- You're the Boss Blog: A Youth Entrepreneurship Program Goes International
- 5/15/2012 6:00:58 AM
Last month, some 33 graduates from 10 countries converged on the Marriott Marquis in Midtown Manhattan to receive the network's Global Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
- Bharti Walmart initiative to empower women entrepreneurs
- 5/15/2012 5:30:24 AM
Bharti Walmart, the cash and carry format of Bharti Enterprises and Walmart Stores, has launched 'Best Price Members Women's Council' in Chandigarh, Punjab to understand and address the hurdles faced by women entrepreneurs in their startup, scale up and other phases of business expansions.
- President of Iceland to open Startup Iceland conference at Ásbrú
- 5/15/2012 5:53:02 AM
The international event will bring together entrepreneurs, investors and dignitaries from some of the world's hottest startup communities.
- After Facebook IPO, Zuckerberg's hardest test awaits
- 5/15/2012 6:14:11 AM
Facebook is about to pull off a record-setting IPO, but Mark Zuckerberg will then need to satisfy added pressures on the company to boost its bottom line.
- The Top 10 Russian internet entrepreneurs you need to know about
- 5/15/2012 12:53:06 AM
The Russian market is growing at a supersonic rate and provides excellent exit opportunites for investors in Russian online ventures to create a brand-new breed of Russian internet entrepreneur.
- Buying a business after 50
- 5/11/2012 9:16:01 AM
When you think of today's entrepreneurs, young hot-shots like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg or Google's Larry Page may be the faces that come to mind. But it's baby boomers like Ringer who are striking out on their own at the fastest clip of any generation.
- The rise of the 'Everyday Entrepreneur'
- 5/11/2012 8:28:49 AM
New report on female business start-ups reveals home-based enterprise is boosting the UK economy.
- 10 Different Definitions of Entrepreneurial Success
- 5/11/2012 7:07:49 AM
What does true entrepreneurial success look like? Is it by number of books sold, number of columns secured, number of press hits, number of blog subscribers, or revenue?
- Silicon Valley technology helps power new 'sharing economy'
- 5/9/2012 10:59:55 AM
A wide array of local startups are angling to make a business out of matching those who have with those who need.
- Facebook spawns ecosystem of startups
- 5/9/2012 9:15:49 AM
To get the true measure of what's often called "The Facebook Effect," look beyond the company. Generally ignored in the klieg lights focused on Facebook's IPO is a growing ecosystem of other startups that are using the social network's 900 million users to launch their own businesses.
- Blueseed, The Floating Tech City, Announces Interested Startups
- 5/9/2012 8:45:24 AM
According to a new report from the company behind the project, nearly 150 tech startups are interested in a spot on Blueseed, a proposed city to be constructed in international waters off of the California shore. The survey also presents a first look at those interested in business space on the autonomous vessel.
- 5 Startup Lessons From Belly, Which Just Snagged $10 Million In Funding From ...
- 5/8/2012 6:41:54 AM
This is a big deal, as AH's philosophy is to focus on only the 10 or 15 companies it thinks are going to matter in the long run.
- 5 Clever Hacks for Becoming a Social Entrepreneur
- 5/8/2012 6:58:58 AM
Social entrepreneurs create innovative solutions for tackling the world's most vexing social problems.
- Programs foster entrepreneurship in student life
- 5/8/2012 2:27:18 AM
Most University of Wisconsin students view education as their ticket into the job market, with a career beginning just after they obtain their degree. But others are choosing to get a head-start on life outside of college by taking advantage of opportunities found on campus — by becoming student entrepreneurs.
- On the rise: Immigrant entrepreneurs
- 5/7/2012 5:16:09 PM
Immigrants created 28% of all new firms last year. They were also twice as likely to start a new business when compared to those born in the United States.
- European Venture Capital Poised for Rebound
- 5/4/2012 6:35:26 AM
The European tech venture-capital market is struggling but, according to figures published by Dow Jones VentureSource, it could be a lot worse.
- Company Startup Rates In The US Have Fallen To A Record Low
- 5/3/2012 7:51:07 PM
The rate of new company creation in the United States dropped to a record low in 2010, according to a survey by the US Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
- Startups Party at the Patent Office
- 5/3/2012 6:43:31 PM
Startups once ignored intellectual-property issues; now they protect innovations early.
- Bloomington's Med-Tech Industry Is A Lifesaver
- 5/3/2012 4:11:17 PM
Bloomington, Indiana, has one of the largest clusters of medical-device and life-science companies in the nation. And they aren't just pumping out tongue depressors. They're developing technologies that save lives and improve surgical outcomes.
- Easy Exit: A Matchmaker For Startups And Corporations
- 5/3/2012 7:47:45 AM
TechNexus isn't an incubator in the vein of Y Combinator or TechStars, three-month programs that swap seed capital and work space for equity.
