Founders: Bid for pitch slots with Tim Draper, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, and more VCs

How much would you donate to charity to have a private pitch meeting with your favorite venture capitalist?

Would you give up half your company for $250K?

If that sounds bad, how about half of your company for $90K? Crazy? No. This is the reality in many places outside of Silicon Valley (and especially outside the US). And it isn't good.

The real opportunity for payment startups: simplicity

Every entrepreneur who has had to go through the process of setting up their payment gateway and/or merchant account knows that it isn’t always simple. When I set mine up, BrainTree, Stripe, and Paymill weren't around. I was given a chisel and stone tablet and asked to deliver all my information in triplicate.

L.A.’s wealthy gather to talk about disruption, media-tech convergence

Wealthy L.A. investors descended on a Beverly Hills estate last week for a buzzword-filled discussion of the state of media and the trends that will disrupt it.

Kabbage brings its quick fix loans to UK merchants

Atlanta-based Kabbage is experiencing accelerated growth, and it recently beat out hundreds of applicants to be named the winner of our CloudBeat Innovation Showdown competition.

This startup is charging $3,000 for its database of the world’s most influential people

Imagine having access to a rolodex of two million of the wealthiest people in the world: bankers, private equity folk, and venture capitalists.