4 Industry Trends Every Fashion Designer Should Know
Author: Sheila Eugenio / Source: Entrepreneur Design is a challenging profession, and most designers learn early on in their careers that there are two ways to do it. Some choose to take the entrepreneurial route and launch their own brand, electing to deal...
Tax Deductions Your Small Business Can’t Afford to Miss
Author: Sarah Landrum / Source: Entrepreneur As a small business owner, you’re always on the hunt to efficiently save money. Whether you’re a sole proprietor or you operate with a small team, you and your business can benefit from taking the tax deductions...
Georgian Entrepreneurs Look to Silicon Valley for Funding
Author: Michelle Quinn / Source: VOA Boris Kiknadze, CEO of Pawwwn, was one of eight Georgian companies to make a pitch for investors during a trip to Silicon Valley. (M.Quinn/VOA) PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA — Boris Kiknadze, chief executive of Pawwwn, took a...
If you’re looking for funding, large companies invest in startups, too
Source: Dallas News Note: Edited to change BridgeAlliance to two words. Like many entrepreneurs, William White and his partner at TraceIt, a logistics startup, wanted to get going by bootstrapping, earning investments from venture capitalists. After searching through...
Palo Alto startup Cloudera files for $200 million IPO
Author: Marisa Kendall / Source: The Mercury News This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, shows the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) PALO ALTO — Offering more proof that the IPO market is rebounding, big-data startup...
‘No Humans Allowed’ Coworking Space for Animals Set to Open
Author: Entrepreneur Media Corporate Communications / Source: Entrepreneur Entrepreneur Media is an investor and partner with Alley, a coworking space in New York City. The following press release was sent to Entrepreneur the day before April Fool's Day....
On-demand dog walking startup Wag quietly raised funding from General Catalyst and Sherpa Ventures
Author: Ryan Lawler / Source: TechCrunch Earlier this week we wrote about how two big players in the pet-care business, Rover and DogVacay, decided to merge. Well, sources tell us that over the past two years Wag, another player in the dog-walking space,...
Robinhood stock trading app valued at $1.3 billion with big raise from DST
Author: Josh Constine / Source: TechCrunch Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood is completing a huge fund raise to fuel its attack on big brokerage firms that charge around $7 to $10 per trade. According to sources, the round is led by Yuri Milner investment...
Colorado Considers End Run if Feds Crack Down on Recreational Marijuana
Author: dispensaries.com / Source: Entrepreneur The Trump Administration has said it will view medical marijuana leniently but is considered renewed federal enforcement to shut down recreational marijuana sales legal in eight states and the District of...
THQ Nordic acquires the retro action-platformer Rad Rodgers
Author: Mike Minotti / Source: VentureBeat THQ Nordic has once again expanded its portfolio. The publisher announced today that it has purchased the assets of Slipgate Studios, which developed the action-platformer Rad Rodgers for PC. THQ Nordic now owns the...
Booze investors favor apps, gadgets and biotech
Author: Joanna Glasner / Source: TechCrunch Archaeological records show humans have been making alcohol since at least 7000 BC. We figured out wine more than 6,000 years ago. By the time the ancient Egyptians entered the scene, brewers were making at least...
3 Marketing Lessons I Learned From Chasing Fugitives
Author: Katherine Keller / Source: Entrepreneur A few weeks ago, my son introduced me to a reality game show called Hunted. The premise of the game is that nine teams of ordinary people go “on the run” as if they were fugitives hiding from the law. They have...
Total War: Warhammer II hits PC this year to followup the breakout original
Author: Jeff Grubb / Source: VentureBeat One of Sega’s best games from last year is getting a sequel, but it still doesn’t plan on giving it the name it deserves Total War: Warhammer II (yes, it’s still not Total Warhammer) will hit PC this year, according...
Blue Apron could deliver an IPO in 2017, but should it?
Author: Jordan Crook / Source: TechCrunch Meal kit makers Blue Apron may be preparing to file for a 2017 IPO, according to Reuters. The report says that the food startup has hired bankers from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup to this end. The...
Hundredrooms Gets $4 Million for Vacation Rental Metasearch: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Author: Sean O'Neill / Source: Skift Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. The total raised the last week of March was more than $14 million. Earlier this week we noted that Travelaer, a technology startup...
Raising funds major challenge for internet startups in India: Study
Author: IANS / Source: The News Minute The survey was conducted in the cities of Jaipur, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune and New Delhi. Even though the government has been trying its best to ensure sustained funding for startups, a large number of internet-based...
Artificial Intelligence, IoT Startups Gaining in Global Insurtech Funding
Source: Insurance Journal Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things startups, new research...
Here’s Why Most of the Successful Startups Originate in America
Author: Robert Scoble / Source: Observer It’s the belief that really gets things going here. Pexels It’s the belief that really gets things going here. Pexels It’s the belief that really gets things going here. Pexels This piece originally appeared on Quora:...