It wouldn’t be too untoward to say that we talk a lot about Kickstarter projects. The crowdfunding site has featured…
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For some, the road to developing their startup is a natural one. Some entrepreneurs are born to manage the resources,…
The story of New York-based startup Impraise begins at the end–at the end of performance reviews, that is. “The annual…
Reddit AMAs (Ask Me Anything), Quora Sessions, Product Hunt Live, Twitter Q&A—the list goes on. There are a number of…
It’s an established fact that the tech industry has a significant diversity problem. In 2014, the combined US workforces of…
Either it’s been the theme of many Throwback Thursdays running, or the barter system is actually making a comeback. Whatever…
Kiah Williams has gotten used to the limelight in the past year – or at least she should have, given…
It used to be that the term ‘artificial intelligence’ evoked images of anthropomorphic robots. The field of study has helped…
Anyone who has seen the show Parking Wars knows that getting a parking ticket or traffic ticket (or worse, getting booted)…
Snapchat has come a long way since its origins as an app for the saucy and surreptitious. There may be no…
Some cities were built on rock ‘n roll. Chicago was built on industry, and the startup scene, particularly the foodie…
Art is something which is easy to admire, but can be extremely hard to obtain. Well, the good stuff anyway.…
With a 12% YOY drop in the number of startup funding deals in Q1, the questions is, are there any startups poised to challenge the trend? We look at the current classes of the leading accelerators/incubators and draw some lessons for the entrepreneur looking for the next big business idea.
I recently had a grill mishap. No, I didn’t accidentally blow my face off, or anything terrible like that. But…
Boom’s supersonic plane will be capable of Mach 2.2 speeds (~1,451 mph), which means they’ll travel at more than double the speed of sound. And with 25 planes optioned, 10 of them by Virgin Group, and an upcoming graduation from Y Combinator, they are set to take off soon.
Getting into an incubator or accelerator program is the dream of many tech startup founders, but the model isn’t perfect, and can sometimes lead to company failures rather than growth. Consider these four potential shortfalls of the incubator model before hitting the accelerator.
Can we all just agree that job interviews are the worst? It begins with the resume, where you’re supposed to…