So you want to be a venture capitalist?
Guest Post With very few job openings a year, landing that dream job in venture can be harder than you think. Here’s some tips to optimize your chances.
Funding daily: ‘Big data’ and babies
August 8, 2013 5:10 PM
Christina Farr
Our round-up of the startups that received funding today (and can help you get pregnant).
15 startups graduate from DreamIt Ventures’ NYC summer class
August 7, 2013 7:47 AM
Devindra Hardawar
It’s only the beginning of August, but it already feels like summer is ending in New York City.
Accelerators doubling annually: too much of a good thing?
August 6, 2013 10:08 AM
John Koetsier
Editor’s Pick “The hypocrisy of accelerators is that we give give you money and you go innovate while we do business as usual,” 500 Startups’ Paul Singh says.
Hashtag creator leaves Google to join a 6-person startup
August 3, 2013 11:17 AM
Christina Farr
Google developer advocate Chris Messina is leaving the search giant to join a tiny startup.
Funding Daily: Short and sweet
August 2, 2013 4:23 PM
Christina Farr
Early-stage startups RebelMouse and Voxy scored funding today.
LegalReach opens its attorney network to anyone, secures $900K (exclusive)
July 30, 2013 12:57 PM
Christina Farr
The legal-tech startup is growing faster than expected. It is now used by 10,000 attorneys around the country.
Features are Superman, benefits are Spider-Man, and you need Spider-Man
Guest Post As it turns out Superman conveys some pretty useful outcomes, but you wouldn’t know it from his slogan and thus the market might not give him the time or capital to realize his full potential, if it weren’t for the super physique.
A global perspective is now a requirement for Internet businesses
Guest Post A decade ago, the U.S. market represented the key to consumer Internet dominance. Now, leading consumer technology companies such as Google, eBay, and Apple have something new in common: the U.S. accounts for just a minority of their revenue.
Here are Silicon Valley’s 10 most in-demand startups
July 22, 2013 5:00 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Engineers and developers are some of the first people to latch onto startups that succeed. And we trust them to pick Silicon Valley’s hottest new tech companies.
Detroit startups: Biggest bankruptcy ever just sets up ‘greatest turnaround in American history’
July 19, 2013 11:14 AM
John Koetsier
Editor’s Pick Detroit just filed the largest city bankruptcy in the history of the United States. And that’s a great thing, according to the growing and vital cadre of startups that helping to repopulate its downtown core.
5 reasons your startup is failing at PR
Guest Post Why doesn’t the press love you? Instead of harassing bloggers, manically posting press releases, and relying on buzzwords, try these techniques.
Vive la demo day: VentureBeat est à Montréal
July 11, 2013 5:56 AM
John Koetsier
“I do think that we have stepped it up significantly,” FounderFuel general manager Ian Jeffery told me yesterday. “In this cohort are some of the most mature companies we’ve ever had. All nine are fantastic, but some have real revenues already, over a million downloads, and upwards of 30,000 active users.”
Coworking Camp is summer camp for founders — in a gorgeous Mediterranean resort
July 5, 2013 12:05 PM
John Koetsier
Startups on a plane, startups on a train. Startups having fun, startups in the sun?
4 reasons why your startup should not raise capital
Guest Post New startups are getting funding every day, but that isn’t a requirement for being a successful company.
UpWest Labs launches its fifth batch of Israeli startups (exclusive)
July 3, 2013 8:47 AM
Christina Farr
UpWest Labs, a Silicon Valley-based accelerator program for Israel companies, just launched its fifth class of startups.
5 startup founders speak out about their immigration struggles
June 28, 2013 7:00 AM
Christina Farr
Immigration reform isn’t just an issue that affects corporations. It’s really about the people and their families that are struggling to remain in the U.S. and who are victims of an outdated system.
Funding daily: $10M is the new $1M
June 26, 2013 9:24 PM
John Koetsier
There were at least 14 startups funded today, so this is going to be a lightning quick Funding Daily. Hold your breath.
Talking to angels and VCs? Get to ‘no’ as fast as you can
Guest Post Startups seeking angel funding shouldn’t be so afraid of the word “no.�
Tony Hsieh’s $350M plan to make Vegas an ‘entrepreneur’s Disneyland’
June 24, 2013 6:00 AM
Christina Farr
Editor’s Pick Tony Hsieh’s great urban experiment is transforming the downtown Vegas economy. Is it a model that can be replicated elsewhere?
