HOW VENTURE CAPITAL LOST ITS WAY When people around the world try to explain the American system of entrepreneurship, they often point to ...
FERTILE GROUND FOR STARTUPS Who needs job security? In June 2008, as the recession was moving from bad to worse, Caterina Fake gave ...
You won’t find an investment scam that doesn’t promise at least one thing: high returns, even unrealistic returns. But while you can pursue traditional investment methods that can propose high returns for high risk, scams will usually promise little to no risk. ...
It’s always difficult to find venture capital for a startup, even if the economy is booming and you are sure your idea will revolutionize the world. But with the ongoing economic crisis, it’s harder than ever to get your early-stage company funded ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's universities and hospitals excel at winning federal grants but flunk at turning their research into job-creating start-ups, a new report found on Monday. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson have launched initiatives ...
PUTTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK Fifty years ago the Soviet launch of Sputnik led to a national commitment to strengthen U.S. science and technology and put a man on the moon. That shift in priorities and the impressive results inspired a new ...
Aspiring entrepreneurs must constantly navigate the tension between doing what they love and the realities of the market. Sometimes those interests align: Bill Gates and Paul Allen loved to write software, and happened to be doing it at the dawn of a ...
The world may be struggling to emerge from the global recession, but that's not deterring many young entrepreneurs in Asia. Throughout the region, ambitious businessmen and women are navigating the economic turmoil and trying to succeed with new business ideas. Most of ...
