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IPO Market Feels Chill After Facebook Plunge

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Tech Startups, Video, Morgan Stanley, Facebook IPO, Stock Market, Kayak IPO, Ipo, Startups, IPO Market, Venture Capital, Facebook, Small Business News

One fear racing through the minds of investors in the first two weeks after Facebook's IPO is that the stock's rapid descent will chill the market for...

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Innovation Ecosystem: A Global Shift in Capitalism?

Adam Marsh | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Academic Research Commercialized, Pat Harker, Entrepreneurs, Tech Startups, Klaus Schwab, Startup Incubator, Small Business News
Adam Marsh

If you want to start a tech company and need capital, a web search for "venture capital firms" will return over 10 million hits. But if you have capital and just need a great idea, you are not going to find it with Google.

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Expert Oddity: Sidetour Brings You Amazing Local Experiences

Chris Johnson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Local Travel, Travel, Sidetour, New York City, Tech Startups, Small Business, Startups, Small Business America, Small Business News
Chris Johnson

Easily one of the more fascinating startups we've seen, SideTour curates small group experiences with local experts. Excursions range from dinner with a banker-turned-monk to a go-round of Little India in Queens with a writer who covers South Asian affairs for the New York Times.

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Can the Crowd Be More Patient

Fred Wilson | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Venture Capitalists, Tech Startups, Biotech, Venture Capital, Mobile, Crowdfunding Capital, Crowdfunding, Small Business News
Fred Wilson

I can feel the crowdfunding movement coming. And I think it will be impactful and helpful in many way. And I hope that its impact will be most felt in the sectors that have been starved for capital, not the sectors that are awash in capital.

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How Chicago Is Becoming More Viable for Startups

Richard Komaiko | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Chicago Startups, Startups, Chicago, Tech Startups, Sales, Groupon, Salespeople, Chicago Business, Silicon Valley, Chicago News
Richard Komaiko

What brought our startup back to Chicago? Talent. That's right -- we had to leave Silicon Valley and come to Chicago to find talent. Popular wisdom says that the talent is all out in the Valley, but my experience suggests otherwise.

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Eastside Startups With A 'Hipster Edge'

2012-04-18-Screenshot20120418at4.15.09PM.png | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Film Startups, Social Startups, Tech Startups, Tech Startups LA, Startups LA, Silicon Beach, Los Angeles Silicon Beach, Film Startups LA, Startups, LA Silicon Beach, Io/LA, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of Neon Tommy. By Ryan Faughnder Los Angeles’s nascent tech startup scene has gained steam as a hub for fledgling co...

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Why We Chose Silicon Alley Over the Valley

Emmanuel Schalit | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Small Business, Dashlane, New York City, Password Manager, Venture Capital, Emmanuel Schalit, Shopping Assistant, New York Tech, Tech Startups, New-York-Tech-Start-Ups, Silicon Alley, Silicon Valley, Personal Data Assistant, Entrepreneurship, Form Filler, San Francisco, Technology News
Emmanuel Schalit

When our start-up, Dashlane, started working on building our product in Paris, we knew that our success or failure would be decided in the United Stat...

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A New Orleans for the Future

Yvahn Martin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Digital Media, Tech Startups, Bioinnovation, Lean Startups, Gnoinc, Green Technology, Economic Development, Arts, Economic Recovery, Hurricane Katrina, Business, Entrepreneurship, Technology, New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, Idea Village, Jobs, Advanced-Manufacturing, Job Creation, Money, Bv-Money, Smarter Ideas, Black Voices News
Yvahn Martin

Last week, I set out to BeNOLABound, along with 26 other professionals, to meet with local business leaders and learn what New Orleans has been up to since I left. We took a chance, and were completely blown away by what many of us now describe as a life-changing experience.

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This Guy Is Launching A Startup -- From His Honda Civic

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Daily Toaster, Small-Business-News-and-Trends, Tech Startups, Apps, Kurt Varner, Startups, Small Business News and Trends, Vloggo, Entrepreneurship, Kurt Varner Daily Toaster, Silicon Valley, Small Business News

While most entrepreneurs have pretty modest office spaces while building their startups, Kurt Varner is taking bootstrapping to a new level. The Los A...

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JOBS Act Passes, Massive Back-Door Deregulation Rolls Back Financial Reforms, Sets Stage For Wall Street Malfeasance

Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Startups, Jobs, Tech Startups, JOBS Act 2012, IPO Market, Crowdfunding, Jobs Act, Business News
Mark Gongloff

Demonstrating that disregard for sound financial regulation knows no party, the Senate on Thursday passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act.

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Mistakes of a Young Entrepreneur

Charles Peralo | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Viatask, Tech Startups, Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Teen News
Charles Peralo

In my junior year of high school, I began to push myself to turn my big ideas into action. I tried to plan things out with the dream of being an entrepreneur and innovator. I failed.

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I'm NOLABound

Yvahn Martin | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Economic Recovery, Hurricane Katrina, Idea Village, Nola, Nolabound, Gnoinc, Tech Startups, Social Entrepreneurship, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Technology Industry, Bv-Money, Black Voices News
Yvahn Martin

Finally, I'm NOLABound. Six and a half years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed my home and sent my community into a far flung diaspora of despondent resignation, I find myself returning home, as part of the BeNOLABound program.

