Conventional Wisdom Says 90% of Startups Fail. Data Says Otherwise.
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 28 June 2017
When entering an unfamiliar society, it is wise to learn the local customs, the unspoken rules, and the names of its heroes, villains, and gods.
6 Essential Steps to Creating Your Own Startup Logo
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 23 June 2017
Everyone tells you that you need a startup logo, but nobody tells you how to make one. They just throw you to the metaphorical wolves, leaving you to learn the hard way about a whole universe of design terminology and tactics.
Meet the Food Startup That's Giving Europeans Reason to Sprechen Sie Deutsch
- Category: New startups
- Created: 20 June 2017
As the U.K. began negotiating its so-called Brexit from the European Union on Monday, Germany's startup ecosystem is getting a major nod in the form of one of the year's most anticipated IPOs, Delivery Hero.
11 Ultra-Successful Entrepreneurs on How to Start Over If You Lose It All
- Category: Entrepreneurs Speak
- Created: 01 March 2017
What happens when everything falls apart and you lose it all? These very successful entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles, who have all started from scratch more than once, explain what they would do next if they lost it all again.
Why do you want to be an Entrepreneur?
- Category: Startup Basics
- Created: 02 February 2017
Skyscanner CEO discusses why he just sold his company for $1.7 billion
- Category: Entrepreneurs Speak
- Created: 26 November 2016
Big news emerged from M&A land earlier this morning, when travel search giant Skyscanner revealed it had been acquired by one of China’s biggest online travel companies, Ctrip, in a deal worth £1.4 billion (USD$1.74 billion).
Transcriptic raises $13.4 million to grow its cloud platform for automated scientific research
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 19 November 2016
Transcriptic, a biotechnology startup that’s setting out to reinvent how biological research is carried out, has raised $13.4 million in a new round of funding led by Data Collective, with participation from new investors Digital Science and WuXi AppTec. Other existing investors also contributed to the round, including AME Cloud Ventures.
Lending platform Blackmoon raises $2.5 million in new funding
- Category: Startup Funding
- Created: 12 November 2016
Russian lending platform Blackmoon has raised $2.5 million in funding from Target Global, A&NN Group, Flint Capital, and a number of unnamed private investors.
Startup Losses and Cash Burn
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 09 November 2016
“Cash burn” can be defined as the amount of money that is committed to be spent each month, irrespective of whether or not a business is generating any cash flows. For a pre-revenue startup, this would be equal to your total monthly costs and for a post revenue startup, this would be the total expenses minus the amount the business is earning each month – till of course, the business turns profitable. These expenses are for basic necessities such as salaries, rentals, utilities and communication costs as well as for expenses of a capital nature such as business build out and fixed assets.
How To Find Right Investor For Your Startup
- Category: Startup Tips
- Created: 08 November 2016
Raising the right amount of capital from the correct investor is perhaps one of the most crucial tasks for an entrepreneur. Analogous to matrimony, while finding the right investor would ensure the longevity of the enterprise, a wrong match may provide to be completely detrimental for your business.