News on Startups

Dow industrials for startups? Pre-IPO index opens

2010-03-03T09:00:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Private online stock exchange SharesPost launches valuation index for hot startups</div><div><p>Because startups aren't required to report regular financial results the way publicly traded companies are, it can be hard for outsiders to get a sense of what hot ones like Facebook and Twitter are really worth.</p><p>Now, a private o...

New document service aims to lower startup costs

2010-03-01T18:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Document service aims to make early fundraising rounds less expensive for entrepreneurs</div><div><p>Raising money shouldn't cost startups so much money.</p><p>At least that's the theory underlying the latest idea backed by former entrepreneurs-turned-venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.</p><p>They worked with Mich. training, loan efforts will help in 'creating jobs by creating employers'</div><div><p>A partnership to provide $43 million for loans to budding entrepreneurs and plans to set aside $200,000 to teach them will help people start or expand small businesses in Michigan, Gov. Jennifer Granholm...

The Best of Sba Business Loan

2010-02-22T14:04:55Z

Effort needs fresh funds to finance at the right time. SBA business loan is committed to helping small businesses. Small businesses can not be separated from the economic growth of a nation. Because small businesses are the economic forces that are resistant to the global economic crisis today. Small business are the backbone and measure the economic resilience of a nation that is growing. Banks work with small businesses providing credit facilities of SBA business loan. SBA business loan one...

Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr

2010-02-22T16:36:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr, but money goes to more startups than in summer</div><div><p>Venture capitalists invested less money in U.S. startups in the fourth quarter and showed signs of spreading out those fewer dollars among more companies, reflecting continued caution amid uncertainty about the economy.</p><p>The s...

The 2 Things You Must Know About How to Succeed in Your Home Business

2010-02-22T19:12:50Z

Home based business ideas is one of the most widely searched, long tail keywords on Google today. The reason for this should be obvious. People by the thousands are entering the work at home market in response to a sluggish economy and a stagnant job market.<br><br>But here's the thing about the people who will get involved with home based business opportunities; most of them are going to fail. As sad as this so...

Why Corporations Provide Little Venture Capital

2010-02-22T20:44:15Z

<div><p> During the Internet bubble, corporate venture capital arms -- subsidiaries of large corporations that invest in startups -- were seen by many of their parent companies as a way to benefit from innovation. For example, Intel Capital invested in the open source software company Red Hat (RHT) in 1998 because it viewed its products as compleme...

Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in

2010-02-22T20:45:53Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide where to base his digital media firm, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain's global appeal.</p><p>"London i...

Steps to Help Entrepreneurs Become Corporate Executives

2010-02-22T21:21:12Z

Were you lucky enough to start your own business that had success for years, but now find yourself looking to step into corporate world at the executive level? There are a lot of entrepreneurs who have successfully made the transition, which is good news for you.<br><br>However, there are some rules of thumb to keep in mind before shifting from your own business to an executive-level position and they have everything to do with writing your resume. So before you ge...

Small Business Start Up Grants

2010-02-23T13:12:26Z

Author: beyli

If you have come up with a new idea or just want to finally start that business of your own, finding the capital you need to get started may be the thing getting in your way. It is no secret that many new business ventures fail because of insufficient starting capital. Well, you will be pleased to know that there is help available for startup businesses. In order to support the development of new business, the government and various organizations offer gran...

The Entrepreneurial Factor in Love and Friendship

2010-02-23T13:51:28Z

Author: John Vespasian

Aristotle was a great philosopher, but entrepreneurship was one thing that he never managed to understand. In the Nicomachean Ethics, his essay on justice and morality, he views society as a market where human desires are stable, where the demand for each product is constant, and each purchase has a predictable price.

One does not need to look at the world for long to rate Aristotle's view as highly unrealistic. The truth is that, in the field...

Five Cs of Business Startup Success

2010-02-23T19:58:01Z

Most people are familiar with the 4 Cs of diamond quality, but are you familiar with the five Cs of business startup success? Keep these five things in mind while starting a business.<br><br><b>1. Courage</b> -- Starting a business is not for the faint of heart. Successful entrepreneurs are not afraid to fail, not afraid to learn new things, and not afraid to change direction. Courage is critical every step of the way, because startups d...

BRIGHAM YOUNG'S ENTREPRENEUR FACTORY

2010-02-23T21:02:40Z

<div><h1>BRIGHAM YOUNG'S ENTREPRENEUR FACTORY </h1><p>In an effort to attract dollars, prestige, and top-notch staff, universities have long pushed to commercialize faculty research. That has helped institutions from Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Stanford<...

HOW VENTURE CAPITAL LOST ITS WAY

2010-02-24T00:24:28Z

<div><h1>HOW VENTURE CAPITAL LOST ITS WAY </h1><p>When people around the world try to explain the American system of entrepreneurship, they often point to venture capital. True enough, the venture capital ecosystem has nurtured startups that became household names--among them Apple, Cisco, Caterina Fake gave up a comfortable, executive-level job at Yahoo! to launch a company. She left California and set up shop in Chelmsford, Mass., 15 years ago. The six-employee, $3 million Web design group boasts such clients as PricewaterhouseCoopers and the BEIJING (Reuters) - Entrepreneurs are finding the road to Internet riches in China increasingly rough, facing a thicket of regulatory issues, stiff competition and a frontier mentality that leads to frequent underhanded practices.</p><p>Chinese Internet startups have evolved since ...

575-million-dollar fund targets technology startups

2010-02-24T10:53:30Z

<div><p>Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups.</p><p>Greylock also announced that LinkedIn co-founder John Doerr and Vinod Khosla worked together at Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers, forging one of the most lucrative partnerships in the vent...

NY universities fail to harness research for jobs

2010-02-25T01:33:25Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's universities and hospitals excel at winning federal grants but flunk at turning their research into job-creating start-ups, a new report found on Monday.</p><p>New York City