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A Classy Way To Admit Your Startup Is Dead

Chris Poole created the insanely popular and infamous message board site 4chan way back when he was only 15. Since then, he's launched a company called Canvas, which he pivoted into a drawing-based art...

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Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone: My Latest Startup Was An 'Accident'

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone has created a lot of buzz with his latest startup, Jelly. Jelly is an app that lets you post photos of stuff you see around you so you can ask your Twitter and Facebook...

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5 Startup Mistakes I've Made So You Don't Have To

I like to tell people I've made so many mistakes as an entrepreneur that I can't help but succeed from this point on. Unfortunately, that isn't true.No matter how many mistakes one makes as an...

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Microsoft Apologizes For A Tweet That Implied Older Women Can't Use Computers...

Microsoft on Friday apologized for promoting its cloud-computing service, Windows Azure, with a marketing campaign that implied: "So easy, even an older woman can do it."An earlier tweet on its...

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Sorry First-Time Founders, Who You Know Is Often More Important Than What You...

How do some struggling startups get bought for millions of dollars by Facebook or Yahoo, while others are left to die?Networking is an important part of building a business. For first-time founders,...

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Tired Of Missing Deliveries? This Startup Is Your Dream Come True

Zander Adell is founder of Doorman, a logistics startup that aims to solve the famous "last mile" problem for mail and package delivery. By receiving your deliveries for you remotely and delivering...

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What I Wish I'd Known Before Selling My Startup To Google

I founded Phatbits, which made XML desktop applications, in 2004. A year later, Google offered to acquire the business. We closed the deal after quick and collegial negotiations, and our group...

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The 5 Most Important Numbers For Growing A Business

If you’re using accounting software, it’s easy to run financial reports. But what then? There are so many numbers to look at; it can be overwhelming. Which ones are the most important to monitor the...

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New App From Rap Genius Should Help It Solve Its Google Search Problem

Lyrics annotation site Rap Genius has launched a new iPhone app today that lets users browse the site's content directly through their smartphones.The app will allow the company to become less...

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How It Feels When Your Investor Launches A Competitor To Your Startup

This morning, serial entrepreneur and startup investor Jason Calacanis launched a mobile news app, Inside.He's been wanting to launch the company for a long time. Earlier, he launched a minimum viable...

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Venture Capital Funding For Mobile Companies Is Exploding

Mobile Insider is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.VCs Go...

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11 Billion-Dollar Startups You've Never Heard Of

The Wall Street Journal released a report of 30 startups from the U.S., China and Europe that are valued at $1 billion or more. These companies range from familiar firms like Pinterest and Uber which...

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Why A Legendary VC Wants To Split California Into 6 States

 Please enable Javascript to watch this video Tim Draper, the founder of global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson and an investor in companies such as Skype, Tesla, Down and Hotmail, talks...

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6 Steps To Starting A Successful Business In College

Since I launched my first venture in 2009, I’ve advised numerous college entrepreneurs on how to start a business, many of which are still thriving today. Starting a company is a learned skill, and...

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An Investor Reveals How To Land Your Startup's First Round Of Funding

Steve Schlafman has been a member of the New York City tech community for years, as both an entrepreneur and an investor. He created StickyBits which turned into fleeting viral sensation, Turntable.fm....

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There's A Dropbox Competitor That Offers Ridiculously More Online Storage...

A French-hosting company called OVH just updated the rates for its Dropbox-competitor site HubiC, and is now offering a jaw-dropping 10 TB for only about $13.50 per month (€10).That is a ridiculous...

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This Is The Best Free Online Course For Entrepreneurs

A few weeks back we profiled a woman who has made getting a free MBA education a mission by taking MOOCs. Laurie Pickard, a former Peace Corps volunteer, is a smart and thoughtful consumer of these...

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Here's How To Win When You Fail

If you're an entrepreneur, you will fail. I don't mean your business is going to fail and you'll go bankrupt. I mean that sometime, somewhere, to some degree, you will fall short. You will forget to...

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Social Influence Measurement Site Klout Is About To Be Sold For At Least $100...

Klout, a site that measures your influence on social media, is about to be sold for at least $100 million to Lithium technologies, according to Recode. The deal isn't closed, but papers have been...

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This Startup Is Designing Out-Of-This-World Office Spaces For NYC's Hottest...

It's no secret that working at a startup can come with enviable perks, including some really cool work environments. A startup called Homepolish aims to take work spaces to the next level, and it's...

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