Check out the new yuppie food mecca right underneath Twitter
The Market, a food complex underneath Twitter's San Francisco headquarters, just opened last week.It has virtually anything you could want: a sushi/oyster bar, a taco bar, a pizzeria, and more, all...
View ArticleHow the founders of TransferWise came up with the idea for their...
The London money-transfer startup TransferWise is now worth nearly $1 billion, a huge milestone for any tech startup — especially in Europe.It's actually pretty difficult to explain what TranferWise...
View ArticleThe 10 easiest countries for doing business
Ever year, TMF Group, an international professional services firm, publishes its Global Benchmark Complexity Index Report, ranking countries around the world based on how complex they are for doing...
View ArticleHow to build a world-saving startup
Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. That’s not just for web startups, but all startup businesses of any kind.If you’re a do-gooder, it’s even harder.Social good startups have the odds...
View Article16 motivational quotes from lesser-known entrepreneurs
As we start another month, it's always a good idea to pump yourself up a little.These quotes from lesser-known entrepreneurs (e.g., not Mark Cuban or Richard Branson) offer some insight into starting a...
View ArticleCheck out the awesome campus that is transforming Durham, North Carolina into...
Durham, North Carolina has long been a center for innovation in tech, thanks in part to the universities of the Research Triangle. But now the city of 286,000 is becoming a hub for young companies...
View Article10 lessons I learned from interning at a startup
My latest professional experience was one of the most enriching of my life.I spent the last 6 months doing an internship at an early stage startup called Jogabo. I spent 3 months setting up their new...
View Article26 enterprise startups to bet your career on in 2015
Every year we survey the field of startups selling their wares to businesses to find the ones we think are sure-fire winners.These are companies with great technology, great leadership, massive...
View ArticleThis atheist makes $100,000-plus each year selling Bibles. He feels guilty,...
In February 2012, Trevor McKendrick was out at a dinner with family when he learned that a relative of his was making $8,000 to $10,000 per month selling apps in Apple's App Store.McKendrick figured if...
View ArticleThis graphic will demolish every excuse you have for not founding a startup
If you go back a hundred years before the mechanization era, you would see that the default way of making a living was not through a job, but through farming. So that tells us the current default for...
View ArticleThis cheap little device will guide you directly to your lost stuff
If you have a hard time keeping track of smaller items, you might like Pixie, which has come up with a neat way to literally keep tabs on your valuables.Pixie makes an attachable Bluetooth beacon that...
View ArticleWhy you can’t rely on a VC to make your hardest decisions
What is the role of a VC for entrepreneurs?I suppose it can be different for every founder and for different VCs but I’d like to offer you some context on what I think it is and it isn’t. I was...
View ArticleSilicon Valley's tech economy is still booming like crazy
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A study released Tuesday shows Silicon Valley's tech economy is continuing to boom, with 58,000 new jobs and 42,000 new residents last year and all indications the record growth...
View ArticleMeet Babbel, the startup that has 100,000 people downloading its...
Markus Witte, CEO and co-founder of language-learning tool Babbel, doesn’t like disclosing user numbers. He thinks they’re a “pure vanity metric”. One thing he didn’t mind sharing? In January of this...
View ArticlePeter Thiel has an insane story about what a real tech bubble feels like
Peter Thiel is a famous startup investor and early Facebook backer. People always ask him if we're in another bubble.Thiel is not sure how to answer. He doesn't think we are, but, he says, "it's a...
View ArticleThe 17 hottest startups in Australia
2014 saw some great local startups thrive in the Australian marketplace, with many entrepreneurs reaping the rewards of developing a successful business.While Campaign Monitor’s $250 million funding...
View Article7 unexpected signs that you’re meant for the startup life
Remember Jeff Foxworthy? The comedian made a splash back in the ‘90s with his (slightly un-PC) “You might be a redneck” routine. Among his classic one-liners: “If you own a home that’s mobile and five...
View ArticleThese are the 11 hottest tech startups in Brooklyn
Brooklyn isn't just for hipsters anymore.Manhattan may be known as New York City's Silicon Alley, but Brooklyn — its neighbor to the east — is buzzing with startups too.We rounded up some of the...
View ArticleMeet the trio behind Uncover, the app that lets you jump the queue at...
The Chiltern Firehouse in London is notoriously hard to get into. Scores of foodies have written about the restaurant's exclusivity, which is crawling with A-list guests. But soon, snagging a...
View ArticleA CEO wrote this brutal memo when he realized his billion-dollar startup was...
Fab.com was once considered the fastest growing startup in the world. The e-commerce site partnered with thousands of designers to sell their funky decor and trinkets via flash sales.Within its first...
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