Trump Travel Ban, Even While Blocked, Casts Long Shadow Over Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Author: Lydia Belanger / Source: Entrepreneur When Narges Bani Asadi’s mother received a late-stage cancer diagnosis two years ago, her parents obtained visas and traveled to the U.S. from Iran. Her older sister, who had been living in Iran, received a visa...
How to Choose the Best Social Media Marketing Tool for Your Business
Author: Spencer Lanoue / Source: Entrepreneur Paralysis by analysis -- we've all been there. Choosing a place to eat, choosing a new computer or even choosing the best social media marketing tool. When it comes to picking a tool for your business, there are...
MuleSoft prices IPO above expected range at $17 per share
Author: Fitz Tepper / Source: TechCrunch Enterprise software company MuleSoft will go public tomorrow and just priced their IPO at $17 – slightly above the proposed $14-16 range. The company will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow, under...
How to Turn Company Values into Shared Employee Beliefs
Author: Glenn Llopis / Source: Entrepreneur The following excerpt is from Glenn Llopis’s book The Innovation Mentality. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble Nurturing shared corporate values to support and protect long-term success requires vigilance and...
4 Ways Enterprise Software is Failing Businesses
Author: Pete Khanna / Source: Entrepreneur It’s easy to say that enterprise software has made great strides. After all, it’s hard not to marvel at the progress that’s been made over the last several decades, as businesses have transitioned from using paper...
Orangetheory Fitness Lessons About Human Behavior and Entrepreneurial Success
Author: Charlotte Blank / Source: Entrepreneur I've got to be honest: I'm an Orangetheory Fitness junkie. Orangetheory is a science-backed group fitness model that focuses on monitoring participants' heart rate during high-intensity interval training...
What To Do If Y Combinator Rejects You
Author: Walter Chen / Source: Entrepreneur Rejected from Y Combinator? Congratulations. You might not be one of Sam Altman's advisees anytime soon, but you're certainly in good company. Yes, YC has produced unicorns like Twilio, Stripe and Airbnb, but...
A bunch of start-ups delivered pitches in a helicopter flying over SxSW for a chance at funding
Author: Julia Boorstin / Source: CNBC Lockheed Martin made its debut at South By Southwest this year, with a big presence on the convention center floor, replete with a robotic exoskeleton controlled by a Lockheed engineer, and giant backdrop showing the red...
5 Questions to Improve Your Digital Marketing
Author: Yatin Khulbe / Source: Entrepreneur Every online company needs to use marketing effectively to generate traffic and leads. With so many platforms available to publish the content, though, it can be difficult to pick the best option or figure out why...
Bra startup True&Co sold to Calvin Klein owner PVH
Author: Ingrid Lunden / Source: TechCrunch True&Co., an e-commerce company founded with the mission of disrupting the lingerie industry by creating a new business model for selling bras and other undergarments, has been sold. Phillips Van Heusen (PVH),...
Struggling startup ecosystem supports Stayzilla co-founder behind bars
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/ File photo of Stayzilla co-founders Sachit Singhi, Yogendra Vasupal and Rupal Yogendra.(File photo) For some it might be a state of fear, for others it signals the future of the Indian startup ecosystem, which continues to...
Tech roundup: Corazon Capital’s $40M funding, news from 1871 and more
How GiveWell Is Creating More Effective Altruism, By Taking Funding Risks
Author: Ben Paynter / Source: Co.Exist Charity effectiveness evaluator GiveWell has won a lot of fans for its data-driven recommendations about where people should donate to have their money used most effectively. The organization usually recommends...
Walmart subsidiary Jet.com to buy ModCloth for less than $75m
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Online fashion retailer ModCloth, known for its vintage-inspired and indie apparel, is on the verge of being acquired by Walmart, by way of its subsidiary, Jet.com. The deal, which had already been rumored, is almost...
Melinda Gates: The Tech Industry Needs to Fix Its Gender Problem—Now
Author: Gillian B. White / Source: The Atlantic Kris Connor / Getty Long before Melinda Gates was famous for her philanthropic work, she was yet another woman trying to make it in the male-dominated tech world. Gates started working at Microsoft in 1987,...
Stayzilla saga: Jigsaw’s muscle power will shoo away startups
Author: Dhaleta Surender Kumar / Source: TECHSEEN In a country where Bollywood celebs get bail in criminal cases within hours, it’s pathetic that Yogendra Vasupal, CEO of now shut Stayzilla, is still under arrest. A bail plea has been moved by his wife,...
Tech roundup: Corazon Capital’s $40M funding, news from 1871 and more
