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2834 Articles FoundSenate Bill Would Help Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs Stay, but It Faces Hurdles via @WSJ
Senate Bill Would Help Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs Stay, but It Faces Hurdles
@SlushHQ Conference Startup Winner @FishBrain of Sweden Looks to Scale Niche Social Network by @HumayunNKhan via @BetaKit
As the trend shifts from one-size-fits-all approaches to social networks to more niche tools, Swedish startup FishBrain is looking to be to go platform for what CEO Jens Persson said are the 200 million anglers and fishermen worldwide.
@Ericsson’s massive mobile report: 6.4B global cellular plans, 75% of all new phones in Asia and Africa by @Ericsson via @VentureBeat
See also Ericsson Mobility Report at http://www.ericsson.com/us/ericsson-mobility-report
Silicon Valley Bank's Managing Partner Aaron Gershenberg talks with 21-year old Norwegian star chess player Magnus Carlsen about what chess has taught him.
Peter Thiel is proof that chess concepts can be highly valuable in the entrepreneurial world. He has attributed his success to what he learned playing the game, and ultimately becoming a FIDE rated Chess Master.
Kristian Segerstråle (@ksegerstrale), EVP Digital @EA: 5 Lessons for Creating Tomorrow via @SlushHQ
“These are amazing times to be an entrepreneur — to be a disruptor” began Kristian Segerstråle, Executive Vice President, Digital of Electronic Arts and the keynote speaker on Day 1 of Slush 2012 in Helsinki, Finland.
Video from The City Challenge - Seven cities: Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm and Tallinn battled for the title of Startup Capital
Seven cities: Riga, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, London and Tallinn battled for the title of Startup Capital. Check out how the cities were pitched and who won the title!
Garage Comparison Engine @Autobutler Secures Seed Capital From Dawn Capital by @MikeButcher via @TechCrunch
autobutler, a startup which enables users to compare prices and services across car garages, has secured seed capital from London-based investment fund Dawn Capital. Joining them is serial entrepreneur and multi-millionaire Jesper Buch, an investor in restaurant portal Just Eat. ...
Lean Startup Legend Steve Blank @sgblank Discloses His Most Daring Guerrilla Marketing Tactics by @JohnGreathouse at Rincon Venture Partners
I always walk away smarter after speaking with Steve Blank. In addition to being a thought leader within the Lean Startup Movement, Steve is also a professor at Stanford and Berkley. However, many people are not aware that prior to ...
Team Banking Startup @Holvi Adds Funding in Advance of 2013 European Launch by @HumayunNKhan via @BetaKit
Finland-based online banking startup Holvi, which BetaKit covered earlier in the year, announced today that it has raised an undisclosed new round of funding from angel investor Thomas Madsen-Mygdal.