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7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business

Your task: Build something people want, minimize your risk, and maximize your chances for survival. Here's how.  Read more


VCs Are Not Your Friends

If you're lucky, your investors will be likable and helpful, too. But their loyalties never lie with you.  Read more


How to Judge a New Venture in 15 Seconds Flat

I ask one question to determine whether a new company has a future. The 15-second answer tells me all I need to know  Read more


Blow Dry Wars Heat Up

Drybar closes a $16 million investment to help with expansion while its biggest competitor marches into its territory.  Read more


Can a Smartphone-Based Ultrasound Raise $4 Million?

Elevator Pitch: Mobisante created a hand-held, affordable, cloud-based ultrasound system. Will it be able to raise the money it wants to develop a tablet-bas...  Read more


10 Lies Never to Tell Investors

All the confidence in the world won't convince a VC these statements are true. Here's why these 10 fibs hurt you -- and what to say instead.  Read more


The 2 Things About Your Start-up Idea That Actually Matter

Y Combinator's Garry Tan hands you the only yardstick you need when starting a technology company. How does your idea measure up?  Read more


Investors Put More Money In Bigger Companies

A new report shows that venture capitalists invested much more in 2011 than in 2010 -- but that the amount of money going into seed-stage deals plummeted.  Read more


Why the Obama Plan for Cabinet-level SBA Means Nothing

Making the SBA chief a member of the Cabinet is the executive branch equivalent of giving an honorary degree or getting an Emmy award: Sounds nice, means not...  Read more


The Social TV Space Heats Up

Social TV start-up GetGlue closes a $12 million round but it has plenty of competition.  Read more


How This Crowdfunded Gadget Got to CES

A year ago, it was just a fledgling Kickstarter project. Now Kogeto has VC funding and a spot on Apple Store shelves.  Read more


A Start-up to Create 23 Million Jobs in America?

Serial entrepreneur Howard Leonhardt talks about his plans to start a new kind of stock exchange that will cater to start-ups and small business.  Read more


Big Money for Cheap Legal Services

Rocket Lawyer, which offers free legal documents and subscriptions for cheap legal advice, has raised $10.8 million.  Read more


Why Klout Cares More about Mobile Than Justin Bieber

The social influence measuring start-up raises a reported $30 million. Among its plans: to develop a mobile app.  Read more


Congratulations! You've Closed Your First Round. Now What?

Closing a first round of funding is a major achievement. But you won't see any cash for months. What do you do until then?  Read more


When Your Customers Want One Thing -- And Your Investors Want Another

Balancing competing demands is just part of being an entrepreneur. But what do you do when your customers square off against your investors?  Read more


Making Corporate Wellness Fun

Social gaming and wellness start-up Keas raises $6.5 million after a change in direction yields results.  Read more


5 Ways to Think Like a Venture Capitalist

Tips from a Silicon Valley titan who has thrived as both an entrepreneur and investor.  Read more


3 Ways the Government Can Fund Your Business

We've all heard about SBA loans, but how about NMTCs and CDFIs? Here's how to start cutting through the alphabet soup and get some dough.  Read more


Venture Capitalists are Bullish on Consumer Internet Companies—and New York

As much as VCs may complain about 'froth' in the market, a new survey shows that they don't expect it to go away soon. And they pick New York over Boston as ...  Read more


Mark Peter Davis, CEO of Kohort

Mark Peter Davis is the CEO of Kohort and a Venture Partner with High Peaks Venture Partners.  Watch video


Why You Can't Get Funding: It's Not Because You're a Woman

It’s a debate that won’t die, but one female tech entrepreneur says, forget gender. If you can't get money, you're making one of these four mistakes.  Read more


The Secret Dealbreaker

Entrepreneurs are famous for the passion they pour into their businesses. But when it comes to finance and dealmaking, that's not always a good thing.  Read more


Outbox Wants to Revolutionize U.S. Mail

Co-founder Evan Baehr is one of several new entrepreneurs that may make you less dependent on the U.S. Postal Service.  Read more


How to Pitch a VC: 11 Insider Secrets

Follow these guidelines from a serial-entrepreneur-turned-venture-capitalist, and improve your odds of getting funded.  Read more