Tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft continue to offer endless perks (like free dry cleaning and an organic spa, respectively) in an attempt to attract top talent. But, I believe new startups’ innate “perks” — like culture, ownership, and visibility — provide the biggest benefits to prospective hires. Instead of competing with giants on material
The five startups in the Summer 2013 cohort at Velocity Indiana are launching today. More here.
Luke Beatty, Managing Director at Techstars Boulder must have something amazing in the works, as he resigned from Techstars.
Question: What’s one tip for ending a business partnership gracefully (or at least, without lawsuits!)? Go Back to the Contract “If you had the foresight to create one, consult the partnership agreement or other business documents that detail the structure of the business and how disagreements or severance is handled. While these contracts typically do
Tennessee announces “The TENN” the ten best accelerated startups across the state, participating in a “super accelerator” of sorts.
A generation after many prominent feminists encouraged women to “have it all,” we continue to decry the absence of women in politics, business, and other positions of power. At the same time, even though there is more opportunity for women now than ever before in history, some professional women argue that we can’t or shouldn’t
For years, you’ve been selling your incredibly delicious baked goods to a group of devoted family, friends and co-workers. Now, you’ve decided to take the plunge and create a website that will allow you to ship your scrumptious scones, marvelous muffins, and tantalizing teacakes to a hopefully appreciative worldwide audience. In order to have a
Chicago startup DoggyLoot, a pets.com for the present day, raises $2.5M in real loot.
Author Austin Kleon set to keynote SXSW Interactive 2014
A new Broward County program has drawn hundreds of applications in southern Florida. Startup Quest is a new program being offered under a statewide grant through WorkForce One, reports the Sun Sentinel. The program reads like a reverse accelerator of sorts. Not a “decelerator,” of course, but Startup Quest is targeting a different segment than
When envisioning and establishing my business, I focused on both short- and long-term goals. My short-term goal was to outgrow a local competitor’s annual gross sales. I knew I wanted to eventually compete with multimillion-dollar giants, but first, I needed to examine my strengths and their weaknesses. Market competition can create a battleground. My goal
If your company hasn’t learned to harness the power of the social media world yet, here’s one reason you should: according to Google, nearly 60 percent of people talk more online than they do in real life. So where do you begin? There are plenty of avenues to take. Here are some ideas for putting
The Triangle Startup Factory has dropped Triangle from it’s name that could be because they are looking at expansion to St. Louis and beyond. They also announced their Fall 2013 cohort and we have it here.
This week we will preview some of the best startup panels that are up for consideration at SXSW Interactive in March. SXSW gets thousands of possible panel, speakers, book reading and other content submissions for their “panel picker”. If you’re a startup founder, entrepreneur or influencer with a startup related panel please email us with
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