Clik here to view.
Why Consumer-Facing E-Commerce Is BROKEN
I finally found panties on True&Co., an ecommerce lingerie company.It took them nearly one year to start selling panties. They allegedly sold them when I mentioned them in an article titled VCs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Startup CEO: We Had The Perfect Product Launch Planned, And Then It All Went...
Last April, entrepreneur Vibhu Norby had a massive product launch planned his iPhone-only social network for groups, Everyme. Norby and his team had already gone through Silicon Valley's top...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top Silicon Valley VC: I'm Investing In Bitcoin Startups
Chris Dixon, like many other Silicon Valley investors, is really excited about Bitcoin. He says he's invested a significant amount of money into it.Bitcoin is a digital currency that was first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bang With Friends Is Raising ~ $1 Million To Help People Find Hook Up Buddies
Bang with Friends (BWF) is a Facebook app that does exactly what you're thinking it does. It helps people on Facebook find friends to hook up with rather than date.So it may come as a shock that BWF is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Few Things To Keep In Mind Before Launching A Hardware Startup
For a long time, entrepreneurs and investors shied away from hardware. This seems to be changing. As Paul Graham says, there are many reasons for this:Hardware does well on crowdfunding sites. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zynga Spends $1 Million To Launch A New Tech Accelerator (ZNGA)
Zynga has agreed to invest $1 million from its philanthropy fund, Zynga.org, to create a new accelerator for education tech in San Francisco, Zynga announced today.The accelerator is being run with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This TechCrunch Disrupt Winner Could Be The Future Of Search
After three days of startup demos at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, data startup Enigma won both the Startup Battlefield and the Disrupt Cup, taking home $50,000 and beating out six other finalists. Enigma...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These Startups May Have Blown It By Turning Down $100 Million
It's common sense: If someone offers you $100 million, you accept and become fabulously rich.In Silicon Valley, common sense is replaced by an irrational desire to create an extraordinary company like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These Are The 10 Most Anticipated Startups In Chicago
TechStars has become one of the most prominent startup accelerators in the world, with locations in Boston, Boulder, New York, London, and Seattle.Late last month, TechStars announced the 10 startups...
View ArticleClik here to view.
29-Year-Old Mike Brown Just Raised $33 Million To Start A VC Firm In New York
Mike Brown spent the past year traveling all over the country. He made quick trips to rural towns and spent weeks in cities spanning coast to coast.But none of it was for fun. That's just what it takes...
View ArticleWhat Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Y Combinator Without Actually Going
Back in 2010, my startup FlightCaster had hit some serious obstacles and we needed to pivot. We had set a deadline for ourselves for some metrics and we failed to meet them. It was a bruising time....
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Tiny Startup Is Trying To Reinvent How We Learn And Read Music
How we learn and read music hasn't changed in hundreds of years. Until now. Hummingbird co-founder and music teacher Blake West was inspired to create an entirely new music notation when he saw a lot...
View ArticleClik here to view.
If You Can Solve These Math Problems, You Are As Smart As The World's...
Earlier, we told you about the 10 smartest kids in the world.They are ranked by a site called Brilliant.org, which asks users progressively harder math and science problems.Think you might be as smart...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Geniuses At Harvard Business School Just Came Up With These 14 Startup Ideas
Students from Harvard Business School recently launched their startups as part of Harvard's "startup bootcamp" program for first-year students. The Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership...
View ArticleClik here to view.
People In The Valley Are Passing Around This Smart Take On VC Deal Flow
Venture capitalists need proprietary sources of deal flow. Otherwise, they might end up paying more than they have to, while also taking a huge risk. VC Mark Suster wrote a blog post suggesting one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Difference Between A Startup Failing And Succeeding Could Be Your Mental...
Jason Freedman has started multiple companies and gone through Paul Graham's world-renowned startup accelerator program, Y Combinator.Y Combinator offers startups a lot of benefits: an amazing network...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ori Allon Has Hired 63 Ex-Googlers, Twitter Employees, And Harvard MBAs To...
One week after Google met Ori Allon in a tiny, server-crammed office in Sydney, the young developer had a first-class ticket to Mountain View.Allon, then 26, had created and patented a search algorithm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Ex-Googler, Ex-Yahoo Really Good At Putting Himself In Money-Making...
The biggest sector in New York tech remains ad tech.One of the biggest names in New York ad tech is Michael Barrett. He made his name running ad sales at MySpace (back when that was still a big deal)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 20 Hottest Startups From Israel
Israel calls itself the "startup nation." Israelis say that technology is the country's No. 1 export.By some counts, Israel is home to 4,800 startups today. It's also home to least two dozen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Once-Hot App Viddy Returns $18 Million To Investors And Prepares A Final...
Last summer, social video app Viddy was in a much different place. It was in a battle to be the "Instagram of Video" alongside competitor SocialCam, and its number of users surged higher every...
View Article