Venture Capital
Don't Let Angel Investors Bedevil You
Twitter It!By: Forbes/ Kevin Woo
In 2003, three Brown University undergraduates, Eric Shashoua, Ben Rubin and Jason Donahue, sat in a school cafeteria and mused about their grogginess after an all-night study session. They knew that the stress of exams played a role, but they started wondering about the science of their exhaustion.
Little did they [...]
The fight for startup cash
Twitter It!Fortune Small Business STARTUP SHOWDOWN 2009
42 startups duked it out in the world’s most lucrative business plan competition. We trailed one team to the bitter end. Here is their story.
By Adriana Gardella
HOUSTON (Fortune Small Business) — THURSDAY 3 p.m. Kristine Wexler can’t remember what comes next. Wearing a pair of four-inch stilettos that are [...]
Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?
Twitter It!By Matt Marshall for Venture Beat
Chris Shipley and I hosted a breakfast last week with 16 leading Silicon Valley investors about the state of the start-up community.
It was frank and engaging.
Some participants requested their comments remain off the record. Below are summaries of some of the remarks of participants who agreed to be referenced.
Here [...]
Firm Lets Others Choose Start-Ups
Twitter It!Venture-Capital Group Outsources Funding Decisions; $25,000 and a Dream
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO
In the latest example of investors trying new approaches during the downturn, a venture-capital firm that was an early backer of Facebook Inc. is devising a plan to outsource early investing decisions to hand-picked entrepreneurs and technology executives.
The Silicon Valley firm Founders Fund [...]
Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs Bet On Detroit
Twitter It!At NPR
Michigan residents are waking up to news that General Motors may take the summer off.
People familiar with the plan say most factories will shut for up to nine weeks.
The cars just aren’t selling.
The expected GM shutdown serves as one more reminder that southeastern Michigan is looking for a job. As Detroit’s “Big Three” [...]