The first year is always the hardest. This saying always seems to come up when talking about marriage, having kids, going back to school, and moving out of your parents’…
For many entrepreneurs, creativity and drive is the easiest part; however, this is only half the battle. Being financially literate is a must if you’re going to start your own…
Every year over 500 million people use Excel spreadsheets and financial models (Microsoft, 2010) to understand complex problems and make better decisions for the future. Vumero wants to provide you…
If you a startup building a product getting into the right startup accelerator would be one of the smartest moves you make simply because it helps you jump across the…
Menlo Park-based Clean power Finance, a provider of financing and services for the solar industry, raised $25M in an investment round, from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures.…
On how many boards do you sit? Do you really have enough time to impact the outcome of this investment through your involvement and engagement? Is there a culture of…
Google has launched a new tool for finding and comparing financial products. Google Advisor makes it easy to find financial offers from multiple providers, compare them side by side, and…
LearnVest officially launched to the public on November 16th 2009 and closed its second round of funding in February 2010 with $4.5 million from Accel Partners. Today, LearnVest enjoys a…
In business, as in life, the things that often matter most are the most difficult to do. That’s why so many people put off drawing up Wills and Living Trusts,…
Mint together with Scholastic have launched a new online “Quest for Money” game. The online game provides free tools to help middle school students learn essential and long-lasting personal finance…
When you think of banks, you mostly turn to the brick-and-mortar financial institutions to keep your money safe and secured. Banksimple, a startup still in stealth mode hopes to change…
MyJibe is taking on Mint in the web-based personal finance application industry with the launch of a new personal financial app. MyJibe, which launched today, is like Mint in that…
CarryQuote AG, a pioneer in mobile real-time financial information solutions, and CNBC, has announced the availability of CarryQuote Enterprise CNBC Edition, a mobile and desktop solution that significantly enhances the…
Lending Club is an online financial community that brings together creditworthy borrowers and savvy investors so that both can benefit financially. They replace the high cost and complexity of bank…