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Fast Company Tina Amirtha |
Tech's Actual Gender Numbers Are Vague And Grim. A Small Tweak Could Change That The NY-based venture capital firm Female Founders Fund (F Cubed) plumbed data on its own and found an uptick in funding for women-led startups in 2014, especially in New York, when compared to a year earlier.  |
HBS Working Knowledge August 21, 2012 Garry Emmons |
How to Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, author of the recently released book "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," discusses ill-advised entrepreneurial behavior.  |
Entrepreneur November 2007 Sara Wilson |
Win Your Startup Capital A business contest lets wannabe tech entrepreneurs get in the startup game.  |
Entrepreneur February 2008 Aliza Pilar Sherman |
Rare Commodity How some women are working hard for the money.  |
Registered Rep. March 20, 2013 Kador & Cohen |
The Devilish Details of Angel Investing Angel investing can be fraught with peril -- for both the investor and the entrepreneur. But the devil's in the details. Here's a guide for mixing business with family and friends.  |
Fast Company April 2009 Kate Bonamici Flaim |
Startup School Trains Early-Stage Tech Companies Jessica Livingston, along with Trevor Blackwell, Paul Graham, and Robert Morris, cofounded Y Combinator, which trains early-stage tech startups for a "semester" to help them navigate companyhood. Alumni include leaders of social news site Reddit, acquired by Conde Nast in 2006.  |
Entrepreneur August 2010 Gwen Moran |
Do You Believe in Super Angels? An early-stage investor by any name can be just as useful to funding your business.  |
Entrepreneur December 2009 Asheesh Advani |
A New Year, a New Strategy It's not all bad news on the financing front. Here are the top trends for 2010 and how to make the most of them.  |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Carol Tice |
On the Horizon The economy may be down, but the expansion capital outlook remains positive in 2008.  |
Fast Company J.J. McCorvey |
Intel Launches Investment Fund For Startups Led By Women And Minorities The Intel Capital Diversity Fund will invest $125 million over the next five years in businesses led by women and underrepresented minorities.  |
Fast Company Samantha Cole |
One Of Silicon Valley's Highest Profile Gender Discrimination Suits Goes To Trial This Week Venture capitalist Ellen Pao brings her gender discrimination case against prominent VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers to court this week. She seeks as much as $16 million in damages.  |
Entrepreneur July 2006 |
Doing the Numbers VC funding had another fruitful year, nurturing young and established companies alike.  |
Entrepreneur April 2010 Brad Feld |
Know When to Walk Away Don't ask venture capitalists for referrals if they say they're not interested.  |
Inc. May 1, 2010 Bobbie Gossage |
An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital Financing Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded.  |
Entrepreneur July 2004 Aliza Pilar Sherman |
Let's Have Some Funds! Two women entrepreneurs sound off on the ups and downs of finding VC funding.  |
Entrepreneur November 2005 David Worrell |
Growing Pains Make sure your angel investors won't hold your business back when it's time to graduate to larger investors.  |
Entrepreneur February 2006 David Worrell |
Focused Fundraising Not getting much attention from VC firms? Be choosy about who you're trying to attract.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Jennifer Pellet |
In Good Company Corporate VC funding's on the up. Could you be in the money?  |
Entrepreneur July 2007 Rosalind Resnick |
Guardian Angels An angel group could be your startup's VC savior.  |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Schramm & Bradley |
How Venture Capital Lost Its Way The current focus on fees at VC funds promotes startup flipping, not nurturing.  |
Inc. January 2009 Kasey Wehrum |
Back for More The secret to closing second-round deals.  |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Y Combinator Is Touring Colleges This Fall Partners at the firm and Y Combinator alumni are visiting six different universities in cities across North America starting this week, to scout for promising startups.  |
HBS Working Knowledge April 30, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all.  |
Fast Company June 2014 Max Chafkin |
The Ugly Truth About Silicon Valley's Diversity Problem Study after study has shown that startups with diverse teams fail less often and generate higher rates of return than companies managed by men alone.  |
Investment Advisor February 1, 2011 Jeff Joseph |
A Great (and Surprising) Venture Investment Source Many financial advisors are beginning to venture into venture.  |
InternetNews February 13, 2009 Judy Mottl |
Twitter Pads Its Piggy Bank Twitter gets another financial boost - and vows to begin generating revenue.  |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Guy Kawasaki |
