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Serial Entrepreneur Spotlight: Steve Blank, Author of Four Steps To The Epiphany

Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley-based retired serial entrepreneur, founding and/or part of 8 startup companies in California’s Silicon Valley. He has had a 33-year career as a successful businessman,…

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20 Questions You Should Expect In Your Next Investor Pitch

What is your competitive advantage? What is your unfair advantage; the advantage no one else has or will have? What was or will be your most important, early milestone? How…

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StartX Launches 9 Stanford Startups

StartX formerly SSE Labs is a student start-up accelerator developed in accordance with the chartered goals of SSE to provide a premier experience in applied entrepreneurship for Stanford students. The…

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Apply Now: GrowLab Is Offering $25,000 In Seed Funding

GrowLab is a joint venture between entrepreneurs and angel investors in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as in Silicon Valley — that has signed up some high-profile financial backers including…

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Apply Now: Citrix Startup Accelerator Global Challenge 2011

The Citrix Startup Accelerator Global Challenge 2011 is a focused program for discovering entrepreneurs internationally for direct investment. The Citrix Startup Accelerator Global Challenge is looking for the best and…

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9flats.com (4 Months Old Startup) Raises $10 Million In Funding

9flats.com, the European leader in peer to peer apartment rentals, has announced today that it has completed a major investment round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures.…

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How Much Focus Should Startup Founders Place On Getting Acquired?

Early in my investment career, I had lunch with a Sequoia partner who explained to me some of the fundamentals of their investment strategy. One of them is that “good…

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Great Blogs To Read About Marketing For Startups

Marketing has played important role in startups in the past and new startups take time to let the public know about new products and services through their marketing efforts. One…

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TWELVE Reasons Why Businesses Fail

I have signed up for a copy of the 7 Steps to Successful Startup by Naeem Zafar, a member of the faculty of Haas Business School at the University of…

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$100M Android Fund Launched For Startups Developing Android Solutions

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…

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Sequoia Capital On Startups Revisited

* 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…

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5 Startups Graduate From Australia’s StartMate Incubator

Australia’s StartMate, a new seed fund for early stage companies has just graduated its first class of 5 startups. StartMate is a three-month program that offers mentorship and investment to…

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2 Teams Win Startup Bus Competition (SXSW)

“ StartupBus is a resource to help future entrepreneurs,” explains StartupBus founder Elias Bizannes , who also believes the six-city effort will help raise the profile of less recognized technology…

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6 Startups Chosen For The Startup Bus Competition Finals

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These New York Startups Are Generating More Than $10 Million In Revenues

The New York startups scene has seen massive growth over the years. NYC’s start-up center “Silicon Alley,” has produced billiant ideas and startups and its as vibrant as California’s Silicon…

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How AirBnB Intends To Take The Hotel Out of Your Next Travel Plans

AirBnB connects people who have space to spare with those who are looking for a place to stay. Guests can build real connections with their hosts, gain access to distinctive…

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