I started my company a few months ago and I have always been on guard for potential funding that would help me grow it faster. At the very early stage...
Whether you are a man or a woman--if you work for yourself every time you go to a networking event you are representing your brand. Fortunately for some and unfortunately for others first impressions matter.
Indeed, surviving as a new firm is far from guaranteed, no matter how good your product or service. By following some of these tips from our experience, hopefully your business will not only survive, but flourish.
During last week's roundtable, we started the session by celebrating five of our high performing ambassadors.
The contest is focused on financial technology entrepreneurs, and TradeKing, an online brokerage, will be awarding 12 1M/1M scholarships, picked from 20 finalists, to entrepreneurs who are developing apps on their platform.
During today's roundtable, we turned the spotlight on Western Massachusetts, spanning the Northampton-Amherst area and the home of Smith College (my undergraduate alma mater), Amherst College, UMass, Mt. Holyoke and Hampshire College.
During today's roundtable, we had five presenters discussing a wide range of businesses.
Founders and CEOs of startups don't need to spend a fortune on a public relations firm or marketing companies when they are perfectly capable of doing a great job on their own.
At today's roundtable, the last for 2011, we had four different countries represented and an intense set of discussions on five very interesting busin...
It's easy to get lost in the soup of "X company raised $Y" and forget that it's not about fundraising, but building a business.
It's a very strange feeling to have created a concept that has naturally spread around the world but to have not succeeded in raising a basic revenue stream from it.
During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, Calif. pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. One of the discussions that ensued was abou...
This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup ecosystem. On...
Finally, we had a discussion on Adam's proposal to sell 20% of his equity for $50K, which I thought was preposterous. That's like selling your prized assets for nothing in a flea market.
With acknowledgment and talk of new microfinance savings products, financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses will hopefully become a reality for millions of Americans.
At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we put a special focus on entrepreneurs in the northwestern part of the United States, and we ha...
India is a rising power in the entrepreneurship firmament, and the country's entrepreneurs are making a long-awaited switch from pure outsourcing and labor arbitrage to building businesses.
I want to start today with a prayer for Steve Jobs. I just wrote a post on my blog saying, "Apple Doesn't Need Steve Jobs; Tech Industry Does." It sum...
We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of c...
