Want a meeting with a storied Silicon Valley investor? Start raising money for charity.

December 20, 2012 4:06 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

San Francisco startup Rally.org has partnered with Glide, a local nonprofit, to encourage would-be entrepreneurs to raise money for charity. The top ten fundraisers will win a meeting with Eric Ries or Mike Maples, among others.

U.S. visa system helps stifle early stage startup Taploid

December 17, 2012 4:57 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Editor's Pick The Taploid, a social engine that sends out weekly tabloid-like updates about your Facebook friends, is closing down today after difficulties obtaining visas for its engineers.

Seesaw will help your friends help you make up your mind

December 11, 2012 4:59 PM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

Seesaw has raised a $1 to $1.5 million seed round and plans to use it to build an app that will help you get advice from your friends in real time.

The average American spends $857 on monthly subscriptions (infographic)

December 11, 2012 3:22 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Subscription revenue is the new old thing, apparently.

Flickr — remember Flickr? — charges $6.95 a month to share your photos to the world, if you want pro functionality. Buffer, the social media sharing and analytics company, charges $10/month for …

Launch.it will make sense of the startup news bonanza at CES 2013

December 10, 2012 1:24 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Launch.it, a New York City-based startup that has built a platform for managing and distributing news, has been tapped to power the onslaught of news coming from startups at the Consumer Electronics Show next month.

Got milk? First ever “Growthathon” will help 7 startups get big and strong

December 7, 2012 5:06 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Editor's Pick Seven startups will come together with expert "growth hackers" to address challenges in distribution and acquisition.

School’s out! Udemy nabs $12M to drive down the cost of higher ed

December 7, 2012 9:00 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Udemy, the online learning platform that offers videos and live lectures from hundreds of expert instructors, has closed its second round of venture capital funding.

DreamIt Ventures graduates 15 startups in its 2012 Philadelphia class

December 5, 2012 6:06 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Business accelerator DreamIt Ventures is showing off its latest class in Philadelphia at a Demo Day today.

Y Combinator cuts startup class size: ‘We grew too fast’

December 3, 2012 12:10 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Y Combinator just cut its startup class size down from 84 to a little fewer than 50 -- nearly halving the amount of accepted startups, just like it recently halved the funding each company receives after graduating the program.

9 startups coming to Silicon Valley from Canada’s biggest accelerator, FounderFuel

November 30, 2012 8:59 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Nine startups from Montréal, Québec accelerator FounderFuel's recent graduates are coming to Silicon Valley.