Private online stock exchange SharesPost launches valuation index for hot startups Because startups aren't required to report regular financial results the way publicly traded companies are, it can be hard for outsiders to get a sense of what hot ones like Facebook ...
Document service aims to make early fundraising rounds less expensive for entrepreneurs Raising money shouldn't cost startups so much money. At least that's the theory underlying the latest idea backed by former entrepreneurs-turned-venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. They worked with ...
<div><p> </p><p></p><p>David Rose, chairman of the New York Angels, a consortium of investors to new-media start-up companies, remembers a time when he was losing his best Internet and software engineers to big-time Wall Street firms offering six-figure salaries and fat bonus checks. ...
<div><p>The US financial sector meltdown is a mixed blessing for technology startups, making them seem solid bets in a shaky market but threatening long waits for investors accustomed to quick returns.</p><p>Coffers of venture capitalists are brimming with cash but those managing investments ...
<div><p>Planning on starting a new business? Whatever you do, don't fool yourself into thinking that failure is not an option. Failure is most definitely an option. A study by the U.S. Small Business Association finds that only two thirds of small business ...
<div><p>A company like YouTube is “almost impossible for a responsible investor to invest in in the first few months of life,” said Owen Davis, the managing director of NYC Seed and veteran Internet entrepreneur. He was speaking on Oct. 2 at the ...
<div id="subtitle">`Get real or go home': Squeezed by financial crisis, venture capitalists curtailing investment</div><div><p>As it becomes increasingly difficult to cash out of their previous investments, venture capitalists are gradually closing their financial spigots in what could be the start of a long, ...
<div id="subtitle">`Get real or go home': Squeezed by financial crisis, venture capitalists curtailing investment</div><div><p>As it becomes increasingly difficult to cash out of their previous investments, venture capitalists are gradually closing their financial spigots in what could be the start of a long, ...
<div><p>Roger Ehrenberg, a self-proclaimed "super angel" investor in tech start-ups, has seen it all. He joined Wall Street in 1987 and worked as an investment banker and managing director at Citibank. He has watched the Dow dive and skyrocket over the past ...
<div><p>An online community devoted to helping start-ups duel with venture capitalists is opening an institute to train technology entrepreneurs how to build top-notch businesses.</p><p>TheFunded.com has recruited 25 successful chief executives, among them Jason Calacanis of human-driven online search tool Mahalo.com, to be ...
