How to name a startup
Finding the right name for your latest venture isn’t an easy job. Names must stand out from the competition. They need to work in different languages. They can’t violate existing trademarks. And it’s nearly impossible to find a domain name that isn’t already taken.
What’s an entrepreneur to do?
Content: Article | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Marketing / Sales
Zero Million Marketing Resource Center
The Marketing Resource Centre (MRC) at ZeroMillion is an example of the many specialist sections at this site that is generally devoted to the encouragement of entrepreneurship in business. At the Resource Center visitors may select from an extensive range of articles, formulae and templates or follow the specific link to the good oil on web marketing. The Resource Center caters for the neophyte entrepreneur … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Zeromillion.com | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Marketing / Sales
Art of the Start
Former Apple marketing maven Guy Kawasaki has established quite a second career as start-up counselor and funder via his Garage Technology Ventures VC firm. We are big fans of his Forbes column, which offers straight-shooting advice from someone who has been there. His topics are as broad as the importance of taking chances to the right time to name a company, from the worth of … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
A New Strategy for Venture Investors: Hedge
It’s the venture capital investor’s rule of thumb: Nine of every 10 investments will not make money. If all goes well, the 10th will make enough money to exceed all the losses. Given these odds, investors are always looking for ways to increase returns from their winner. Bill Hilliard and Charles Baden-Fuller, visiting scholars at Wharton’s Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, believe they have … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital
U.S. VC Investments Q12004
VC in Asia: Exit strategy in a “no exit” land
With all that money pouring into China, the question is, How can you get it out?
Content: Article | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: International – China, Venture Capital
What Do Entrepreneurs Pay for Venture Capital Affiliation?
A software services company looking for an early-stage round of investment from venture capital funds gets four offers. Two of them value the company at $10 million, one at $12.5 million and one at $20 million. Any of the offers would net the software company approximately $8 million in cash inflows. It would seem to be a no-brainer. Accept the investment at the highest so-called … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Canada VC Market
China VC Market
The Innovation Incubator: Technology Transfer at Stanford University
The successful transfer of new technologies from the research laboratory to the commercial sector has many benefits: the creation of wealth, new jobs and new solutions to society’s problems. For nearly three decades, Stanford University has been a leader in technology transfer, fostering the growth of northern California’s Silicon Valley and the biotechnology industry and providing a model for other research and educational institutions across … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Education / Training
Small Businesses Keen on Big Net
Bob Kagle
Most investors prefer “learn-it-alls” to “know-it-alls.”
Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Investments in Clean Tech
Ronald Conway
Ronald Conway is the founder and managing partner of Angel Investors LP, whose two funds total more than $150 million. Holdings in their Angel I and Angel II portfolios include Ask Jeeves, Google, and Paypal. Ron is the subject of the book The Godfather of Silicon Valley by Gary Rivlin and is considered one of the most influential and strategically important investors in the Valley’s … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Source: The USF Entrepreneur | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
e-magnify.com
Seton Hill University’s National Education Center for Women in Business, started in 1991, offers programs tailored to women entrepreneurs. E-magnify is the online arm of the initiative, and women in business would do well to check out the resources offered here. Under the frequently updated “Articles” section is a wealth of good advice on running a small business, with titles ranging from “Promoting Your Business … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Seton Hill University National Education Center for Women in Business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Women in Business
How Richard Branson Works Magic
Though more known for his legendary publicity stunts, Richard Branson has led Virgin Group to success with a singular, flamboyant style. Learn the secret of how he tackles the big bad wolves of many industries.
Content: Case Study | Author: Glenn Rifkin | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Marketing / Sales | Company: Virgin
Israel’s VC Market
Social Capitalists
You are about to meet 20 organizations that are in the business of changing expectations. They reshape reality – so that poor kids can attend college, so that people in the destitute corners of the world can get better health care, so that victims of human-rights abuses can be heard. Most of us see the world’s most daunting problems as impossible challenges. But these groups … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Cheryl Dahle | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Starting Up on a Shoestring
Breaking out the plastic is one way new entrepreneurs launch fledgling businesses. But it’s not the only way cash-strapped entrepreneurs realize their dreams of starting new businesses. Here, Inc.com scoured the Inc . archives for tips, strategies, and success stories of starting up on a shoestring.
Content: Article | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Finance