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(LEAD) Foreign startups pitch at accelerator program in S. Korea
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(ATTN: ADDS more information throughout) By Kim Han-joo PANGYO, South Korea, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of international entrepreneurs from across the …
Startup investing is no longer just for rich
CNN Business - by Sara Ashley O'Brien
Soon 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 startups
CNN Business - by Sara Ashley O'Brien
Nasdaq 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
Turkey
A look inside Turkey’s startup scene
VentureBeat - 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 Entrepreneur
Forbes - Susan Reid
I 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
Android Phones
Meet Pocket Programming: An app for learning to code via your Android phone
VentureBeat - 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 economy
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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 grapple with dangers of tranched investments
techinasia.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 Tool
Forbes - Amy Guttman
Startups – 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
The Biggest Roadblocks Faced by Startups in India
iamwire.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 say
The Globe and Mail - Sean Silcoff
The 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 Culture
Forbes - Chris Cancialosi
For 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
Venture Capital
AngelList gets $400M from China’s CSC Venture Capital for early-stage startup investments
VentureBeat - Michael de Waal-Montgomery
Funding 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 Productive
Fast Company - By Stephanie Vozza
You 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 Projections
Entrepreneur - Martin Zwilling
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs often ask me why investors expect financial projections for a new startup even before the product is built and while the market
Intellectual Property
Here's How Startups Actually Start Up
TIME - John Patrick Pullen
There’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 Exercises
Entrepreneur - Jeff Boss
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Taking 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
Wishpond goes “free forever” to shake up marketing automation
VentureBeat - Stewart Rogers
Marketing 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 From
Inc Magazine - By Kimberly Weisul
Census numbers reveal the driving force in women's entrepreneurship. Women 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
Embracing Failure: Lessons From History's Most Successful Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur - Kara Schoeffling
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. In the Middle East, failure is a taboo subject.
11 Truths About Being an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur - Stephen Key
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I 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
6 Things Brilliant Entrepreneurs Do (That the Faint-Hearted Wish They Could)
Inc Magazine - By Chris Matyszczyk
Entrepreneurs are secretly envied by those who prefer a cushy corporate life. Here's why. Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. As Elton
The One Thing Every Great Company Has In Common
TechCrunch - Justin Rosenstein
Obscured in the valuation dust of the current unicorn stampede is a key question: What actually makes a great company great? What do the future Facebooks, Googles and Apples have in common — not to mention
Google Slides for Android now lets you share presentations via a Hangout video call
VentureBeat - Emil Protalinski
Google 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
How to run a team of people who never see each other
Quartz
Millions 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 App
TechCrunch - Josh Constine
Got 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
Silicon Valley: 'Centre of the universe' - but for how long?
bbc.co.uk - Dave Lee
Silicon Valley didn't happen by accident. A terrific new exhibition has opened in Washington DC's National Museum of American History, and in it, a section dedicated to the area on the US west coast which
Tony Blair
A Successful Leader Has to Learn to Say No
TIME - Shane Parrish
IDEAS 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 A
TechCrunch - Catherine Shu
SimplyInsured, 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