Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM announced Thursday afternoon that it has launched a $100 million, Android investment fund. The new A-Fund is backed by Asian firms GREE, KDDI, and…
Ronald Conway is an angel investor often described as one of the “super angels. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments…
Guest post submitted by Tomer Tagrin, Co-founder at Yotpo . Yotpo is a new start-up company that is all about users and users’ opinions. After a few weeks (or forever…
These venture firms have established themselves in the industry and are well connected. They have the track record of big consumer internet deals and potential for the future. Depending on…
* Start with zero-based budgeting. * Cutting deeper is the formula to survive, and this is an era of survival of the quickest. * Make sure you have one year’s…
Everyone knows that passion is an essential ingredient of being a successful entrepreneur. But John Bradberry in his book talks about the pitfalls of passion or what he calls the…
The most important attribute required to be a successful founding CEO is leadership All CEOs should work on the vision component of leadership To create the original innovation to start…
Martin Zwilling is a veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech professional, and angel investor Startups ask me “How much money should I ask for?” The simple answer is the…
Demonstrate to you and your team that your idea is implementable Once you start burning cash, and until you reach profitability, time is your enemy Successful companies understand marketing is…
A lot of startups have received investor confidence this week. These companies received cash infusion to improve their services, expand product to other platforms, increase user base and expand operations…
SeedStart Media 2011, a summer program for the most innovative startup companies in digital content, e-commerce, ad infrastructure and mobile technology has begun accepting applications. NYC SeedStart Media is a…
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces that the Wharton Business Plan Competition has chosen its 26 semi-finalists. The semi-finalists of the Competition, which is open to any…
TechStars, an investment and mentorship program for businesses in the seed stage, has announced a “bracket style” tournament to find the next big thing. In order to quality for the…
This week, BMW launched BMW i Ventures, which has plans to invest $100 million into mobile and eco-auto technologies, and has made its first investment in a mobile app called…
Capital Factory is an early stage accelerator program for tech startups that provides a small amount of seed capital and weekly mentoring sessions by entrepreneurs who have founded successful companies.…