Startup Epicenter — rumbles with the latest start-ups

Startup Epicenter — rumbles with the latest start-ups

Eighty entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists gathered yesterday at Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West’s headquarters for Startup Epicenter to hear funding pitches from ten early stage startups.

Despite the comic regularity of business plans predicting explosive revenue growth and profitability one to two… Continue Reading

Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School

Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School

Here’s a summary of the more compelling tips given by several tech industry luminaries — including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Gmail creator Paul Buchheit, Sequoia Capital venture capitalist Greg McAdoo — at the Y Combinator Startup School event at Stanford this weekend.

The event attracted more… Continue Reading