An Israeli startup company recently won a prestigious technology award with a product that addresses a need that may sound trivial, but actually affects millions upon millions of computer users worldwide.
A program by Tel Aviv-based Soluto targets a widespread source of frustration – computer boot-up time – and earned a TechCrunch Disrupt award in the [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on July 6th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: entrepreneur, innovation, News, startup, success, Technology
Pedophilia is a psychological disorder. As level-headed or cautious as your children may be, pedophiles will always have the inherent drive to try to fool or manipulate them. Contrary to the perception in media, many pedophiles seem to live perfectly normal lives. They can be cunning, witty and handsome (or beautiful), and combined with the [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on June 16th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: start-up, startup, Technology
Funding from the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) was announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who claims it demonstrates a “commitment to the industries and the technologies.”
The UKIIF was announced by Brown last June and will target slow growing businesses, start-ups and spin-outs including those in the pre-profit and pre-revenue stages of development.
It was [...]
Filed under: News, Uncategorized on February 25th, 2010 @ 11:34 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, global, government, innovation, start-up, startup, strategy, sustainability, Technology
Whether you’re contemplating how to get your fist job, or if you’re already working and you’re thinking about your next career move, you may be considering a job at a start-up company. Start-ups come in all shapes, sizes, and industries. But life in a start-up isn’t for everyone, and before you take the plunge, there [...]
Filed under: News on February 5th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, efficiency, entrepreneur, growth, innovation, start-up, startup, strategies
Google revealed last week that the Federal Trade Commission was intensely securitizing its recent $750 million acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob. Google said the FTC has made a second request for further information about the deal, and just today two consumer groups – Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy – have asked [...]
Filed under: News on December 28th, 2009 @ 10:19 am
Tagged with: Acquisitions, Business, competition, economy, marketplace, startup
BusinessWeek points to some compelling research published by the National Venture Capital Association that highlights the true impacts that Venture-backed startups are having on the US economy. The overall findings support the growing importance of the entrepreneurial system, which is exciting news for the industry as a whole and shoul help to provide insights into future [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, growth, industry, insights, jobs, National Venture Capital Association, NVCA, research, startup, success, sustainability, US, venture capital, venture-backed
I just read some insightful comments from Brad Feld, picking up on an idea that was originally championed by Paul Graham back in April – The Founders Visa. Under this conceptual program, entrepreneurs who were in the process of developing start-ups would be granted special visas, enabling them to remain in the country.
Given the United [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 14th, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Tagged with: Brad Feld, Business, economy, effective, entrepreneur, Founders Visa, immigration, industry, innovation, insights, jobs, opportunities, opportunity, Paul Graham, people, progress, start-up, startup
The New York Times has an extremely informative piece by Keith Bradsher on China’s budding solar energy boom, a trend that is certainly worth paying attention to. The article points to the economic conditions in China that have made it possible for Chinese solar companies like Suntech Power Holdings to thrive in the emerging market.
Competitive [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 26th, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
Tagged with: China, clean energy, clean tech, economy, energy, First Solar, funding, green energy, green jobs, investing, Q cells, Solar Energy, startup, Suntech Power Holdings, sustainability
I’ve written about the crowd sourcing model for funding previously, both as it applies to charities with social media-styled Jolkona and artistic endeavors in the form of Kickstarter, and now I see today on ReadWriteWeb that this concept is being applied in similar ways with several new models.
Spot.us funds citizen journalism, SellABand allows fans to help [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, Business, News on August 25th, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
Tagged with: charity, Contenture, crowd sourced, donation, entrepreneur, funding, innovation, investing, investment, Kickstarter, micro funding, resources, SellABand, Spot.us, start-up, startup, success
I recently wrote about a trend within the music industry that sees a shift away from illegal file-sharing towards streaming models being offered by sites like YouTube, Pandora and Spotify. And while this is by no means a sign that piracy is a thing of the past, it represents a change in attitude that presents [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:14 pm
Tagged with: Clikthrough, funding, innovation, interactive, interface, music, music industry, online, startup, streaming music, Technology, video
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.