t the only one who thinks that. So does Steve Jobs and Warren
SimplyInsured, A Health Insurance Platform For Small Companies, Scores $5.9M Series ATechCrunch - Catherine ShuSimplyInsured, which helps small businesses compare and purchase employee health insurance plans, has closed a Series A of $5.9 million led by Polaris Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture
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