Like Airbnb, EatWith and other dinner-hosting start-ups operate in a grey area of the law.
There, she worked with start-ups developing new vaccines to get versions of their medicines to developing countries.
Angellist has made more than 7, 600 introductions between more than 800 start-ups and 1, 200 investors.
It may be a small country but when it comes to technology start-ups, Israel looms large.
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She also spends her time advising start-ups, serving on boards and focusing on her philanthropy.
Remember too that the number one reason why start-ups fail is for lack of capital.
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And start-ups freely copy other people ideas and try to improve on them.
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Even the failed start-ups get composted so that survivors can benefit from their resources.
The researchers analysed entrepreneurial activity by measuring the number of new business start-ups and self-employment rates.
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Perhaps leading venture-capital firms will return to financing baby start-ups, which they long ago abandoned.
Block union formation in start-ups and new facilities to encourage companies to consider U.S. manufacturing.
In my 15 years spent running large start-ups, I had a very strict point of view.
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Instead, start-ups need to get aggressive with customer feedback, and understand if the product would sell.
He earns not only from his music but from endorsements and investments in Silicon Valley start-ups.
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For start-ups like these, Google's challenge offers the promise of much-needed capital and publicity.
The challenge is to convert some of it into commercial enterprises and entrepreneurial start-ups.
Clean energy start-ups face enormous competitive challenges from Big Oil companies and other establishment firms.
Venture capitalists make money in the long term by lending their names and expertise to start-ups.
He adds that other start-ups and programmers should go ahead and buy used stuff.
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Slader has chosen to veer away from the traditional non-profit course education start-ups tread.
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We changed our approach to our start-ups and how we were going to deliver.
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Benchmark interest rates inform those with capital whether to hire, finance start-ups or expand production.
The rebirth of these tiny consumer-electronics start-ups often through similarly scrappy means goes against conventional wisdom.
Angel investors and venture capital funds alike are noticing start-ups coming out of the region.
If Chinese start-ups are likely to be crushed, finance will be hard to come by.
For-profit start-ups offer lots of responsibility and workplace fun to young employees, for instance.
Suddenly, many of those start-ups that seemed like a good idea were struggling to pay bills.
In tough economic periods, young talent migrates away from financial engineering jobs and toward start-ups.
You are going to see a lot of companies looking to focus on Asia, especially start-ups.
For example, online crowdfunding channels like Kickstarter.com and IndieGoGo.com can help start-ups land financing to grow.
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