Cybersecurity startups will be funded at slower pace and lower valuations than last year
Author: Aaron Jacobson / Source: VentureBeat The current cycle of investment in cybersecurity began in 2012, catalyzed by three major IPOs: Proofpoint, Splunk, and Palo Alto Networks. As is typical, big exits in a space significantly increase investor...
To Create an SEO Strategy, You’ll Have to Be Patient
Author: Jason Parks / Source: Entrepreneur We’ve all heard the saying patience is a virtue. If you are a business owner, entrepreneur or marketer, my guess is that patience may not be your strongest quality. In order to grow a business and keep things...
How to Escape Your Cubicle and Become an Entrepreneur
Author: Greg Rollett / Source: Entrepreneur In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Greg Rollett explains the only way to leave your cubicle behind and become an entrepreneur. His tip? Become an entrepreneur. There's no typo there. The only way to learn...
Deal Street: Indian Startups Raised Nearly Rs 600 Crore Last Week
Author: Nishant Sharma / Source: Bloomberg Quint After weeks of muted funding activity, the deal street was finally abuzz with investments. The week gone by saw eight startups raising $85 million in from angel investors and venture capitalists across...
Tech giants acquired 34 AI startups in Q1 2017
Author: Reuters / Source: VentureBeat Above: Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, onstage at Google I/O 2017. (Reuters) – A total of 34 artificial intelligence startups were acquired in the first quarter of this year, more than twice the amount...
5 Steps to Becoming a More Recognizable Brand
Author: Renée Warren / Source: Entrepreneur Do you have a favorite lunch spot? Maybe a cafe that once made a great impression on you? If so, that's the power of branding at work. Your brand image is often the difference between having a lifelong relationship...
Why You Should Craft a Compelling Content Strategy for Your Small Business
Author: Claire Holland / Source: Entrepreneur You have the branding. You have the campaign strategy. You have a great product. So why is your small business not attracting and retaining its audience? The buyer’s journey can be a long one, with plenty of...
How to Give Your Employees Real Benefits, Not Just Cheap Perks
Author: Carol Carrubba / Source: Entrepreneur As any entrepreneur will attest, perhaps the most difficult tasks in running a business are attracting, retaining and supporting a strong workforce. Common solutions to this problem come in the form of sweet...
Turtle Rock’s Steve Goldstein believes the console game industry lacks risk takers
Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Above: Steve Goldstein, president of Turtle Rock Studios, at the Video Game Bar Association event in Los Angeles. I’ve formed a lot of opinions about the game industry over the years. And I recent got the chance...
Venture capital growth: Michigan hits record with latest round of fundraising
Author: TOM HENDERSON / Source: Crain's Detroit Business Venture capital in Michigan is on a record-breaking round of fundraising. Four numbers indicate historical high-water marks for VC activity in the state: 12 — that's the number of firms either based in...
HTC’s newest VR headset is the Link
Author: Jamie Feltham / Source: VentureBeat Well this is surprising; HTC has yet another new VR headset on the way, promising to make an important breakthrough for a major category of device. Meet the HTC Link. The Link was first reported on by Japanese site...
The NCAA needs to help college esports grow
Author: Ken Ungar / Source: VentureBeat As esports at all levels continues to earn mainstream credibility, one segment is poised for explosive growth – collegiate esports. How colleges and universities will manage esports is an important question. Esports...
This was a big week for blockchain
Author: Jeremy Epstein / Source: VentureBeat I just spent four days at two of the most important conferences in the emerging blockchain/crypto-currency space. One was Consensus. The other Token Summit. I had about 100 conversations with people who are at the...
ABQ startup gets first Catalyst Fund payout
Author: Kevin Robinson-Avila / Journal Staff Writer / Source: Albuquerque Journal Scott Dyer, chief science officer of BayoTech Inc., left, pulls out tubing from a facsimile of a chemical reactor as Milton Vernon, company chief technology officer, at right,...
Funding for real estate challenger Spruce shows New York’s startup scene is thriving
Author: Jonathan Shieber / Source: TechCrunch Spruce, a new startup looking to speed up the mortgage-closing process, has raised $4.5 million in its Series A financing from Bessemer Venture Partners, Omidyar Network and Third Prime Capital, along with a slew...
VAF helps get startups in gear
Author: Sandy Nelson / Source: Las Cruces Sun-News Every early-stage business needs capital to grow, but a company that lacks collateral to procure traditional debt financing and is too immature to interest equity investment can idle for years in a financing...
Gazillion 2.0: How an online game company rebooted itself and brought Marvel Heroes Omega to the consoles
Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Gazillion Entertainment is a company that came back from the dead. It was shedding employees a few years ago, and now it’s celebrating the recent debut of its massively multiplayer online game Marvel Heroes Omega...
Spotify settles lawsuits, adds board members as it gets ready to go public
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Spotify made a few moves this week that could put them in a better position to join the stock market. On Thursday, it was revealed that the company added four people to its board of directors. The music streaming...