Startup News
Is A Reverse Merger The Way To Fund Your Startup?
Forbes - 3 May 2014 02:06
With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go ar...
Toyota designs a combustion engine that generates electricity
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 22:38
Kinetic energy of the piston's back-and-forth movement is used to generate power -- ideal as a generator for range-extended electric vehicles.
Expanding internationally? Here's what you need to know to fundraise
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 22:08
We had millions of U.S. customers when we went into fundraising mode. But our revenue stream is primarily from overseas. Here's how we convinced top-tier VCs to buy in.
Coding bootcamps will graduate 6,000 people in 2014 -- 3x as many as last year
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 20:49
Learning to code is the new Pilates. In 2014, U.S. learn-to-code bootcamps will churn out nearly 6,000 entry-level programmers, according to a new report. That’s almost three times as many graduates as last year, and i...
Sitting all day is bad for your brain, too
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 20:30
Even after controlling for race, age, and IQ, participants who had fatter body compositions and less aerobic capacity (Vo2 max), performed worse a test of long-term memory.
Waggl, inspired by honeybees to help people make decisions, secures $1M
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 20:22
Michael Papay, chief executive at Bay Area startup Waggl, said his app is inspired by (and named after) the decision making dance that honeybees have used for millions of years." This simple tool brings the power of surv...
4 ways to build a successful remote team
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 19:30
While technology has helped companies be lean, distributed and efficient from anywhere in the world, it also can be alienating when it comes to team communication, being productive, and growing your culture.
How 3D Printing Can Transform Your Business
Forbes - 3 May 2014 18:00
As 3D printing is becoming more accessible, more affordable and more capable, it is beginning to redefine the way we think about manufacturing almost anything - and the way we run our businesses.
Impact Investors Still Chasing A Too-Small Pool Of Companies
Forbes - 3 May 2014 17:32
There's more interest than ever in impact investing--and a lack of promising investment opportunities, according to a new study by the Global Impact Investing Network and J.P. Morgan.
Retail is Dead, Long Live Retail!
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 17:003 big SEO trends for 2014 that will help you win the traffic game
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 16:27
Guest Post: In the past couple of years, SEO has turned from a compliment to a curse word. From being associated with technology, to being associated with Spam. Thus, new buzzwords have woken up to cover for SEO's reputa...
5 Moroccan Multi-Millionaires You Should Know
Forbes - 3 May 2014 10:31
Meet 5 Moroccan centi-millionaires you've never heard of
Stanford scientists use Twitter to make more accurate earthquake maps
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 04:30
Beyond the celebrity life updates and the 140-character fights about pretty much anything under the sun, Twitter can actually be helpful when it comes to things like mapping earthquakes. Twitter and a group of researcher...
Jury rules that Samsung infringed on some but not all Apple patents in iPhone trial
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 01:59
Samsung infringed at least one Apple patent. Jury awards Apple $119 million in damages.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island -- A Deceptive Sequel
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 01:42
Benjamin experiences Yoshi's Island for the first time and comes away both surprised and disappointed.
Free to Play: No Longer a Bad Word
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 01:36
Early Perceptions Back in the dark ages of the early 2010's, when mobile games were gaining popularity, developers needed a way to ensure that fans were consistently playing their products. Teams rushed content out at a ...
A Comparison of Minecraft for PC and Pocket Edition
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 01:25
Minecraft is the game people just can’t stop talking about within the gaming sphere. It is not hard to tell why based on what we recently learned from the game’s creator Markus Persson. With a little bit of calculati...
Funding Daily: Rolling robots
Venture Beat - 3 May 2014 01:01
Today, we got the inside scoop on Orbotix, which just raised $15.5 million for its robot toys.
OverDog Wins EE Tennessee's Startup Ave Pitch Competition
Nibletz - 3 May 2014 00:51
Wrapping up the EE Tennessee Conference this week was the Startup Ave competition. OverDog was selected as the winner of the competition, gaining funding to further their company. EE Tennessee hosted eleven startups for ...