Unlocking the global trillion-dollar crowdfunding market
Guest Post All around the world, crowdfunding is taking off, opening up billions of dollars for new ideas. Here's what a one-percent shift of investments to crowdfunding could do.
Entrepreneur Corner: Crowdfunding and a look at the Internet sales tax
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
Book excerpt: The Crowdfunding Revolution – Is the model of venture capitalism about to undergo a radical shift? Author Kevin Lawton believes so and makes the case for it in “The Crowdfunding Revolution”. …
Book excerpt: The Crowdfunding Revolution
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Kevin Lawton is the author of “The Crowdfunding Revolution”. The following is an excerpt from the book.)
My journey into crowdfunding was not exactly typical.
Originally, I began exploring a new concept for an early-stage VC firm, one …
EC Roundup: 5 VC mistakes, 5 critical skills and 3 important charts
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
The 5 most common mistakes startups make with VCs – Everyone’s a rookie sometime. But when you’re dealing with venture capitalists, you don’t want to make beginner mistakes. Attorney Scott Edward Walker runs …
The new face of venture capital: Crowdfunding’s big bang
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Kevin Lawton is a serial entrepreneur. This post originally appeared on his blog.)
Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding are on a rise, as the returns produced by conventional VC networks continue to be lower than expected. They are, in fact, …
EC Roundup: Crowdfunding, fundraising and the state of venture capital
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
What’s better for startups? Partnerships or incorporation? – Thinking about partnering with a friend of colleague to start a new company? Attorney Scott Edward Walker says you should think twice when considering this …
The new face of venture capital: The rise of crowdfunding
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Kevin Lawton is a serial entrepreneur. This post originally appeared on his blog.)
The venture capital world is evolving quickly — so quickly, in fact, that it can be hard to keep up with the changes.
Conventional VC …
EC Roundup: Venture capital’s new face and the startup world’s new faces
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
Contemplating an NDA? Here’s what you need to know – Non-disclosure agreements can be among the most important paperwork you sign as a startup. Attorney Scott Walker runs down five things you’ll need …
The new face of venture capital: A road map for entrepreneurs
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Kevin Lawton is a serial entrepreneur. This post originally appeared on his blog.)
It’s a rough time for start-ups seeking financing. Venture capital firms may have loosened the purse strings somewhat, but finding that magic formula to catch …
MySpace plays catchup to Facebook's open-source tools
Last Thursday, Facebook released Tornado Web Server, an open-source software library that “can handle thousands of simultaneous standing connections.”
Facebook’s motive was no secret: Tornado was designed to make it easy for other web sites to connect to Facebook, to …
Mass-scale computing: Why Hadoop is hot but Java is not
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With the massive amount of data proliferating the Web, companies such as Google and many others are building new technologies to sort it all. Core to that movement is something called MapReduce, a software technique that breaks down huge amounts …
