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As Jason Baptiste's recent article on "Why They Were Able to Raise Money" demonstrated, we tech blogs tend to "glamorize" (or at least "report frequently") the various funding announcements that

"Revolutionary." "Disruptive." These terms are used with such frequency that they may have lost much of their meaning. That's not to say that there aren't plenty of products and services

In a new study released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureSource, cleantech startups focusing on energy efficiency raised more from venture capitalists in the last quarter of 2009

Startup Weekend always sounds like mission impossible: you have 54 hours - from Friday night until Sunday night - to pitch, then build, then demo a product. But the intensity

The Wall St. Journal's report today that Facebook will make an initial public offering on the stock market next year has been met with plenty of press comment on the

When we wrote about the 22 finalists selected to pitch at Seedcamp Week 2009, there were several teams whose ideas excited us in particular. Three of our eight picks have

Two important legal decisions were made this week that could have significant impact on technology startups. On Tuesday, a U.S. Federal Appeals Court determined that the FCC had overstepped its

Upon first glance we were skeptical. Generally when someone says they're launching a business directory it's an SEO play with little value to users. Nevertheless, the small business web directory

According to a Bloomberg report this morning, early-stage startups have a new friend in very high places. The tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/09/barack-obama-loves-startups-ne.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; U.S. Commerce Department is establishing a

As the season turns to spring in the U.S., many soon-to-be college graduates and their soon-to-be employers turn their focus to the job market. In answer to the questions that