New Crowdfunding Platform Advances Fast-Growing Ocean Energy Industry (via Ecopreneurist) Crowdfunding, as the darling of startups and new product launches across a wide range of industries, has been incredibly powerful for raising awareness and demand for all sorts of creative projects. Getting financial support for innovations in clean… (more…)

Personal Branding: it’s all in the name (via The Blog Herald) What’s in a name? The old adage is as true today as it ever was. A name is just a word, unless it is leveraged correctly. When you look across the business landscape, there are dozens of examples of business people who have leveraged […]

Lessons from the trenches: Startup success is all about the journey…and the decisions you make along the way (via StartUp Beat) My friends and I love video games. We also love drinking beer. One day, I was playing Guitar Hero with some buddies and thought: “Life would be perfect if we could combine the two […]

The Unintended Consequences of Tech Startups (via Dice News in Tech) Why do tech startups all look the same? That’s a question The Economist asks and partially answers in a story that details what it calls “The Dark Side of Tech Startups,” a topic seldom discussed by those involved with them. Startup communities… (more…)

When’s the Right Time to Join a Startup? (via Dice News in Tech) Imagine for a moment that you’re among the most fortunate people in the world: Four promising startups have offered you a job, each company at a different stage of its evolution. You have to choose one as the next step in your […]