How Team Review Meetings Can Increase Collaboration
Author: Riaz Khadem / Source: Entrepreneur The following excerpt is from Riaz Khadem and Linda Khadem’s book Total Alignment. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound The best results are produced through collaboration, a fundamental requirement...
Grants and Loans for Women-Owned Businesses
Source: Entrepreneur The following excerpt is from the staff of Entrepreneur Media’s book Finance Your Business. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes In 2016, there were an estimated 11.3 million women-owned businesses in the United States -- a 45 percent...
SoftBank adds Brazil’s 99 to its ridesharing portfolio with a $100 million investment
Author: Catherine Shu / Source: TechCrunch SoftBank, known for investing in ridesharing apps that aren’t Uber, has added another startup to its list. This time it’s a $100 million bet on 99, the largest ridesharing company in Brazil. 99 says this is an...
Acko is an ambitious digital play to disrupt India’s $10B insurance industry
Author: Jon Russell / Source: TechCrunch Acko is an under-the-radar startup that wants to disrupt India’s insurance industry through a digital-only model. This week it stuck its head above the parapet and announced that it has raised $30 million to get...
Peloton is now a unicorn because of the spinning class craze
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Have you ever taken a class at SoulCycle? Or better yet, Flywheel? Spinning has turned out to be a big business and there’s one brand that’s been gaining traction in the at-home fitness space. Peloton’s $2000 bikes...
How to Crush Your Competition Like Michael Jordan
Author: Stone Jordan / Source: Entrepreneur On this episode, Entrepreneur Network partner Stone Jordan talks about former NBA great Michael Jordan, who won six championships with the Chicago Bulls from 1991 to 1998. An entrepreneur can learn lessons from...
R.I.P. Imzy
Author: Sarah Buhr / Source: TechCrunch Imzy, the kinder, gentler online community platform, will be shutting down on June 23rd. Company co-founder Dan McComas made the announcement in a blog post today, stating his apologies and explaining to the community...
Circle with Disney raises $10 million for its parental control device for families
Author: Sarah Perez / Source: TechCrunch Circle Media, the company behind Circle with Disney – a device that helps parents enforce their home’s internet rules and restrictions – has raised $10 million in Series A funding, the company announced this morning....
IBM Signals End of Telecommuting Craze
Author: Steve Tobak / Source: Entrepreneur Remember the time Marissa Mayer banned telecommuting at Yahoo and started a media firestorm? Some thought she’d flipped her lid. Others said she’d made a grave mistake that would kill morale. Well, she hadn’t and it...
How to Strengthen and Grow Your Startup Ecosystem: Capital Innovators Panel with Leslie Miley Brings Diverse Voices to the Table
Author: Tanya Yatzeck / Source: EQ Partner Content: What is this? Estimated reading time: 8 minute(s) On Monday, May 15, the eve of Capital Innovators Demo Day, the St. Louis-based accelerator hosted a panel discussion at T-REX with Cultivation Capital,...
Deal Street: Fintech Startups Led The Funding Race Last Week
Author: Nishant Sharma / Source: Bloomberg Quint A woman holds the loan she has received. (Photographer: Adeel Halim/Bloomberg) Paysense, a Mumbai-based technology driven loan distribution platform, raised $5.3 million (Rs 34 crore) in a Series A funding...
Softbank’s Nvidia stake is reportedly worth $4BN
Author: Natasha Lomas / Source: TechCrunch When Softbank announced the first close of its Vision Fund this weekend — securing an initial commitment of $93 billion, from investors including Apple, Qualcomm and Foxconn — it also quietly disclosed it had taken...
5 Tips for Starting Your Own Online Publishing Company
Author: Alice Goldstein / Source: Entrepreneur With audiences rapidly moving online for their content, using mobile devices, ereaders and tablets for books and other types of content, the world of online publishing has grown in response to provide more...
Stae helps cities take advantage of their data
Author: Romain Dillet / Source: TechCrunch Stae wants to help local governments collect, manage and process data about their infrastructure. The company just raised $1.5 million from Story Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and Samsung Ventures. I first covered...
Healthcare booking platform DocPlanner raises €15M Series D
Author: Steve O'Hear / Source: TechCrunch DocPlanner, the European online booking platform for healthcare appointments, has raised €15 million in Series D funding, just ten months after announcing a larger Series C round of $20 million (~€18m). Leading the...
How This Entrepreneur Created a Premier Women’s Lifestyle Website
Author: Ximena N. Larkin / Source: Entrepreneur Danielle Moss was at the tail end of her 20s, working odd jobs, when she decided to move from Los Angeles to Chicago. It was in the Windy City where she met Alaina Kaczmarski, who shared a love for blogging....
Legal Marijuana Sales Surpass Viagra, Tequila and Girl Scout Cookies
Author: dispensaries.com / Source: Entrepreneur U.S. consumers will spend somewhere between $5 billion and $6 billion on legal marijuana in 2017, according to a new report released this month. By 2021, that number could reach a staggering $17 billion. The...
4 Foundational Tips for Creating a Viable Company Culture
Author: Pratik Dholakiya / Source: Entrepreneur In the course of running a company, one of the main tasks you'll face is building a culture. A business is only as good as its internal operation. If you're not an HR expert, this can be one of the most...