12 Tips To Building A Successful Start-up Community Where You Live
Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has [...]
Read MoreWhy Aren’t Entrepreneurs Developing Innovative Solutions For Renters?
There are some 40 million rental units in America today. And that segment is growing fast as more Americans choose to rent instead of own in a tepid real estate market. While some technology providers have come to the rescue of landlords and prospective tenants, much opportunity remains. With home prices down 34% from their July 2006 peak, resulting [...]
Read MoreWhy Eyeballs No Longer Matter For Start-ups
Need funding for your startup? Don’t load up your PowerPoint with nifty charts showing all the users your online service has grabbed. Venture capitalists are no longer impressed. These days, investors want to hear about the revenue you’re generating, not the traffic. “There have been a lot of companies that had a lot of users [...]
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneurship On the Rise For Jobless Black Graduates
While a degree certainly provides graduates with an edge in the job market, unemployment statistics have repeatedly shown that one’s race plays a role in securing employment. As of March 2012, African American graduates encountered a rate of 10.8 percent, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute. White graduates appeared to stand a greater [...]
Read MoreStart-up Kithly Wants to Plan Things to Do With Your Friends
Need an event planner in your group of friends to figure out what the heck to do tonight? Baltimore, MD start-up Kithly is here to help, in the form of a mobile app that is. Minority founder Devin Partlow and Stacy Weng created a mobile based application that plans what to do with your friends [...]
Read More8 Indispensable Qualities For Your First Startup Hire
It takes a unique kind of job candidate to work at a startup. Rather than staying on task in a cubicle in corporate America, startup team members must juggle endless responsibilities and pass through multiple company positions each day. And when you’re putting a team together for the first time, job descriptions don’t even exist [...]
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