PapayaMobile, An Android Social Gaming Network Secures $18 Million
PapayaMobile, a social gaming network on Android, has secured $18 million in a round of Series B funding. The round was led by Keytone Ventures, a leading venture capital firm…
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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…
$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…
Ron Conway On Startups
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…
Startup Founder Lessons: Tomer Tagrin On Raising Money
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…
Top 14 Venture Capital Firms
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…
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…
6 Negative Impacts of Entrepreneurial Passion
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…
Andreessen Horowitz On Startups
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…
How Much Money Should You Request For Your Startup
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…
15 Startup Commandments For Every Startup Founder
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…
10 Startups Raise $170 Million In Funding This Week
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…
Apply Now: NYC SeedStart Media 2011
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…
Wharton Business Plan Competition: 26 Semi-finalists Selected
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: 64 Startups To Face off In Startup Madness, Nominate Now
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…
BMW Invests $5 Million In MyCityWay-Location-based Urban Reference App
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…