Garnering Angels Sure, you may have ventured for VC, but raising angel capital takes a different kind of skill.  |
Entrepreneur April 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Know How Your VC Gets Paid The bear market brings several implications for startups looking for funding.  |
Entrepreneur May 2005 John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital.  |
Investment Advisor July 1, 2011 Jeff Joseph |
Extreme Networking: Adding High-Net-Worth Clients Becoming the sponsor and host of an entrepreneurial salon series is an effective networking and practice-building approach for wealth advisors who wish to expand their network of high- and ultra-high-net-worth investors.  |
Fast Company February 2015 Butler & Tischler |
The Startup Revolution Is About To Surge Again What would it look like if big companies opened up their assets -- their brands, relationships, and distribution channels -- and partnered with founders to monetize them in new ways?  |
HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2012 |
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors In his new book, The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, HBS Associate Professor Noam Wasserman tells readers how to anticipate, avoid, and, if necessary, recover from the landmines that can destroy a nascent company before it has the chance to thrive.  |
BusinessWeek May 22, 2006 Hibbard & Green |
It Feels Like 1998 All Over Again Are we or are we not in an Internet bubble? Signs of it in Silicon Valley are rising, but whether that's cause for concern is a matter of fierce debate. Concerns about a second bubble aren't baseless. Clearly, valuations of startups are rising.  |
Inc. March 1, 2010 Darren Dahl |
How to Read a Term Sheet Looking for venture capital? Here's what you need to know about liquidation preferences and preferred stock  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2010 Matt Shapiro |
Should It Be Called "Start-bucks?" With the java giant finally offering free Internet, Howard Schulz has just provided 11,000 free offices for startups.  |
Entrepreneur May 2009 Dennis Romero |
A New Take on Incubators Today's incubators provide cutting-edge support for your startup.  |
Entrepreneur September 2007 Chris Penttila |
I Spy a Secret Got a skeleton in your closet? Bring it out before seeking VC. Be forewarned, before VCs invest in you, they'll probably investigate you. But hey, you can investigate them right back.  |
Entrepreneur August 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Friends with Money Network your way to potential investors.  |
Inc. March 2007 Amy Feldman |
Putting Founders First How one VC Firm coddles its CEOs.  |
BusinessWeek April 21, 2011 Douglas MacMillan |
Educational Tech Gets a Second Look Venture funds are spending big on educational tech startups as broadband networks and digital devices reach more students.  |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Robert D. Hof |
"Please God, Just One More Bubble" Too many tech investors, from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road, seem to be ignoring why they crashed after the 1990s hit a dead end. Venture capitalists are pouring money into look-alike startups in nascent sectors and dot-com stocks look pricey.  |
Entrepreneur January 2010 Carol Tice |
Are Venture Capitalists Becoming More Adventurous? VC funding seemingly stabilizes for most of the tech sector.  |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Justin Hibbard |
Why All That VC Cash Is Causing Jitters A surfeit of money could drive up the costs of startups, and depress returns.  |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Carol Tice |
Small Towns, Big Money Looking for capital? a new study shows that small towns might just be a VC paradise.  |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2010 Douglas MacMillan |
Twitter's Redesign Ruffles Some Developers' Feathers Twitter grew partly by relying on outside developers. As its features increase, however, it is competing with some of those developers.  |
BusinessWeek December 31, 2008 |
How to Refurbish the U.S. Tech Industry A prescription for fixing the country's technology innovation machine.  |
Entrepreneur November 2003 David Worrell |
Seed Money VC financing for early-stage companies is back in bloom.  |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Carol Tice |
European VC Firms Investing in U.S. The VC community overseas is smaller than the U.S., but it is looking for U.S.-based companies.  |
Inc. June 2009 Max Chafkin |
The Start-up Guru: Y Combinator's Paul Graham Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think.  |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Jeff Joseph |
Venture Populist: Terms of Engagement for Private Venture Advisors Angel and venture investors often have the option to determine to what extent they intend to contribute professionally to their new portfolio holding.  |