Great respect is due for anyone starting a venture. A tremendous undertaking in leadership is entailed. Here are some ideas in bootstrapping which have been helpful to me, and which I hope will help anyone growing their own organization.READ»
An interview with the founder of Exgage, a start-up with a unique open community platform that launches today, makes me wonder what it takes to recognize the next big thing before it is the next big thing.READ»
In October 2011, the first Chicago Ideas Week will happen--a nexus of minds and discussion, designed to spark an entrepreneurial platform like Silicon Valley ... in the Midwest. We spoke to the man behind it: Brad Keywell, who's more famous as co-founder of Groupon.READ»
An online marketplace and community for comics, Graphic.ly has apps for iPhone, iPad, and other devices, and has partnered with Marvel. Not bad for a year-old startup.READ»
How Andrew Van Luchene, founder of JackRabbit Systems, prepared his company for triple digit growth and the four questions every entrepreneur should ask themselves before pitching the big one.READ»
Diving deep for the perfect entrepreneurial metaphor, the founders of Bennu, Blurts, GetMinders, and OpenInvo are growing gems under intense pressure.READ»
The firm, which operates out of London's West End, is expecting to take six months to get to the number of vehicles that the U.K.'s "leading car club" took six years to attain.READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was not sitting in a sauna.1. Forty-eight hours after the shock resignation of Mark Hurd, the contractor who brought down the HP CEO has broken cover. Jodie Fisher, a former reality TV actress who ...READ»
Venture capital is likely the most oft-cited figure for measuring the potential for a new business' success, but research firm CB Insights aims to change that misconception in a new report measuring human capital--not venture capital.READ»
I think it's safe to say that no one has managed to summarize the dramas, frustrations, and triumphs of running a start-up quite as effectively as this flowchart, by HackFwd, a European VC firm:
Obviously, the overall message ...READ»
Booyah, the location-based game firm that's big on virtual goods, is earning real-time fans--and backers. The Palo Alto startup, led by Keith Lee, has amassed a not-to-be-sniffed-at $20 million from Accel Partners, whose Jim Breyer ...READ»
There are some things to be thankful for, because of the recession: Web-based purveyors of discounted fashion are thriving, and even when the economy comes back, we'll still have them around. Recently there was Gilt Group, which has ...READ»
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, coined the phrase Artificial Artificial Intelligence, and invested in human spaceflight startup Blue Origin. Now he's expanding his portfolio to include robots.Specifically, he's investing in Heartland ...READ»
Google is a big player in several technolgy fields, but until now, the search giant hasn't been a major player in high finance. The company recently amassed a fighting fund of $100 million to form a new venture capital entity. It ...READ»
