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Even if women and men were graduating in equal numbers from technology and engineering degree programs, the technology industry would still favor men.
According to a new report from the Level Playing Field Institute, IT workplaces, including tech startups, can …
Get Satisfaction CEO Wendy Lea has a few choice words for entrepreneurs, and the women and men in the business of creating and running startups would be well served to tune in.
“If you’re going to get into the entrepreneurship …
If you had 54 hours to get yourself from an idea to a DEMO booth, do you think you could do it?
On the evening of September 9, scores of developers and business folks gathered to create businesses over the …
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A lot has changed since I first made it to Silicon Valley a little more than a year ago.
But one thing has remained constant: the ruthless competition for discovering and reporting the best news stories. Among those competitors is …
The pivot — it’s quickly become one of the most hated, worn-out words in the entrepreneur’s vocabulary.
Business model flopped? Pivot! Can’t get users? Pivot! Lukewarm reaction from press and investors? Rebrand and pivot!
Fab.com CEO Jason Goldberg pivoted in …
The Startup America Partnership announced today that it is accepting applications from startups that want to tap into its vast resources of incentives for entrepreneurs and young companies.
The partnership is a privately funded initiative that was launched in January, …
It wasn’t long before the everyone found out the news of the day at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt conference in San Francisco. Michael Arrington, founder and editor-in-chief of TechCrunch, had stepped down amid controversy surrounding his new investment fund, the CrunchFund.…
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What are the distinguishing characteristics of Chinese tech company founders?
“They are just as passionate and independent as the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and they work even harder!”
So said the the legendary computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, Apple employee turned Microsoft …
Group texting application GroupMe’s high-profile acquisition today by Skype could be the first indication that the zero-revenue company is back in style.
Of course, there’s a long history of companies with zero revenue being acquired. But this is one of …
A new report shows startup valuations increasing at pre-2008 levels — but can these soaring numbers weather the recent market instability?
The most recent Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey from tech-focused law firm Fenwick & West looked at 117 Silicon …
Hybrid incubator and seed fund 500 Startups hosted its second demo day in Mountain View today, where more than 30 companies in the program presented in front of investors and press.
The program is run by Dave McClure, a super-angel …
500 Startups‘ second class of startups showed their stuff at the incubator’s Demo Day today in Mountain View, Calif. The incubator is run by Dave McClure, a super-angel who has invested in the likes of Mint.com and Twilio.
500 Startups …
Teenage entrepreneurship gets a lot of press these days, and looking over the teams from the Teens In Tech incubator, it’s easy to see why.
These kids — nine out of thirteen founding team members are still in high school …
The biggest question on every mind in Silicon Valley relates to our collective worst nightmare: Could a macroeconomic collapse trigger another dotcom-esque bust?
For at least one VC, Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Tim Draper, the market for U.S. startups just …
Online doctor appointment startup ZocDoc announced today that is has raised a cool $50 million from DST Global.
“Of all the things you have to book in your life, booking health care services is arguably the most frustrating,” ZocDoc CEO …
Startup incubator AngelPad will offer applicants an additional $100,000 in funding when they enter the program, bringing the incubator’s total investment in each of its 15 or so startups up to $120,000.
Startups entering AngelPad have to decide whether they …
Two lonely entrepreneurs in Chicago, far from their homes in Los Angeles, hacked together a site in 2010 that let people sign up to meet them over lunch or dinner.
Their novel idea was an instant hit, and now, one …
“It’s too hard for startups to raise money,” says AngelList co-founder Babak Nivi. “And investors have to say no to good startups all the time.”
These are the underlying problems that AngelList set out to solve a year and a …
Yet another real-time search engine has called it a day, causing many to ponder how a white-hot industry fizzled so entirely in just two years.
Last week, startup Wowd announced its team was “moving on.” Many read this announcement as …
