Startups
17 Biggest Mistakes That Killed Deals On Shark Tank
ABC’s mega-hit business reality show Shark Tank has returned for the eighth season. For fans, few events are as riveting on Friday nights as seeing whether entrepreneurs will hook a deal. Seven seasons has revealed how to both bag and bomb investment presentations. To be sure, the editors can make …
EntrepreneurshipBillion dollar baby: Jessica Alba’s Honest Company is her real entrepreneurial star vehicle
Jessica Alba’s Honest Company does more than sell diapers — it provides inspiration for women entrepreneurs<p>Jessica Alba earned her fame and fortune on TV and in blockbuster films over the past decade, but her business credentials catapulted to superstar level. Earlier this month, Unilever began …
Jessica Alba5 Important things to consider when finding the perfect co-founder
Most of the time, a startup entrepreneur has a good business idea, but doesn’t know how to build the product. Or, the entrepreneur has deep …
EntrepreneurshipTop 10 Startups pitching in FoodBytes! in Boulder
Consultant, Author, Engineer<p>This post is hosted on the Huffington Post's Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and post freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.<p>FoodBytes! Will be coming to Boulder in Oct 2016 for the first time! FoodBytes! …
List-WorthyAdd A Personal Story To Make Your Business Memorable
The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today's information overload. The number of entrepreneurs worldwide is huge, starting an estimated 50 million new businesses in the past year, or 137,000 per day. Every one of these probably has …
EntrepreneurshipA letter to the Berlin Startup Scene
Dear Berlin Startup Scene,<p>I am writing to you because I am tired of you. Your narcissistic attitude annoys me and your oh-so flourish working culture …
BerlinFive Ways To Make More Money Before Year-End Without Having To Leave Your Job
Getting a new job is one way to make more money. If you’ve been working at the same employer for a while and getting negligent raises each year, you may have fallen below market. I once had a very talented colleague who had started at our employer in an administrative role. Even after she proved …
EmploymentThe 5 do's and don'ts of being a successful startup founder, according to a big-time Silicon Valley VC
After five years in the world of venture capital, Jeff Jordan has seen hundreds, if not thousands, of startup pitches. In fact, Jordan jokingly describes his job as "professional pitch receiver."<p>While Jordan is now a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), he used to be the CEO of OpenTable …
Silicon ValleyE-gifting company named best startup at Timmy Awards
A Silicon Valley company that takes the headache out finding the right gift for family and friends won the Best Tech Startup award at the Timmy Awards.<p>Loop Commerce, an e-gifting startup, helps individuals choose and purchase meaningful products intended as gifts for people they care about.<p>The …
AwardsLean in and pivot: Even Steve Jobs didn't work alone, startup boy
<b>Radbot</b> <i>In which Damon Hart-Davis talks about life as a tech entrepreneur and tells us about his product.</i><p>I toiled in banking for circa 20 years, …
Steve JobsWhat Should You Focus On As A New Startup Founder?
When you’re in the early stages of startup growth, it’s intimidating to think about the endless list of to-dos (…not that this ever goes away, but at …
EntrepreneurshipMachine learning startup H2O lays off 10% of employees
EXCLUSIVE:<p>H2O.ai, a startup that offers commercial support for open-source machine learning software, last week laid off 10 percent of its employees, mainly in sales, VentureBeat has learned.<p>Cofounder and chief executive Sri Ambati confirmed the move — affecting nine people, including contractors, …
Artificial IntelligenceSoohoo: “At the end of the day, Dot & Bo just failed”
The millennial focused online furniture retailer wiped out $20 million in funding<p>In what I can only describe as a refreshingly honest interview this morning, Dot & Bo CEO Anthony Soohoo said that the reason the San Francisco millennial-aimed online furniture retail closed is because it simply did …
FurnitureThree Ways To Build Visibility When You Don't Know Where To Start
<b>By Malla Haridat</b><p>Once you recognize that visibility is a crucial part of growing your business, you'll need a realistic plan that will work for you - and a way to stick to it. These three ideas can get you started.<p>I'll bet you are passionate about your business. But one of the hard truths about …
EntrepreneurshipDefunct smart jewelry startup Cuff sued by vendors for unpaid work
Cuff, the smart jewelry maker that promised a line of fashion wearables capable of sending emergency alerts to trusted family and friends, shut down earlier this year leaving a number of customer orders unfilled and vendors unpaid. Now, the company is being named in a bankruptcy suit filed by five …
