UTrip adds Oren Etzioni to its advisory board.
How startup investment works (or not)
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Some startups will get about $15,000 from family and friends, maybe $200,000 from an angel investor three months later, and about $2 million from a VC perhaps six months later.
Successful acquisition? Why Yahoo buying Tumblr fails on four tests
May 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
Yahoo’s decision to buy Tumblr is bad news for Marissa Meyer’s shareholders, because the deal fails the four tests of a successful acquisition.
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Startups should avoid these ten PR disasters
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
No massive marketing budget? Smaller companies and startups often find themselves relying on the media thought PR stunts and initiatives.
Feature, product or a business? The classic VC question for startups
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Venture capitalists are paid to act on a point of view, ideally one that proves profitable.
Are you a natural CEO?
May 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Being a founder of a startup is one thing, but elevating that position to one of CEO is another matter entirely – and some say good CEOs are made, not born.
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Those European startup issues when trying to raise money in the Valley
May 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
Here’s a hard cold truth for European startups: your chances of raising money from US investors are extremely low. It’s almost impossible.
Reality check, please: Not every startup founder will be the next Mark Zuckerberg
May 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
Entrepreneurs dream of sell their company for millions of dollars. But a nasty secret of venture capital is that the dream can be dashed as the venture capitalists make millions in a sale, leaving the founders with nothing.
No need to cry about the Berlin startup scene after the GetYourGuide-Gidsy deal
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last week news arrived that Gidsy, the de facto poster-child of the Berlin startup scene was being acquired and subsumed by fellow Berlin travel experience platform GetYourGuide.
For opportunities as a startup, look no further than Big Data
April 27, 2013 By 1 Comment
Even though Big Data has now been around for a few years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing.
