Guest Post Lean startups might be too lean when it comes to not hiring someone to keep the books. Financial professionals are concerned these leaders don't have enough base-level financial knowledge to get the big deals done.
Guest Post For startups, the idea of devoting time to such projects might feel like a distraction; but if done right, these small, scrappy efforts can offer big rewards.
With the old revenue models falling apart, musicians have needed to get entrepreneurial. Check out these three music-tech startups.
Editor's Pick Before becoming CEO of a tech company, Bill Hustad served in the Marine Corps and developed a unique set of skills and expertise also apply to being a successful entrepreneur.
Guest Post There are drawbacks to participating in more than one accelerator. But it made sense for my startup. Here's why...
Divorces are traditionally terrible. But Wevorce, a Y-Combinator-backed startup that has just launched into general availability, wants to change that and make the process of divorce more amicable and less expensive.
At Maker Faire Bay Area, a "startup pavilion" highlights 20 new maker-focused startups. But big companies like Autodesk, General Electric, and even Google are getting into the DIY game too.
Nap rooms are so 2000s. Massage rooms are a dime a dozen. And the in-office gym has been around since at least the 90s. So if you want to up the ante, attract the best talent, and have the most brag-worthy office in the world, you need more.
Editor's Pick "Something very interesting is happening here," Google's top Canadian employee, Steve Woods, told me. "This area has a very high proportion of startups to population. Google loves startups … and we love to hire entrepreneurial people."
New York-based Crowdcases wants to bring together a community of designers to raise money for nonprofit organizations.
Guest Post For startups, public relations firms are a huge waste of money. Here's how to spend less money and get better PR.
Best known, perhaps, for being the headquarters of BlackBerry, Waterloo is a small suburb of Toronto with a population of 98,000 in which 500 startups were born in 2012.
Madison Color aims to reinvent the home hair care experience, starting with color.
Guest Post The education space is massive, very broken, barely touched by technology and has been largely underserved by entrepreneurs and investors. The opportunity for disruption, significant value creation and outsized returns is huge.
"That's the hope for the future, that Silicon Valley continues to attract many of the best and brightest of the entrepreneurs around the world."
As far afield as Japan, disruptive technologies raised multimillions to bring their companies to the next phase of growth.
Guest Post Growing a user base is about more than data science and numbers. It's about doing real research out in the field, getting to know customers, and giving them what they want.
Guest Post Canada’s federal government moved impressively quickly to implement this new visa, which is aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs from all over the globe to call us home. Why is the U.S. falling behind?
Silicon Valley has been prominent in the fight -- particularly around the Startup Act -- to admit immigrants who want to start businesses and create jobs.
Facebook and Twitter are not the appropriate venues to share that your back is feeling achy, or that your bowel is acting up.
