Tag Archives : United States

Here’s an idea that’s been getting a lot of attention lately: A new U.S. visa just for foreign-born entrepreneurs. That’s right. Come to America, start a new business, hire people [...]

Wakanow.com provides consumers everything they need for researching, planning, and purchasing a whole trip. The portal provides direct access to a selection of travel deals and services through its North [...]

Google has launched an experimental search tool called Hotel Finder, which is specifically designed to help users find the perfect hotel. Hotel Finder search options are: Figure out where to [...]

Redwood City-based Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment arm of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, said this week that it is funding an innovation center in Nigeria-Co-Creation Hub, to the tune of [...]

Google launched Google+ three weeks ago and now the social network has recorded 20 million users and marketing has not even started yet. On Wednesday, Web-traffic watcher comScore Inc. estimated Google+ has [...]

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has presented a proposal to jump-start the ailing U.S. economy and increase job creation by accelerating the growth of startups and young businesses. The “Startup [...]

Most prospective entrepreneurs are paralyzed with fear, growth and development. The simple belief that your idea can be stolen and developed by somebody else could be your biggest hindrance to [...]

Three months ago, Matt Shampine, Jesse Middleton and Adam Neumann opened a startup incubator in SoHo, WeWork Labs. Fifty talented, aspiring entrepreneurs were hosted at the space and immediately got [...]

Quidsi,  a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, has announced  the launch of Wag.com, an e-commerce site selling pet-related products. Quidsi also runs Diapers.com, Soap.com, and BeautyBar.com. Wag.com carries thousands of pet [...]

Do angel investors and venture capitalists prefer investing in LLCs or C-Corps? Why are there so many consumer focused startups compared to B2B startups if the majority of profits are [...]

With unemployment remaining at a stagnant 9.1%, the number of U.S. freelancers is on the rise –independent workers make up 30% of America’s workforce according to the Freelance Union. Most [...]

General Electric has announced the second round of winners of its Ecomagination Challenge: Powering Your Home. The 10 winners of the home energy technology competition will receive a collective $63 [...]

Bill Schreiber is a partner in Fenwick & West’s corporate group. His emphasis is on  Start-up Counseling, Venture Capital Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures. Fenwick incorporated Apple, when it was [...]

SpotWorld is a free, social travel guide of the entire world. Discover and learn about the best spots to visit in any destination and interact with community-generated itineraries. You can [...]

OpenTable a provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and guest management solutions for restaurants has announced that the OpenTable Reviews program has generated more than 10 million [...]