Helping Startups Accelerate Funding
In the war for talent, America can learn a lot from Chile THE world’s most valuable resource is talent. No country grows enough of it. Some, however, enjoy the colossal advantage of being able to import it. Rich, peaceful countries can attract clever immigrants. Unlike other useful imports, they cost the recipient country nothing. They […]
As America shuts out immigrant entrepreneurs, Chile welcomes them ONE by one they came to the stage and pitched their ideas to the crowd. There was the founder of Kwelia.com, which makes software that helps landlords mint more money from their properties. There was the co-founder of Chef Surfing, an online service for people looking […]
In the Sept. 29 issue of Orlando Business Journal, we had a story about the University of Central Florida’s incubator having formed an angel network with a dozen certified investors and $800 million in net worth. As part of that story, I spoke with Michael O’Donnell, an angel investor who’s heading the UCF Angel Network (he’s also a professor at […]
When Washington D.C. threatened to raise the price of an Uber cab by a few dollars, the online community staged a full-fledged panic attack. Yet it barely whispered a peep of discontent when Congress introduced a bill to alleviate the high-skilled immigrant crunch for tech companies. Yesterday’s defeat of the STEM Jobs Act, which would have added 55,000 […]
With VCs like Sequoia and Nexus Venturespouring money into India’s startup scene, it was only a matter of time before those focused on early-stage funding would follow. Today, GSF India, in partnership with some 30 other investors including Dave McClure’s 500 Startups,announced a new initiative called GSF Accelerator. Set to take off this October, GSF Accelerator will be mentoring and […]
In April 2012, President Obama and Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act in support of entrepreneurship and small business growth. The JOBS Act is designed to encourage small business and startup funding by easing federal regulations and allowing individuals to become investors. Since the passing of the JOBS Act, we’ve seen an increase in […]
Start-Up Chile is an accelerator program that is financed by the Chilean government and meant to jumpstart the tech community in the South American country. Today, the program is holding its first demo day in San Francisco. What’s especially interesting about Start-Up Chile is that the program, which started in 2010 and has already graduated four […]
We all love infographics and the way they make information more clear, entertaining, and telegraphic. Here are nine such illustrations tailored for the viewing pleasure of the inquisitive marketer. Digital marketing budget trends 2012 From 6S Marketing It’s all about you. Well, all about you and people like you. Here’s a summary of digital marketing budget trends […]
You can’t read an article on a startup these days without hearing about a “pivot.” A pivot is just as it sounds, a swivel, a twist, a change of direction. Turning on an axis and swapping direction without dismissing the core idea. It’s a tricky proposition, but more startups are pivoting because opportunity will only […]
At TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco,Wallwisher showed us the new version of their web application. Wallwisher allows users to write, collaborate and share content on an empty canvas. The idea is deliberately simple in order to allow many uses for the service. For example, you could create noticeboards, scrapbooks, playlists, charts, polls, use it to brainstorm or to […]
