Liquidity hacking: Solving the chicken-egg dilemma with marketplace startups
Guest Post How to get a two-sided marketplace startup like Airbnb, Exec, or eBay up and running -- the painless way.
How entrepreneurs are saving tens of thousands on legal bills
Guest Post Here are a few tips on how to save on startup legal costs while still getting the job done right.
Why crowdfunding is disruptive to angels, but not to VCs
Guest Post A market where only angels swoop in to provide necessary seed and early-stage capital is problematic ... the angel market is much less efficient than established venture capital.
Can entrepreneurship rescue the U.S.? (interview)
A leading academic worries that the ecosystem for entrepreneurs needs a lot of improvement.
Funding Daily: Happy Thanksgiving
November 21, 2012 4:16 PM
Rebecca Grant
A feast of funding news to warm up for your Thanksgiving feast.
3, 2, 1, liftoff! Startup Minds sends promising ideas into flight
November 21, 2012 11:48 AM
Rebecca Grant
Startup Minds accelerator program takes an innovative approach to forming ideas into successful businesses.
Meet 1 Million Cups, the biggest startup event in Kansas City that’s about to hit 18 more cities
November 21, 2012 9:08 AM
Sean Ludwig
1 Million Cups is the most popular weekly startup event in Kansas City, and soon enough it will land in 18 more cities around the country.
Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, L.A., Seattle, and NYC lead top 20 tech hubs on the planet
November 20, 2012 4:39 PM
John Koetsier
The Startup Genome has analyzed 50,000 startups around the world to create what it is calling the first "data-driven ranking" of the top 20 tech hubs on the planet.
FAKE GRIMLOCK ANSWER READER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MAKE STARTUP AWESOME
The most famous robot startup dinosaur on the Internet answers VentureBeat's readers' questions about building critical mass, dealing with demotivated cofounders, and balancing work and life.
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[Update] Funding Daily: Social butterflies
November 19, 2012 4:43 PM
Rebecca Grant
"Social" is the secret sauce behind the technology deals coming out today.
Funding Daily: Startups are like children
November 15, 2012 6:43 PM
Rebecca Grant
Today's Funding Daily considers how startups are like children, both need investments of time and money to grow.
Loyalty startups, beware: Belly lands in Bay Area with its quirky perks
November 15, 2012 6:00 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Belly today arrived in San Francisco with 150 partner merchants ready to go live with quirky digital loyalty programs.
Funding Daily: Sweet 16
November 14, 2012 5:43 PM
Rebecca Grant
An overview of the sweet 16 funding stories that came out today.
Google Fiber installs begin, bringing new Kansas City startups to life
November 13, 2012 12:38 PM
Sean Ludwig
In a move that will likely jump-start Kansas City's startup scene, Google has begun installations of its groundbreaking Google Fiber service.
Universal philanthropy: Even cash-strapped startups should give back
Guest Post Large tech companies have a rich tradition of "giving back," but every company and every individual can find a way to support important social causes.
Funding Daily: If bacon wrapped hot dogs were dollars…
November 8, 2012 6:36 PM
Rebecca Grant
Today's Funding Daily features one-bite samples of today's hot investment news.
Startups learn a painful lesson: The ‘Dropbox effect’ is a myth
November 6, 2012 8:00 AM
Christina Farr
Editor's Pick A pervasive myth exists among tech founders: If they build a product that consumers will love, it will magically trickle into Fortune 500 companies.
Meet Tadaa, a photo-sharing app that dares to take on Instagram
It might seem crazy, but Hamburg-based Tadaa is building a photo-sharing app that competes with Instagram.
Who is Hermione Way?
November 4, 2012 9:00 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Editor's Pick Hermione Way, one of the stars of Bravo's new reality show "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley," is a polarizing figure. But she's just being herself, she insists.
Wired editor Chris Anderson leaves magazine world to run robotics company
November 2, 2012 12:18 PM
Dylan Tweney
Running a magazine that writes about futuristic technology isn't enough for Chris Anderson: He's leaving to helm a company that actually makes futuristic tech.