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Are You There Ashton Kutcher? It's Me, Erin

Erin Flynn | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Startup Investors, Tech Startups, Fashion, SXSW 2012, Fashion Startups, Ashton Kutcher, Style News
Erin Flynn

After doing some research and, let's be honest, some intensive Googling, I've come up with a list of ways to possibly get Ashton Kutcher to invest in your fashion startup.

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ARPA-E on the Practical Side of (Energy) Innovation

Joan Michelson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Clean Energy Alliance, Energy, Arpa-E, Tech Startups, Innovators, Alternative Energy, Steve Blank, Start-Ups, Innovation, Cea, Green Economy, ARPA-E Summit, Small Business News
Joan Michelson

Here are six tips distilled for aspiring entrepreneurs from Steve Blank and others at the summit.

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Everything I Know About Startups I Learned From My Teenager

Betsy Corcoran | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Tech Startup Advice, Product Development, Startups, Startup Advice, Tech Startups, Business Advice, Starting a Business, Entrepreneurship, Technology News
Betsy Corcoran

Most sane people would not choose to start their first company at the same time as having teenagers. But it's turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Running a startup is a heck of a lot like being a teenager.

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Is Washington, D.C. the Next Great American Entreprenerial Goldmine?

Mark Drapeau | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Biotech, Dc Entrepreneurs, Dc Startups, Tech Startups Dc, Tech Startups, The Next Web, New Tech Meetup, DC News
Mark Drapeau

First it was Silicon Valley of course, and then Silicon Alley (New York City), and then Silicon Beach (Santa Monica, C.A. area). What could possibly be next?

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5 Start-Ups To Watch From The Women 2.0 PITCH Conference

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Startups, Tech Startups, Entrepreneurs, Women Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Women Startups, Women News

Adrian Granzella Larssen | The Daily Muse When Shaherose Charania came to Silicon Valley from Canada a decade ago, she was shocked to find that t...

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Beyond Social Proof: Due Diligence 101

Eric M. Jackson | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Due Diligence, Caplinked, Eric Jackson, Small Business America, Venture Capital Due Diligence, Tech Startups, Tech Venture Capital, Small Business News
Eric M. Jackson

Due diligence for early stage companies is as passé as three-button suits or the Hilton sisters. At least that's the impression that many young technology entrepreneurs have.

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How Millennials Are Shaping the Future of Social Entrepreneurship and Technology

Melissa Richer | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Social Media, Tech Startups, Nonprofit Startups, Generation Y, Gen Y Work, Social Entrepreneurship, Gen Y, Impact News
Melissa Richer

Right now, social entrepreneurship is a hot trend and there are funders, conferences, university departments and newspaper sections devoted to it.

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For Women Starting Technology Companies, Brilliance Is Mandatory

Women 2.0 | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Women 2.0, Carla Rover, Women Entrepreneurs, Startups, Tech Startups, Women in Tech, Female Startups, Technology News
Women 2.0

There are two sides to the post-feminist world for women creating startup technology companies. Here's the good part: most investors acknowledge the need for a more diverse field of leadership. Here's the bad part: women may have to do a little extra homework.

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Accelerating San Francisco

Abhi Nemani | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Ed Lee, San Francisco Code for America, Civic Startup Accelerator, Code for America, Startup Accelerators, Tech Startups, San Francisco News
Abhi Nemani

Technology has led to ongoing disruptions in industries ranging from music to publishing, but our government has been left behind. But now that's hopefully about to start to change, right here in San Francisco.

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Fashion and Tech and Startups, Oh My!

Vivian Weng | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Tech Startups, Fashion, Startups, Fashion and Technology, Technology and Fashion, Fashion Startups, Business News
Vivian Weng

Even as a fashion-tech entrepreneur, I admit that my head sometimes spins when I hear about yet another fashion startup. In the spirit of making this space a bit more navigable, here are the top 5 trends that I believe will shape the online fashion world in 2012.

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Detroit's Year Of Tech Startups

The Huffington Post | Detroit Staff | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Year-in-Review, Tech Start-Ups, Ardentcause, Tech Startups, gokit.me, Detroit Tech, Detroit Labs, Core Merchant, Loveland, Best Startups, Slidepollajax, Detroit Startups, Startups, Gumshoe, Giant Eel, Detroit Tech Startup, Detroit News

At times it seems there's enough startup buzz in this town to power 12 of Dan Gilbert's M@dison buildings, but how does one sift through the business ...

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The Sucess of Start-ups: An Unexpected Consequence of the Recession

Steve Blank | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Recession Startups, Tech Startups, Entrepreneurs Startups, Start-Ups Economy, Small Business Startups, Entrepreneurship Startups, Business Innovators, Innovation Start-Ups, Small Business America, Business News
Steve Blank

The economic downturn in the United States has had an unexpected consequence for start-ups: it has created more of them. Young and old, innovators now face less risk in starting a company.

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Silicon Valley Ready To Occupy Hollywood

Gina Hall | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Silicon Valley Film Industry, Silicon Valley Hollywood, Crowdsourcing Films, Tech Startups, Film Distribution, Independent Film Distribution, Independent Film, Tech and Film, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles News
Gina Hall

They're going to take over. If you want to suss one out, you have to listen for them. Instead of pitching ideas for pilots and features, they're hyping their next iPad app, social media site, mobile game or distribution platform.

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