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3 Energy Companies Investing In Startups
Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 3:40pm | 787Read More...As recently reported, NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) is acquiring Goal Zero, a company that makes portable solar battery chargers. The deal is just the latest in a growing trend of energy companies acquiring innovative startups in an effort to diversify and expand their markets. Here are some...
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Bloomberg Messaging Could Be Replaced By A Startup
Sunday, August 3, 2014 - 2:30pm | 278Read More...Wall Street banks are close to buying a stake in the messaging startup Perzo, according to Reuters. The deal is rumored to reduce the need for Bloomberg terminals as trading divisions struggle to remain profitable. Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs is leading the way on the deal, followed...
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3 Reasons Why Crowdfunding Is The Investment Tool Of Millennials
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 10:59am | 916Read More...In case you haven't heard about the vast amounts of money raised online for Pebble, Oculus Rift or potato salad, Internet crowdfunding is kind of a big deal. Both the Internet and the JOBS Act, a law passed slightly more than two years ago that eased certain security regulations to...
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Banana Republic Creates 'Startup Guy' Look
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 3:04pm | 792Read More...Banana Republic, a subsidiary of Gap (NYSE: GPS), sent out an email last month with a look labeled as the “Startup Guy.” The outfit in question features a half-tucked button down, rolled-up khakis and (what appear to be) suede Oxford-style shoes. It's part of Banana Republic...
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5 Things Every Detroit Entrepreneur Should Know
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 10:27am | 609Read More...Detroit is a gritty beacon of entrepreneurship, which is why it was one of the cities chosen to host Project Startup Live — a forum and pitch competition to support local startups. Project Startup Live is a partnership between A&E, Comcast Business (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and crowdfunding website...
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Try To Kill Their Startup Ideas
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 4:35pm | 549Read More...What's the best way to ensure your startup will succeed? According to David Gomel, co-founder and co-CEO of Finom (a new matchmaking site for consumers and investment advisors), entrepreneurs can test their success by doing everything they can to kill their ideas. "Instead of trying to figure...
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Storage Pros Thrives From Value Acquisition
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 9:56am | 746Read More...Six months after real estate veterans Ian Burnstein and David Levenfeld met, they owned six self-storage properties together. After six years, they owned 55. Their partnership was born out of a shared vision: use a value investing strategy to build a self-storage business. At the time, “Class A...
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Top Acquisitions Of Big Tech Companies
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 4:08pm | 252Read More...Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion earlier this year caused quite a stir, but that's only been the fourth biggest acquisition so far this year, according to a new infographic from Finances Online. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) offered more than double that amount...
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Startup Competition Comes To Detroit, Offers Big Prizes
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 9:05am | 398Read More...Prepare your business pitches, Motor City dwellers. Detroit is one of three cities that will host Project Startup Live, a series of competitive entreprenuerial forums aimed at bolstering local startups. The program is a partnership between A&E, Comcast Business (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and...
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Number-One Reason Your Startup Will Fail
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 1:12pm | 531Read More...Think your business is destined to be the next big thing? Think again. It turns out that most entrepreneurs go into business without the right mindset -- or the right purpose. "Today, with 12% to 16% unemployment, the real rate of unemployment, everybody's out there saying, 'I can't get a job, I'...
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Are Your Employees More Important Than Your Users?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 10:51am | 702Read More...That's not something most entrepreneurs think about. But you know what they say: the customer is always right. If we are to believe that, however, how could your employees ever be more important? Christophe Frerebeau, the CEO of Fundspire (a cloud-based analytic and reporting platform for the...
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Akamai and AT&T bid for Israeli Startup Cotendo
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 12:46pm | 193Read More...Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) is reportedly in talks to buy Israeli startup Cotendo for more than $300 million. AT&T (NYSE: T), along with Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), is also said to be eyeing Contendo. Founded in 2008, Cotendo is a competitor of Akamai, as its products also improve...
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New Entertainment Startup Aims to Promote Fresh Talent
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 3:11pm | 191Read More...New social startup Stagee has just launched its open alpha site, a professional platform for entertainers somewhat in the mode of MySpace's original intention as a platform for artists and entertainers. The company was founded in early 2011 and raised $330K in seed money from angel investors....
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James Alexander's Increased Vizibility
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 2:32pm | 384Read More...Search engine snafus could be a thing of the past with Vizibility. Technology pioneer James Alexander's newest venture, Vizibility.com, provides individuals and businesses with the ability to decide and deliver information provided about them on search engine queries. Vizibility's reputation of “...
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Three Startup Obsessions
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 1:03pm | 102Read More...If you “follow” me, I will show how to be “disruptive.” Now that startup mania is in full swing, you can't go a single day without hearing about a new company. Thus, with so many organizations rolling off the assembly line (figuratively speaking, of course – it's not like there's a factory...