AccessoriesTop Tips From 5 Digital Nomads
The freedom lifestyle is more popular than ever. A lot of young entrepreneurs want the freedom to live where they want, not have to go into an office and to essentially be able to travel as much as they desire. With that has come the idea to create a business that can be run from anywhere in the …
EntrepreneurshipFormer New York governor fined in connection with movie startup
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former New York Governor David Paterson and entertainment industry executive Charles Koppelman were charged by U.S. regulators on Friday for failing to report in a timely manner their stock trades in a startup movie company that is now at the heart of an alleged fraud …
New York State6 Ways to Accelerate Your Non-Profit Before Dinner | Inc.com
Step 1 Pre-Launch<p>Things You Need To Do<p>Let's Get Started!<p>Click here<p>Form Your Company<p>Click here<p>Protect Your Intellectual Property<p>Click here<p>Prepare Your Bank, Books, Credit<p>Click here<p>Set up Systems and Tools to Scale<p>Click here<p>Additional Links<p>The Business Plan that Always Works<p>12 Uncomfortable Truths …
EntrepreneurshipAmerican startup founder: Dublin isn't on the list of Europe's best tech hubs
A London-based tech entrepreneur has questioned whether Dublin is a leading European tech hub.<p>Some predicted that London-based startups and expanding European startups would move to the Irish capital as a result of Brexit but Jason Trost, CEO of betting startup Smarkets, which made £5.2 million in …
Europe6 companies waiting to mentor the next startups in the transportation revolution
SPONSORED:<p><i>This sponsored post is produced by HackerUnit.</i><p>We’re on the verge of a third transportation revolution. Evidence? The Feds just released the first guidelines for autonomous driving, and capital investments in transportation innovations accumulate to over a trillion dollars yearly. At all …
TransportationThis Startup Wants to Be a ‘Self-Driving Car’ for Your Money
Betterment’s Jon Stein says the future of financial planning is all automated.<p>The typical consumer faces a dizzying array of choices when planning for retirement: Do they do it through 401(k)s and IRAs? Stocks, bonds or ETFs? To Roth or not to Roth?<p>Banking consultant Jon Stein knew there had to be …
MoneyGuidling, StayBillety and More in Today's Travel Startup Watch
It’s not always easy to keep track of new travel startups.<p>Three days a week we alert readers to new startups in the travel industry that have set up …
TravelHelping Others Is Your Most Valuable Offering
Lawyer, Civil War veteran and political leader Robert Ingersoll famously said, “We rise by helping others.”<p>I’ve found this true. My business grew 300 …
EntrepreneurshipFilm Review: ‘Generation Startup’
A documentary looks at six young on-line entrepreneurs and celebrates their Internet idealism — maybe a little too much.<p>The words “Internet” and …
EntrepreneurshipSmall beginnings: Where the Bay Area's tech behemoths got their start - Curbed SF
It's almost time to wave goodbye to Micro Week, as we close out our second annual appreciation of all things great that are small. But first, a trip …
CaliforniaPublishers Should Love Google And Facebook, Tackle News-Thieving Parasite Start-Ups Instead
The media landscape is fragmented and confusing right now, so much so that the News Media Association has asked the Government to do something about …
FacebookExtra early-bird ticket deadline for Disrupt London extended to Sept. 30
Don’t say we never gave you anything, startup fans. We wanted to give you one more week to get deeply-discounted tickets to Disrupt London 2016, so you now have until next Friday, September 30 to get your hands on Extra Early Bird tickets to the hottest startup show in Europe.<p>You can get those …
LondonHampton Creek: The History of a Mayo Startup in 5 Controversies
The company has seemed to thrive in battles—but is facing a tougher challenge this time.<p>From its founding, Hampton Creek and its pugnacious founder Josh Tetrick have seemed to define themselves in opposition to something else. The company’s signature product, an egg-free mayo, was never positioned …
OOH Startup added industry veterans as advisors
Entrepreneur<p>This post is hosted on the Huffington Post's Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and post freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.<p>Silicon Valley is well known for tech innovation and startups that always make unexpected …
EntrepreneurshipWhy we use Edge to generate ideas
One of the other unusual features of Entrepreneur First, alongside selecting individuals without a cofounder, is that you don’t need an idea to join …