Arguably, most "business luck" can be influenced -- you can increase your propensity to be lucky in business if you understand how.

A joint report released Monday by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson-Reuters showed that national venture capital firms raise...

Startups typically think about raising capital via convertible debt early on in the life of a startup. They want to move fast, keep transaction costs low, and it is often easier to get the round done with a convertible note than a seed or series A round.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A year ago, Mike Maples's investment firm, Floodgate, was investing in young companies at a pace of two or three every quarter. No...

I spent some time yesterday talking to an entrepreneur about this topic and I thought I'd share what I told him with everyone.

Even good communicators average only about half their time listening. Yet experts assert that most people listen with only about 25 percent of their attention, hear about 25 percent of what is said, and after two months, remember only half of that.

The next war will more than likely occur via the Internet. It may be over in minutes. We may be watching the first skirmishes.

The most common way customer financing is done is you sell the customer on the product before you've built it or before you've finished it.

Every bubble is a big-stakes game played for keeps. In it the usual cast of characters appear -- the Smart Money, the Shills, the Marks and the Promoters.

Many Americans are unaware that the U.S. public stock markets no longer support growth-stage companies. Systemic changes have caused companies to remain private far longer than in previous decades.

As the country faces continued economic stagnation and long-term unemployment, private sector innovation remains a ray of hope in an oftentimes bleak ...

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin.

Last week, 60 companies began a three month startup boot camp at Silicon Valley's Y Combinator. If all goes well, they should be worth millions by the...

There are so many programs out there that target entrepreneurs where the winner is awarded cash prizes or small equity investments.

LinkedIn did it. Groupon's doing it. Suddenly everyone is talking IPOs. But if you aren't market savvy, you may not be familiar with this hot acronym du jour

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model.

Max Marmer dropped out of Stanford to crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world.

InvestorRank offers an insightful way to look at the early stage venture capital business.

Here are 10 strategies to calm your nerves before you pitch your idea.

How do you develop an entrepreneurial community? Omaha is a model that is critical to the success of new companies.

NEW YORK -- Success breeds followers. So will LinkedIn's blockbuster IPO lure scores of private companies to the stock market? "One company does not ...

A day after LinkedIn stormed Wall Street with a staggering $8.9 billion initial public offering, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers threw cold wa...

You need to understand your business requirements before figuring out how much to raise and from whom to raise it.