500 Startups opens San Francisco office with its new batch of startups, includes companies from eleven countries (via StartUp Beat) Now that the holidays are over and we’re well into the new year, startup accelerators are starting to debut their new classes, and today one of the most prominent—500 Startups—revealed its eighth batch. I’m a […]
Every Startup Is All About The Journey
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 […]
Unintended Results of Tech Startups
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…)
Crowdfunding Platform to Fight Poverty
Crowdfunding Platform Aims to Break Cycle of Poverty for Adolescent Girls (via Ecopreneurist) A new social enterprise is setting its sights on breaking the cycle of poverty for girls in the developing world, by giving them the opportunity to go to high school through the helping hand of crowdfunding. “Our aim is to combat one […]
The Best Time To Join A Startup
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 […]