There's some evidence that Venture Capital is facing the same kinds of threats that the big music labels found themselves struggling with just a few years ago.
We need an official, approved and legislated policy on carbon reduction and we need it now.
Not that Foursquare needs any more free press, but here's my conversation with Tristan Walker, who serves as VP of Business Development at the uber-popular startup Foursquare.
The climate for blogs is almost always lousy. Many blogs don't generate profits or have a clear or sustainable business model.
Electric vehicle manufacturers met at the HiT World Innovation Summit in Barcelona this week to discuss mobility for vehicles that are less taxing on the planet.
There is a lot of discussion of why there is a dearth of high growth women-run companies but the more important question is how to make a change.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill to close the carried interest "loophole" for private equity investors. This bill will likely do permanent structural damage to the U.S. venture capital industry.
It's a fact that women entrepreneurs only get 4.2% of the venture funding in the U.S. -- and some would say women hurt themselves with the venture capitalist community by being emotional.
Michael Arrington writes that angel investor Ron Conway is integral to the Silicon Valley start-up community not only because he's done a "staggering"...
Blackstone Group LP and other firms protesting a plan by Congress to increase taxes on executives of investment partnerships are focusing on what they...
Tony Hsieh built his online shoe retailer into an e-commerce powerhouse. But with credit tightening and investors eyeing the exits, Hsieh was forced t...
One of George Bush's most memorable lines was his complaint that the French had no word for "entrepreneur". Well, if Senator Dodd's new financial reform bill becomes law, we may well have the word, but no longer any need for it.
"It's comeback time for venture IPOs," the Wall Street Journal presciently declared in January. In the first quarter of 2010, the number of U.S. vent...
Despite representing roughly 33% of the population, less than 14% of venture capital dollars find their way to the Midwest to convert technology discoveries into new companies and jobs.
So, you want to be an entrepreneur. Sure, some VCs are a little gun-shy, but the smart ones are investing. How do you get them to invest in you?
These grim economic times and the complexity of the world's biggest problems demand that our renowned universities become problem-centered engines of innovation and increasingly adept at execution.
Despite, or perhaps because of, the recession, U.S. entrepreneurial activity is at its highest rate in 14 years. And yes, that includes the tech boom ...
What does a bill attempting to regulate the banking industry have to do with startups? Well unfortunately, it contains two provisions that are quite p...
The Social Innovation Awards present a forum for organizations to highlight their latest methods for addressing social needs and promoting better business.
In years past, the best-and-brightest all came to NYC to work in law, fashion, or finance. The talent's still coming, but those industries have all shrunk. The big beneficiary is the start-up scene.
Angel investors are often wealthy individuals that invest under $1 million in promising, new companies. They lend to companies that are too risky for traditional business loans from conservative banking institutions.
Every day, I witness how cloud computing is transforming the entrepreneurial landscape and fueling a strong start-up culture. Nearly ¾ of the companies my firm invests in are launching on the cloud.
In a prior post , I took a shot at venture capital firms' lackadaisical interest in funding financial services innovation. Now two recent events sign...
Three entrepreneurs are offering a share of their life's income in exchange for cash upfront and have banded together to form the Thrust Fund, an onli...
The securities and insurance industries divert attention from basic principles of finance and investing by offering a dizzying array of products intended to confuse, seduce and separate investors from their money.
