Startup News
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Orange County Startup Map
A map of the Orange County Startup Community (California)
Happy Birthday HubSpot! 9 Lessons From Our First 9 Years
Secret To SaaS Success: It-is-not-Software
The State Of The 2017 Seed Market
The following charts from TomasTonguz, a venture capitalist at Redpoint show the state of the investment market at the seed level from 2016 and how it looks for the coming 2017 year.
What is Innovation?
First published on FastCompany.com, “What is Innovation?” became amazingly popular with thousands of views around the world.
Startup Funding without Venture Capital
Entrepreneurs who need cash, but want to avoid VC or Angel investments, actually have quite a few options for raising capital on their own terms. Let’s decode a few of the most popular alternative methods of fundraising.
Post Seed Venture Financing
Since 2011, Bullpen and Vator have put together an annual venture capital event to gather the old guard investors and new to understand the changing and evolving venture landscape.
Start-Ups: Yes, Money is Available
Dozens of panelists at an alternative funding conference emphasized one message: If you know where to look, there may be funding for your venture.
Is a Lease-back Arrangement Good for Patents?
Russ Krajec of Blue Iron has a new way of helping startups with their IP costs. He does a lease-back arrangement. He takes ownership of the patentable idea, handles all the filings required and then leases the patent ba
No Angel Investors, No Problem
Don’t want to give up equity? Lighter Capital has an alternative.
7 Ways to Make Your Accelerator Application Stand Out
Suffice to say, it is important to make your application stand out. Here are the things we are looking for in applications for the next Techstars NYC class that most likely apply to any accelerator.
America is the Most Amazing Place
The United States of America is an amazing place. I saw two individuals go from obscurity to stardom today.
Tracts Announced for RoboUniverse
RoboUniverse San Diego will feature focused tracks exploring robotics applications in Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Drones, and Manufacturing & Logistics.
Dean Kamen – Startupmanship Inspiration
Dean Kamen is a National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) inductee, as well as one of Startupmanship’s choices for a Source of Inspiration.
10 Questions I Hope I Don’t Get Asked During My Product Hunt AMA
Gartner’s 2015 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
The Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is purposely focused on more emerging technologies, it mostly supports the last three of these stages: Digital Marketing, Digital Business and Autonomous.”
Ivan Sutherland – Startupmanship Inspiration
Ivan Sutherland is a 2016 National Inventors Hall of Fame and a Startupmanship Source of Inspiration.
Tools for Disruptive Business Strategies
Strategic Tools for Innovative Business Strategies
Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016
The 7th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at Stanford University featured new commitments to promote entrepreneurship as a driver for economic growth, social inclusion, and secure communities.
Business Model Innovation
Leading edge or bleeding edge? Business innovators learn how to change key elements of a business idea without bleeding out in the process.
Disruptive Innovation
This fun little cartoon video is a great primer on what we should be focusing on as a disruptive startup.
The First Rule Of Disruption
This is an interesting look at the concept of disruption and how startups should approach unseating one of the big guys in their industry.
Angel Social Impact Investing in Ontario, Canada
Amy Cuddy, Body Language TED Talk
According to Amy Cuddy in this TED Talk, your body language can change your confidence level and your interaction with others.
A Study of 386 SaaS Startup Pricing Pages
Startups are around twice as likely to show their pricing than their enterprise SaaS big brothers. In fact, 39% of the 389 startups I analysed had pricing clearly available.
Harry’s Cracked a $2.4 Million Market with Branding
Case studies are an invaluable way to learn what works and what doesn’t. This case study about the importance of branding and storytelling is written as (surprise!) a story, and as such is a great read.
10 MIllion Strong – Women Founders
The report by NWBC called 10 Million Strong – The Tipping Point for Women’s Entrepreneurship has a number of recommendations on where improvements can take place related to assisting female entrepreneurs and female founders.
How Emotion Helped Canva Scale to 2.8M Users
How Emotion Helped Canva Scale to 2.8M Users. A step by step look at scaling a business.
2016 Predictions from Term Sheet Readers
2016 Predictions from Term Sheet Readers
Will ‘unicorns’ gallop off a cliff in 2016?
Is the herd of startup unicorns going to grow and thrive in 2016 or will the herd thin out from various economic constraints?
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